Archive for June, 2009
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Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, capitals, Company, india, Insurance, Investment, Merchant Banking, Mutual Funds, Stock, Trading, Wealth. Tagged: AMFI, bank fixed deposit, BSE, Child Plans, corporate bonds, Economy, Equity & Derivative Trading, F&O, Fidelity, Finance, Franklyn Templeton, fund manager, GDP, General Insurance, government bonds, india, Insurance, Insurance Broking, insurance services, Investment, investment risk, investors, IPOs, IRDA, liquidity, MCX, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, online equity & derivative trading facilities, online investment, Planning Commission, risk assessment, SMC, smc capitals, SMC Depository, SMC Global, Stock, stocks, Terms Insurance. Leave a Comment
Indian capital market regulators’ move to scrap an entry fee on mutual funds is expected to bring more transparency in the growing industry even though it may temporarily hurt mutual fund penetration as distributors will lose the incentive to sell funds. In the long run, the move should bring down the cost of investing in [...]
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26
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in General, india. Tagged: agriculture, drip irrigation, Economy, Exports, extraction, farming, food articles, GDP, harvesting, india, Inflation, mansoon, Manufacturing, rainfall, Rural demand, storage, water intensive crops, water management, World Bank. Leave a Comment
With every passing day, hopes of a normal monsoon are receding. Along with poor rainfall, hopes of better economic performance in 2009, too, may suffer a washout.The situation is one of concern. Everyone now has fingers crossed about the next crucial 20 days. Surely, instead of see-sawing between hope and despair each time rains play [...]
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26
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, capitals, Company, india, Insurance, Investment, Merchant Banking, Mutual Funds, Stock, Trading, Wealth. Tagged: AMFI, BSE, Economy, Equity & Derivative Trading, Finance, fund manager, india, Investment, Merchant Banking, online investment, Planning Commission, retail investor, SMC, smc capitals, SMC Depository, SMC Global, Stock, Terms Insurance. Leave a Comment
As opportunities dry up in the recession-hit ‘advanced’ economies, foreign funds are increasingly looking at India. The government should seize the moment to accelerate disinvestment in PSUs, argues Jagannadham Thunuguntla What a turnaround! The United States, long considered the ‘cradle of capitalism’, is now busy trying to nationalise its iconic brands such as AIG, Freddie [...]
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25
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in General, india. Tagged: Beijing, China, economic reforms, Economy, entrepreneurial culture, foreign direct investment, growth rate, india, investment rate, Mumbai, national leadership, New Delhi, Shanghai, World Bank. Leave a Comment
Indians have for long suffered from an advanced case of China envy. It has never been just a question of higher growth rates in China. Visitors from India have also inevitably come back with breathless tales about the new downtown Shanghai, the magnetic levitation trains or the new highways being built across that country. However, [...]
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25
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, Company, Investment, Wealth. Tagged: buy back, DLF Ltd, earnings per share, economic slowdown, Equity & Derivative Trading, equity index, Finance, liquidity, liquidity crunch, market price, money market, NSE (F&O), NSE and BSE, online equity & derivative trading facilities, online investment, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, return on equity, Sensex, share price, SMC, SMC capital, SMC capitals Ltd., SMC Depository, SMC Global Securities Ltd, Wealth Management. Leave a Comment
In a tight money market, companies that have moved to buy back their shares are going slow on these efforts either because they do not have the money or are saving it for a better use, according to analysts and executives at some of the firms. Currently, 22 companies have ongoing offers to buy back [...]
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24
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, Company, india, Insurance, Investment, Mutual Funds, Stock, Trading, Wealth. Tagged: bank, Beneficiary Owner Identification Number, Bonus, brokerage charges, Demat account, Dematerialization, dematerialized mode, Depository Participant, Dividend, DP, liquidity, market regulator, ownership of securities, physical mode, Physical securities, public issue allotments, Public Issues, Rights, securities, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), share market, shares, stock exchange, stocks, transfer deeds. 3 Comments
With growing financial awareness, more and more people now want to dabble in the share market. To do this, one should understand the basic requirements to trade in shares. A company enlisted in a stock exchange, is under obligation to offer the securities in both physical and dematerialized mode. Physical securities mean actual certificates giving [...]
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24
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in General. Tagged: 2011 World Cup, Abu Dhabi, Bangladesh., ICC, india, Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan, PCB, Sri Lanka, Test match. Leave a Comment
ICC on Thursday dismissed Pakistan’s claims that India was behind the shifting of their 2011 World Cup matches and said the decision could have been avoided if the security apprehensions in the strife-torn country were responsibly addressed during the ICC Executive Board meeting. “India had nothing to do with the decision. The decision was taken [...]
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23
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Insurance, Investment, Mutual Funds. Tagged: asset allocation, balanced funds, Bonds, Call money markets, child plan, debt funds, equity funds, financial planner, fund management, Government securities, Insurance companies, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, investment avenue, investor, liquidity crunch, long term investment, Mutual Fund, mutual fund schemes, net asset value, pension plan, policy's tenure, Portfolio disclosure, portfolios, premium, regulator, retirement plan, risk cover, Sebi, Securities and Exchange Board of India, surplus funds, Tax benefits, ULIP, ULIP investors, unit holders, Unit Linked Insurance Policies. Leave a Comment
At almost every investor mind a question is generally cropped up: “What is the difference between a ULIP and a Mutual Fund?” The reason, perhaps for the wide extent of confusion, lies largely in the way ULIPs have been sold by agents. As just another mutual fund. Unit Linked Insurance Policies (ULIPs) as an investment [...]
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22
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, india. Tagged: Bankers, budget, Deputy Chairman, finance ministry, fiscal deficit, GDP, global financial meltdown, government bonds, government borrowing, government debt, government's borrowing, gross domestic product, interest rate, interest rates, liquidity, monetary policy, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission, RBI, stimulus packages, total expenditure, total receipts. 1 Comment
Seeking to mollify the fears of banks that high government borrowing would not allow interest rate to come down, the Planning Commission on Sunday said the fiscal deficit will be high but not in “double digits”. “Bankers are always concerned about the size of the government’s borrowing. Because it is very very large, many of [...]
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20
Jun
Posted by smcinvestmentindia in Business, india. Tagged: CAGR, compound annual growth rate, Gartner Inc, global IT research and advisory firm, india, Indian mobile industry, mobile handset, mobile market, mobile services, postpaid connection, prepaid connections, rural market, sector, subscriber, telecom, value-added services. Leave a Comment
India will continue its robust telecom story with the revenue of the sector expected to be more than $30 billion by 2013, according to a global IT research and advisory firm. ”Total mobile services revenue in India is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent during 2009-2013 to exceed [...]
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