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Inside Markets Moneylife Digital Exclusives Moneylife Digital Team A straight five-week rally—where are we headed? The stock markets have rallied strongly for the past five consecutive weeks. How will the markets perform this week? Moneylife’s study of similar historical patterns points to a solid trend Are bond markets sceptical of FM’s borrowing plans? Bond Street seems to have taken the FM’s fiscal consolidation plans with a pinch of salt as bond yields have since surged past 8%, perhaps due to the government’s borrowing programme Retail investors return to the IPO game The recipe that’s working: strong fundamentals, attractive pricing and recent listing gains Big winners & losers after the Budget Several stocks are riding high on the back of friendly proposals in the recent Budget; others have taken a beating and are sliding down Low MF assets speak volumes on investor apathy Despite a booming economy and vibrant equity markets, equity assets under management at many mutual fund houses remain abysmally low SEBI asks all investors to pay 100% margin upfront for public issues In a bid to create a level playing field between all investor participants, all investors, including QIBs, will now be required to make full payment during new share applications. Financial services stocks on a downward spiral It is widely assumed that the stocks of financial companies, especially broking companies are correlated to the market. But the majority of stocks of financial services companies have been on a downward trend since May 2009 Local tailwind, global headwinds The Budget measures will support a short-term and a long-term rally, but the market’s medium-term prospects are clouded by global worries Retail investors steer clear of Emmbi Polyarns & DB Realty IPOs; flop debut on BSE Retail investors and employees have given a ‘thumbs down’ to both the IPOs; DB Realty listed at an 8% discount while Emmbi Polyarns shed 59% on its debut Sectoral winners and losers during the recent market fall Out of the 49 sectors, sugar, the hot sector of late 2009, was the worst performer, crashing 22% whereas printing & publishing was down 21% Inside Markets More ML Digital Exclusives Sanket Dhanorkar Brokers to sell MFs, but many are not qualified Trading of mutual fund (MF) units through stock exchanges is now a reality, but many brokers lack necessary qualifications to actually deal in MF schemes Sucheta Dalal SEBI board cannot quash order against NSDL: ex-CJI Justice JS Verma says such quasi-judicial orders can only be reviewed and quashed “by a judicial forum with requisite jurisdiction, at the instance of a petitioner with standing to seek relief.” BSE plans to launch mobile trading platform In a move to increase retail penetration, the BSE is coming out with a mobile trading platform as well as websites in various regional languages SEBI calls board meeting to dispose NSDL issues SEBI's board meeting would ensure that with three whole-time members reporting to the chairman or the finance ministry and outside directors who are subject to their regulation, the NSDL issue will be buried Viability of SEBI’s proposed SME platform remains a concern SEBI has allowed exchanges to set up independent SME exchange platforms, but doubts persist over how far it will succeed at creating a thriving market in SMEs Another SME trading platform; will it work this time? The market regulator has allowed exchanges to set up a separate trading platform for SMEs; will it be any different from its previously failed attempts at creating exchanges for SMEs? Orders that SEBI suppressed What were the DSQ Software and Rajnarayan case all about? Sucheta Dalal looks at the two surprise orders revealed by the SEBI board. The two were in connection with NSDL's role in the DSQ Software case and that of Rajnarayan Capital Market Services Biased austerity The austerity move adopted by the babus got a new dimension when corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid pointed out that even private sector companies should refrain from doling out obscene salaries. Petition filed against SEBI in NSDL row Aggrieved investor files PIL in Andhra Pradesh High Court asking for SEBI to be directed to publish the committee report that has been allegedly suppressed by the market regulator to keep its current chairman away from controversy Sticky Wicket IDBI Bank’s loan restructuring is highest among peers Inside Markets Recent ML Digital Exclusives 
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 Persistent’s IPO valuation looks attractiveThe company’s EPS is expected to be Rs25 in FY10 with price-earnings of 11.92; its peers are currently trading at a P/E between a range of 10.99-15.97  A straight five-week rally—where are we headed?The stock markets have rallied strongly for the past five consecutive weeks. How will the markets perform this week? Moneylife’s study of similar historical patterns points  Marico expects a turnover of Rs2,500 crore for FY10The weak monsoon and food inflation have impacted the purchasing power of the lower income group, resulting in marginal growth for the FMCG sector  India’s logistics performance index plummets to 47The capacity of countries to efficiently move goods and connect manufacturers and consumers with international markets is improving around the world, but much more is needed to  “Service tax is a bit of a dampener for the realtySobha Developers Ltd’s managing director JC Sharma discusses the impact of service tax
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