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Moneylife Digital Team 15 February 2007
The bulls are in charge and the markets are on fire. The Sensex is around the 11,000 mark and money is still waiting in the wings to enter at even such high levels with mutual funds coming up with new funds every second day. From mega-caps to mid-caps to small-caps, stocks have seen a major...

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ML Research Desk 15 February 2007
The results of a unique method to rank fund houses for all their equity schemes launched in the past three years There are 29 fund houses to invest with (at least six more are awaiting SEBI’s nod) and more than 360 equity diversified funds to choose from. How does one pick the best funds?...

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Confusion is still confounding viewers in Mumbai, says Achintya Mukherjee The primary objective of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was to “protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector (and) to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom...

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Stanchart is launching another flipper fund - a second Enterprise Equity Fund. The first one was a flop. Will the remake do any better? Unlikely, says Debashis Basu In early May 2006, when the Sensex was above 13,000 and subscribers to initial public offerings (IPOs) were making huge money, as...

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RBI is serious about effective redress of consumer grievances against banking services Have you been frustrated at not getting past the obstructive tricks of your bank’s call centre operator, to get mistakes in your bank statement corrected? Or, got into a serious flap, on finding a fraudulent...

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Fund of Funds have not taken off in a major way in India but they do have a role in the portfolio. For those who cannot decide between a flexi-cap and small-cap fund, FoFs are a good idea. Through FoFs, you leave your decision to choose a particular fund to another fund. Sounds funny but...

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I hold a Citibank-Indian Oil Corp. credit card. I prefer to use my card when I have my car filled with fuel, let’s say for Rs500. On several occasions, when I get my credit card statement, I am surprised to see a surcharge of Rs12.50, which means that although I used the right card at...

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A professional product from UTI, directed at retail investors Investing internationally is becoming the in-thing. UTI Mutual Fund has filed an offer document with SEBI for its maiden overseas equity fund called UTI Global Navigator Fund. This follows the launch of ICICI Prudential Fund...

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India's $23.4 billion outsourcing industry, which employs 1.2 million workers, and makes up nearly 5% of GDP, is accelerating at more than 25% a year. According to research reports, Indian service providers grabbed outsourcing contracts worth more than $50 million in 2005. This includes...

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In late 2004 and early 2005 textile exports was supposed to be the next big thing after software and Business Process Outsourcing, part of a megatrend under which Indian companies were supposed to take advantage of their excellent quality and low costs to create a winning advantage for...

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You love to live an adventurous youthful life, complete with mountain-climbing, rafting, hang gliding etc. But imagine ending up with a career behind a desk or attending stuffy corporate lunches and cocktail parties. Well, the good news is that you can earn a living while living a life...

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I was reading in MoneyLIFE (7th July issue) about the Fly-For-Sure scheme of Citibank. The article says that the bank is redressing consumer complaints. I am a credit card holder of the bank who received a Fly-For-Sure voucher after qualifying for the scheme. Later, the same was denied...

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Confused about where the market is headed? You are not alone. As the market scales new heights everyday, there is complete confusion about where we are headed. We scanned some of the more important ideas about the market and have summarised them here. Morgan Stanley: Sell India

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Even as the government harps on the virtues of paying taxes, fake cards of Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) are proliferating. In December 2005, a top Income Tax official told this writer that the number of PAN cards issued is nearly twice the number of Income Tax assessees. We now know...

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Apropos the Business Protocol articles of Mr Walter Vieira, I would like to share just one of the many personal experiences I have had in my life. Some time back, while I was in Australia, during my studies in Portfolio and Economic Analysis, I was staying at a shared housing arrangement. People...

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How do you measure fund performance? In simple terms, it is the change in your net asset value over a period of time. But academics say that while returns are important, what is equally important is the degree of risk taken to achieve that return. Risk evaluation is a part of any...

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UNIQUE ROLE I noticed someone reading MoneyLIFE magazine and asked to see it more closely. I am usually indifferent to money-related topics of discussion but one needs money to live and, of course, it is logical to be aware of such issues. As I picked up a few issues of MoneyLIFE to flip...

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The March 7 judgement of the Supreme Court, which allowed for the development of 600 acres of mill land in and around Parel, in the heart of Mumbai, frees up huge tracts of land for development ensuring a massive infusion of funds. The effects may rub off on areas surrounding the mills....

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India’s largest basmati rice exporter, REI Agro, wants to get into organised retailing. It is a dubious move If the next growth segment is going to be the farm sector, companies like REI Agro should do well. Like Kushi Ram Behari Lal (KRBL now), REI Agro is primarily a basmati rice processing...

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Get the agent to put all his/her promises in writing and ensure that you retain a copy of everything you have signed This column has often highlighted how financial regulation is loaded against consumers because it is invariably framed after consultation with commercial entities alone; consumer...

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