The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, March 28, 2004

Where are stock prices headed
OVER the past three months, equity prices have been characterised by a high degree of volatility and declines ranging between 12 per and 30 per cent for indices tracking different types of stocks and sectors. Similar ... More

TAKING COUNT

A glimpse into the Jhunjhunwala stocks
SKILLED investors are a rarity. There are not many around in India. And those who are successful are even rarer. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is one of them. Investors now have a chance to mimic his portfolio of mid-cap and ... More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

What is liquidity?
LIQUIDITY in the stock market is confused with trading volumes. We normally understand liquidity to mean stocks that have high trading volumes. But that is not always true. So, what is liquidity? It refers to the ... More

TAX TALK

Longing for a lower slab
I HAVE a salary income of Rs 1,50,700 after standard deduction of Rs 1,50,700. I have donated Rs 800 to charitable institution registered under Section 35AC. After deducting this sum, my income comes to Rs 1,49,900. ... More

The long and short of capital gains
IS IT better to take the benefit of indexation or to go without it in computing the long-term capital gains (LTCG)? Will shares allotted by way of bonus in 1993 qualify for indexation? Can a loss under the head ... More

IN FOCUS

The race for Dabhol just hotted up
THE race for Dabhol is hotting up. A powerful consortium of Tata Power, GAIL India and British Petroleum has joined the race with three other equally powerful bidders — Reliance group, British Gas and Royal ... More

FD WATCH

MRF: In the race
THE fixed deposit programme of MRF is open for investment. The company's fundamentals are strong. The interest rates on offer, particularly for the two- and three-year tenors, are attractive. Given the improving ... More

FUND WATCH

Tata Mutual to launch fund of funds

AUTO FOCUS

From two to four wheels
AVID cricket fans may have missed the import of the string of ads that Maruti Udyog aired during the recent ODI series between India and Pakistan. But the message of the commercial was clear — Maruti is out to woo the 40-million-plus ... More

BOOK VALUE

Plug the `Oil Indicator' to your portfolio
SAY oil and it sounds as milk and honey in Shourie's Department. But "a storm is coming", warns the blurb of The Oil Factor by Stephen and Donna Leeb, published by Warner Business Books ... More

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