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Swapnil Suvarna 12 January 2010
A few funds held large cash levels in November. Was it a prudent move? One of the tenets of fund investing is to remain fully invested at all times. Since it would go against the ‘remain fully invested’ philosophy, funds have not developed the expertise to time the market. Of course, this...

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Surya Pharma is on a growth path We have been impressed by small pharma companies like Aarti Drugs and Ankur Drugs and their performance has justified our recommendation. Here is one more pharma stock to look at. Surya Pharmaceutical manufactures and markets active pharmaceutical ingredients...

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Greaves Cotton makes dull engineering stuff but these are in great demand now The high economic growth rate in India has ensured that a large number of very mundane sectors are doing extremely well. Capital goods, mainly light engineering, is one such sector. An unfancied player in this...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 January 2010
Times Guaranty Ltd (Rs79) Promoted by Bennett Coleman & Co, owner of the Times group, Times Guaranty is a defunct finance company. In the March 2008 quarter, it posted revenues of Rs2 lakh and an operating loss of Rs28 lakh. Surprisingly, in the September 2008 quarter, when the economy...

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Swapnil Suvarna 11 January 2010
Indian markets failed to hold on to positive global cues, following a slump in Reliance Industries Indian markets opened on a stronger note on the back of strong trade data from China for December 2009 and expectations of strong December 2009 quarter results from India Inc. However, markets...

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Moneylife Research Team 11 January 2010
In the last 19 years, out of 13 times when the Sensex closed higher in the first week, on nine occasions it also ended the month in positive territory How will January 2010 end for the markets? That seems to partly depend on how the first week ended. A study conducted by Moneylife has found...

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Ravi Samalad 11 January 2010
A section of the fund industry is still attempting to delay the SEBI directive on trail commission. Others are readying to comply The larger mutual funds that effectively control the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and have been instrumental in endlessly postponing the decision on...

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Swapnil Suvarna 11 January 2010
Both the BSE and the NSE have extended their trading session by about one hour; however, the move has not increased volumes. The trading volumes of Nifty futures are shrinking irrespective of extended trade timings for the Indian bourses. From 4 January 2010, the market has been opening at 9...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 11 January 2010
The mandatory 70% provisioning coverage expected to be implemented by banks has created quite a stir in the banking community The major bone of contention emerging among Indian banks is the provisioning requirement mandated by the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its...

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Swapnil Suvarna 09 January 2010
Indian markets remained subdued; institutional investors are waiting to buy on declines The week started off positively on the back of strong manufacturing activity in December 2009, and exports in November 2009. Indian markets remained weak on the last two trading days following weak global...

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Ravi Samalad 09 January 2010
The debt crisis in Dubai is having a cascading effect on the company’s risk profile Credit rating agency CRISIL has downgraded Global Aviation Services Pvt Ltd’s Rs20-crore bank facilities to ‘P3’ from ‘P3+’ after the company lost an online station cargo service contract from its top...

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Swapnil Suvarna 08 January 2010
Indian markets declined, despite positive trends in global bourses The Sensex ended the day at 17,540, declining 75 points from the previous day’s close, while the Nifty closed at 5,245, down 18 points, despite positive global cues. We had said that the market would end the day at a low and...

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Subrato Das  and   Pratibha Kamath 08 January 2010
Well-begun is half done, goes the saying. These stocks have set a scorching pace in the first week’s trading of the New Year Investors of Ucal Fuel Systems and Mangalam Timber Products have a common thing to cheer about. Both the stocks are up an incredible 52% in the first week of this year....

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Subrato Das  and   Pratibha Kamath 08 January 2010
Well-begun is half done, goes the saying. These stocks have set a scorching pace in the first week’s trading of the New Year Investors of Ucal Fuel Systems and Mangalam Timber Products have a common thing to cheer about. Both the stocks are up an incredible 52% in the first week of this year....

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Sanket Dhanorkar 08 January 2010
ITC is apparently using its political clout for blocking FDI in tobacco, leaving foreign investment proposals high and dry. Intense lobbying on ITC’s part has even led to a shift in the government’s stance Indian tobacco-to-hotels conglomerate ITC Ltd (formerly Indian Tobacco Co) is...

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The state government has blocked two online trading sites, including bseindia.com, as they were frequently being used by employees and these sites are not required for government work Maharashtra government employees can no longer browse online trading sites from state headquarters...

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Swapnil Suvarna 07 January 2010
Indian markets ended lower due to weak global cues The Sensex ended the day 85 points down from the previous day’s close, closing at 17,616, while the Nifty closed at 5,263, down 19 points, on the back of weak global markets. Yesterday we had said that the bourses would be down and they...

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SEBI has again put its foot down on the trail commission issue. Will AMFI comply this time? As the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) continues dilly-dallying for over six months on whether trail commission would continue to be paid to the old distributor even after a customer has...

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SEBI has again put its foot down on the trail commission issue. Will AMFI comply this time? As the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) continues dilly-dallying for over six months on whether trail commission would continue to be paid to the old distributor even after a customer has...

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Swapnil Suvarna 07 January 2010
After the ban on entry load from 1 August 2009, the mutual fund industry has seen a massive outflow of investments even as the bull market continued Ever since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned the entry load for mutual fund schemes, fund companies have been...

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