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In the next 6-12 months, there would be many opportunities to buy quality stocks at reasonable prices The nightmare has begun. The big-name banks of the US, till recently called ‘Masters of the Universe’, are getting buried. They leave behind one big mess that the world will have to clean up....

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The dice is loaded in favour of insurance companies. It affects you in a variety of ways The mutual fund (MF) industry is battling the insurance industry for your savings. In this fight, the dice is loaded heavily in favour of the insurance industry. As a result, retail investors suffer....

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Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection (PCCPL) is an integrated player in agrochemicals industry with a product range of agrochemical technicals (bulk), agrochemical formulations (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc), biological agro-products (inoculants), industrial chemicals and bulk...

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Peter Lynch made it sound easy, as if unearthing investment opportunities was something anyone could do. “The best place to begin looking for the tenbagger [a stock that ends up worth ten times what you paid for it] is close to home, if not in the backyard then down at the shopping mall,” he...

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I am an ardent fan of your magazine, and try to read it whenever I can lay my hands on it. I read with interest your article on the investment myth of gold being an investment hedge against inflation. However, I do not agree with the conclusions drawn by you. There are a few reasons for it and I...

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After a day’s hard work of driving his taxi through the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai, Ramashray Singh has only one thing on his mind. Finishing his dinner rather quickly, he goes to the other end of his room and rummages through the top pocket of an old safari suit, pulls out a small black...

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ML: Can you tell us something about your background? AB: My father was a government employee, working for Delhi Electricity Supply Undertaking. My mother was very keen that we got a good education. My sister and I both studied in a convent school. We didn’t go for holidays and made sure that...

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All this while, experts thought that it was all about oil. If oil prices come down below US$100, it will solve all our problems and markets will take off vertically, was the assumption. Well, oil is below that figure now and the Sensex is threatening to make a new low. There are fears that the...

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Gold was languishing at US$741 on 11th September. Over the next two days, it jumped to US$780, paused there for a day and then, suddenly, in just two days flat (17th and 18th September), it jumped to hit almost US$910. This astounding two-day move was caused by the financial crisis that has hit...

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We have maintained that the Sensex would generally remain range-bound within 13,500 and 15,500. At the time of writing (16th September), the Sensex closed at 13,519, after several days of huge declines on the news of the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers and the realisation that...

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The world’s politicians and finance officials are hell bent on injecting steroids into a tired and ailing bull. In an unprecedented move, central banks across the world have released hundreds of billions of dollars into the financial system to make sure there is enough liquidity to prevent a...

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When Aditya Birla died, Kumar Mangalam Birla took over the reigns of the empire. He was just 28 and inherited several diversified companies, all of which put off investors. While the self-image of the group (like any other family-run business) was high, institutional investors did not know what...

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Bread is traditionally made using a small number of familiar ingredients: flour, yeast, water and a pinch of salt. But in the current era, ‘industrial bread’ – even ‘industrial whole-grain bread’ – is quite another matter. Thanks to modern “food science” Sara Lee’s Soft & Smooth Whole Grain...

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With a shoreline of around 7,600km (if we include Lakshadweep and Andamans and Nicobar) and perhaps some of the best views that nature can offer, India should abound with marinas populated by yachts huddled together. India could have a thriving yachting community; but we do not seem to believe...

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In the past two years, over 220 private sector companies have announced investment plans adding up to over Rs25,00,000 crore. As India finds itself staring at a severe slowdown, these mega projects will have to be postponed analyse Sucheta Dalal & Debashis Basu On a drive from Delhi, a top...

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In the autumn of 1399, Tamerlane, the Mongol warlord, had just returned to Samarkand flush with the spoils of his recent ransack of Delhi. While the elephants he had brought from India were hauling stone for a magnificent new mosque, he charged south-west to defeat the Ottoman sultan. In...

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Raymond is one of the finest Indian brands. It spends huge amounts of money to publicise its premium fabrics. It is also the world’s largest manufacturer of worsted suitings. But, as we keep repeating, there is no correlation between the brand or size and shareholder value. Companies with the...

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In my last column, I had stated that, broadly, over the short- to medium-term, the Sensex would remain range-bound between 13,500 and 15,500. I had identified major support levels at 13,454 and 14,063 and resistance at 15,167 and 15,565. The immediate resistance is at 15,167 which had acted as a...

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ML: Let’s start with your background. NS: I was born and brought up in the Kalbadevi area of Mumbai which used to be the hub of wholesale trading in textiles. I always stood first in school. However, when I got into Sydenham, which was an elite college, I realised that everyone else is far...

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Sharbati (I am not sure how it translates or where the name comes from) is a variety of wheat which the discerning consider the best for making traditional Indian rotis. It is much sought after in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Mumbai consumes 30% of the total Sharbati...

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