The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 15, 2005

Concerted effort to guide investors is need of the hour
CHANCES are that you will never meet Mr Jayanta Ghosh. He is recently retired, has strong views on subjects that range from politics to medical science, and lives in an airy suburban house. The man is also very baffled. His bafflement stems from ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Much ado about investing
SHAKESPEARE gathered his favourite characters. "Friends, actors, investors!" he began. "Oft have I bought a couple of stocks at a good price, based on an analyst's recommendation and expected it to go up immediately. But it didn't and I lost a ... More

Oil may ground FII flow, benchmarks
A STEEP rise in global crude oil price has suddenly clouded the stock market sentiment. According to some oil analysts, a number of supply disruptions and falling output have given way to serious apprehensions that the brent may hit $70 a ... More

Some strange bull leap'd your father's cow!
Khan was drying his papers on the ironing table, Sridevi sat listening to patriotic songs to celebrate the Independence Day, while Jogin was trying to find parallels for the killing of Kadirgamar in Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal. But ... More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

Foreign broking cos turn cautious on equity market
CLSA said the recent rally has been driven by a surge in liquidity, rather than any positive change in fundamentals. More

INTERVIEW

Huge population of retail investors is vital
THOSE who dabble in the equity markets are increasingly realising that stocks - at least a large number of them - are not cheap any more, feels Mr Parag Shah, Director, Brics Securities. The latter is the outfit that emerged after Birla ... More

COMMENTARY

ICICI Bank jumps, VSNL slips
IT was a mixed feeling at the US bourses with Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P-500 ending on positive note even as the tech-focussed Nasdaq suffered. Helped by the firmness in energy stocks on account of record oil prices, the DJ Average and More

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