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Stocks
Stock Idea: BHEL
BHEL just announced its results for 2006-07. Highlights: Revenue: 18,702 cr. (up 29%) Net Profit: 2,385 cr. (up 42%) EPS: Rs. 97.4 (42%) They want to target ...
Fixed Income
Liquid Funds are better than Fixed Deposits
The increase in Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) in Budget 2006 has been touted as a big issue. Specifically on liquid funds and money market instruments, where ...
Charts & Analysis
Wrong data can affect good analyses
Sometimes wrong data can be extremely harmful – I noted earlier that the Sensex P/E is incorrectly calculated, and uses outdated earnings. But being the ...
Charts & Analysis
Sensex P/E calculation awry?
Update: This entire article is wrong. The P/E calculation is simple: Weighted Market Cap (791,825.38) divided by weighted earnings (40,570.21) which is 19.52, ...
Mutual Funds
Small numbers are not really small
This Seekingalpha post by Abhilash Kushwaha seems to counter my view that market timing could make sense in India. Using data going back from 1991, the author ...
Opinion
Counterpoint: Term plans + MF are better than ULIPs
A. Sanjeev writes at rediff that Term plans are not as good as ULIPs and goes on to demonstrate using calculations and formulas. Unfortunately, Sanjeev ...
Foundations
How Entry and Exit loads affect you
Mutual funds sometimes charge you something to buy units from them, or sell them units. Charges on purchase are known as entry loads and charges on exit are ...
Breaking
Anoop Bhaskar Quits Sundaram AMC
Anoop Bhaskar, the head of equities at Sundaram BNP Paribas AMC, has resigned. Anoop used to manage Sundaram Select Midcap, one of the fantastic performers of ...
Foundations
Do NOT buy LIC's Money Plus ULIP
It seems that LIC advisors have been distributing pamphlets saying that a plan named LIC Money Plus, a ULIP, demonstrating how you can invest only Rs. 10,000 ...
Opinion