The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 09, 2005

There may be no virtue in portfolio diversification
THE S&P CNX Nifty declined nearly 7 per cent in one month. It is in such times that the traditionalists extol the virtues of portfolio diversification. A principle reason for the diversification is to spread the market More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Information - flows, but too much
HAVE you ever wondered whether mutual funds and their distributors are inundating you with unnecessary information? If you have, you are not alone. Welcome to a club made up of like-minded investors, those who feel they are constantly being ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Infotech counters bounce back
THANKS to General Motors (on billionaire Kirk Kerkorian hiking stake) and insurance majors such as MetLife Inc and Aon Corp, the US stocks posted their biggest rally since February 4. Benchmarks also got a boost from a government report that ... More

Momentum hinges on liquidity
AT times, it needs many - not just two - to tango. Tightening money supply, inflationary pressures, concern over macro economic factors and volatile commodity prices have been influencing fund flow to equities both on Wall Street and Dalal ... More

INTERVIEW

`Close-ended schemes important at this stage'
AN influential section of the asset management industry is lobbying hard for longer duration fixed-income funds, preferably ones that are laced with a modest equity allocation. Life, after all, has not lately been a bed of roses for debt fund ... More

IPOS

Public issues fail to bring cheer
AFTER raking in the moolah on public issues last year, investors are finding the going tough in the current fiscal as the trend so far has not been not so good, with the returns figuring either on the negative side and if at all on the ... More

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