Monthly Archives: August 2008
FII Investments in India Pare Down
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), the most influential investor group in India, continues to pare their holdings in Indian stocks. During the one year period to June 2008, FIIs reduced their combined exposure to BSE 500 group of companies to 17.4%, … Continue reading
Trading Recommendations from Hindu Business Line
Recommendations Stocks · KSK Energy Ventures — IPO: Avoid · Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers: Buy · HDFC Bank: Hold · Ranbaxy – Open Offer: Accept · Monsanto India: Buy · Somi Conveyor Beltings — IPO: Avoid · Gammon India (Rs … Continue reading
Trump Invests $1Billion in Indian Real Estate
Trump announced that he intends to set up a hedge fund worth up to $1 billion to invest in Indian real estate. Accordingly, the privately held fund would initially target property in Mumbai and also include an Indian family as … Continue reading
Timeline for Rights Issue reduced to 43 days
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has announced “changes in timeline [that] would enable a right issue to be completed within about 43 days as against about 109 days currently available for a rights issue.” It is indeed … Continue reading
Aping the Fund Managers is a good idea?
Some equity investors may think it is wise to follow investment patterns of expert fund managers. But there are many reasons why this may turn out to be a bad idea, says Nikhil Walavalkar THOSE who invest in shares use … Continue reading
Overview of the Markets as on 12th August 2008
In the last fortnight we witnessed the RBI increase the Repo Rate by 50 basis points to 9.0 per cent and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points which also now stand at 9.0 per cent. Although the … Continue reading
FII and Mutual Funds have divergent views on Sensex
Even as foreign institutional investors reduced their stake in some of the leading companies during the quarter ended June 30, mutual funds were seen buying those stocks and increasing their stake. According to the shareholding pattern declared by the companies … Continue reading
Fund Manager’s Insights on the markets
KC Reddy, CIO, ABN Amro MF has some interesting insights on Fund Management Read it here
What’s your Money doing?
Much before we start thinking of investing in Stocks, have you wondered what’s your money doing. Imean where is it coming from, where is it going and how? Read this post for a perspective
Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post
This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading
