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Ballarpur Industries: Hold/Avoid fresh exposures
TNPL: Hold/Buy on declines
West Coast Paper: Hold
JK Paper: Hold
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INSURANCE

MUTUAL FUNDS

Templeton India Growth Fund: Invest
GIVEN the decline in broad market levels, this is a good time for investors to build cautious exposures in equities. The Templeton India Growth Fund (TIGF), an equity fund, seems to qualify as a good investment candidate for those looking for ... More

Prima Plus: Hold
INVESTORS in Prima Plus can stay invested. But those looking for diversified funds, especially when stock prices are at lower levels, need consider this fund only if they already have exposures to diversified funds that focus on frontline stocks ... More

Pioneer ITI Internet Opportunities Fund: Switch
INVESTORS in the Pioneer ITI Internet Opportunities fund could consider switching their investments to a diversified equity fund with a good track record over the past five years. Though its name suggests a technology focus, just over half of ... More

US-64: Repurchase by UTI in June too
THE Unit Trust of India (UTI) has extended the repurchase facility under the Special Liquidity Package for US-64 to June 22. The book closure will be between June 24 and 30. The repurchase price applicable for June is Rs 10.90 per unit. The daily ... More

Ads should tell the real story
THE changes effected by Securities Exchange Commission of the US to rules governing advertisements by mutual funds are interesting and revealing. Interesting aspects of the amendment relate to:

STOCKS

HLL: Price levels offer opportunity
As a key index constituent, the Hindustan Lever stock has been battered by profit taking as apprehensions of war gathered steam over the past week. The stock is now trading at Rs 185, having fallen a third from a high of Rs 262 reached in March ... More

HPCL: Hold/Buy on declines
A STRONG performance in the fourth quarter has bailed out Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for fiscal 2001-02. But for the sharp rise in earnings during the January-March 2002 quarter, HPCL would have reported a much worse ... More

Kinetic Motor: Pare exposures
THE scooter-maker Kinetic Motor Company is losing speed, as evident in its performance for the year ended March 2002. A subsidiary of Kinetic Engineering, Kinetic Motor Company is better known as the manufacturer of the Kinetic brand of automatic ... More

Aventis CropScience: Pare exposures
THE stock price of Aventis CropScience India has appreciated around 80 per cent since September 2001, from around Rs 84 to Rs155. The recent surge in stock price can be attributed both to improved financial performance and to speculation about ... More

PNB Gilts: Hold
SPECULATION about future interest rate movement takes up a lot of space in the financial newspapers today. The Government suggests that policy measures will push for a soft interest trend, but the financial market seems to think otherwise. In ... More

SMALL SAVINGS

STOCK MARKETS

Weak trend in pivotals
ITC (Rs 613): As mentioned last week, the scrip enjoys a crucial support at the Rs 570-575 band. A close below Rs 570 could impart lead to a sharp downside movement. As of now, both the trend and the momentum are still bearish. It is, ... More

Pare exposure in Digital GlobalSoft
WITH no signs of an improvement in the Indo-Pak standoff, the stock market sentiment was dampened further during the week gone by. The Sensex closed on a weak note on all the five trading days of the week. The subdued trend in technology heavy ... More

Global markets in May: Japan, the lone bull
IF IT were lingering concerns of more terrorist attacks that affected the US markets, a 4 per cent drop in global mobile phone sales was a wrong call for European markets; it is perhaps best not to speak of the sub-continent — the growing ... More

Adlab Films gains 16 pc
HMT: The machine tool manufacturer has made substantial gains on the bourses last week unaffected by war clouds that have affected the general market sentiment. The stock shot up by 76.7 per cent during the week from Rs 15.90 to Rs 28.10. ... More

Nasdaq: Market sentiment remains bearish
THE trading activity last week was curtailed to four days on account of market holiday on Monday. The stock market sentiment continued to remain negative with all the three-benchmark indices closing the week on a subdued note. Growing concerns ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

SECURITISATION

FIXED DEPOSITS

INTERVIEW

INCOME TAX

INSIGHT

Tata Teleservices investment: What's in it for VSNL shareholders?
A VERITABLE storm has been kicked up by the decision of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd — now under the control and management of the Tata group — to invest Rs 1,200 crore in Tata Teleservices. Much of the focus has been on the fact that a ... More

Behind the prices and methodology
WHAT do stock prices tell us? Do they reflect a company's future earnings potential or its past performance? It is important to understand what the stock price represents before making an investment decision. One of the earliest investment ... More

More material disclosure vital
SOMETHING is wrong with the rules of public disclosure of price-sensitive information involving listed corporations. This is the lesson from the controversy over Videsh Sanchar Nigam's (VSNL) proposed investment in Tata TeleServices — the ... More

Corporate India: Not `capital'
CORPORATE India has been going through a tough phase. With the downtrend in the economy persisting, earnings and profitability have been hit. But companies also have to worry about their capital structure. With the equity market rocked by ... More

Lower interest rates leave stocks untouched
IN the last decade, the economy has undergone several important structural changes. The stock market faithfully reflected such changes in the prices of stocks. However, an important dynamic change has happened in the last couple of years the ... More

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