Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, September 22, 2002 |
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COLUMNS EYE ON THE MARKET Cracking the Nifty mould too often IN WHAT has almost become a chore now, the S&P CNX Nifty Index (Nifty) has had one more set of changes in the past week. This is the third recast in 2002. The number of changes to the basket has almost made it a quasi-actively managed portfolio ... More TAKING COUNT Protecting the markets THE Finance Ministry appears determined to contain the fallout of the US-64 crisis on the equity market. If large-scale redemptions from US-64 happen as expected in May and June 2003, it could have an adverse impact on the stock market. This may ... More SIMPLE ECONOMICS Why puts are costlier than calls? PUTS are typically priced higher than calls. The October 230 Satyam puts, for instance, carry an implied volatility (vols) of 39 per cent against 36 per cent for the 230 calls (implied vols is the output you get if you input data into an option ... More TAX TALK Rebates: Avenues to reduce tax IN FOCUS S&P's wake-up call AS with every downgrade, much heat and dust has been raised by the latest one of India's rupee debt rating to junk grade by Standard & Poor's (S&P). There are the usual arguments about rating agencies and their motivated actions as also the ... More FUND WATCH Dhanavarsha (13): Set for premature redemption LIC Mutual Fund's assured return scheme Dhanavarsha (13) is set to be redeemed prematurely on September 30. The units will be redeemed at NAV on this date, at least at Rs 10 per unit for the monthly / yearly income options and at the NAV for the ... More COMMENT Bonds for MIP investors THE proposal to issue 7 per cent tax-free bonds to investors in the monthly income plans of the UTI that will mature over the next few years may not find favour with investors. That is so because there are better options in the market. The ... More AUTO FOCUS Zooming ahead with variants VARIANTS are the flavour of the day. They catch the customer's fleeting fancy until a newer version or a competitor's `copy-cat' beguiles him. Pampered car buyers of today have never had it so good, with manufacturers wooing them with an array ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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