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Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Indian IT industry to slow down - by ghosh_888Wipro and its peers in the $31-billion (Rs 1,24,000-crore) Indian IT industry has come to the realisation that the fastgrowing sector is about to hit some speed breakers. The reason: the global banking and financial services industry (BFSI), from which...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Yahoo! Money to be made? - by khananYahoo! vs. Microsoft Chess GameEveryone is looking at the spectacular news of Microsoft walking away from the Yahoo! deal. Some really interesting articles I've encountered are by Marc Andreessen: http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/05/examining-micro.htmlThis talks in ...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
ICICI Securities IPO very soon - by anu_affableAccording to reports in media, ICICI Securities, the investment banking arm of ICICI Bank, will come out with initial public offer very soon. Bank has not decided on the size of the IPO as yet. In the begining of the year, the board of ICICI Securitie...
Monday May 5, 2008 — pencils2
An article today over at Seeking Alpha takes a look into Rep. Paul Kanjorski's idea to take profits from oil companies to reasonably price energy. If we have politicians like this in Washington who don't have the slightest idea of how economics work, in the long run this is not a good thing for t...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Beware of phishing sites - by INNOcent_99How often have you received an official-looking e-mail ostensibly from a bank asking you to confirm your credit details?In the last week alone, I received six such mails. And it sure smells phishy. For the uninitiated, phishing is an online scam where fraud...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Choosing a mutual fund - by Hyderabad_guyWhat is the most important yardstick for choosing a mutual fund? Returns? Indeed, how much the investment will earn should logically be the key factor guiding your decision. But there is no way anyone can predict how a mutual fund will perform in future. Th...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
In early March I posed the question "is $3.25 gas helping Harley Davidson?" Now that the price is up to $3.50 and higher in most areas, there is more evidence unfolding that it may be true.. In the first post it was an Illinois dealership reporting increases in sales and now we have both a Calif...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
AIG WORLD GOLD FUND - by Hyderabad_guyOffer open: Till 15 May 2008Scheme type: Open-ended fund of funds equityMinimum investment: Rs 5,000; unit price: Rs 10Loads: Entry load: 2.25%. Exit load: 1% (if less than one year)Options: Growth and dividend (payout and reinvestment)FUND STATSObjective: To ...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Wealth Zoom Portfolio - by apu_shivWealth Zoom model portfolios have recovered a bit over the past fortnight, after three months of merciless battering. Wealth Zoom is back into positive territory; its up over 10% from its last score, and has hit Rs 10.68 on its net asset value (NAV) score. The po...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Blue-chips at Karachi Stock Exchange - by Noor-us-SabbahUpdate on KSE-100 Index Karachi Stock Exchange has been under selling pressure for the past two weeks. Investors faced liquidity problems and tended to square their future contracts on equities. KSE-100 index closed at all time high level of...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Franchising market in India - by apu_shivAn interesting feature of the franchising market in India is that while a large chunk of it is taken by franchises of foreign, mainly American, brands, small investors and small enterprises are happier to take franchises of home-grown companies. The McDonal...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Gas, Utah, Wii, Herb- A little reality check on gas- Beware of stuff like this- Isn't this like getting her a new vacuum?- See ya...↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorVisit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing BooksThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. --...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Tuesday's PicksJeff Macke likes Hasbro (HAS) $35.66 Guy Adami prefers Anheuser-Busch Companies (BUD) $51.41 Karen Finerman prefers ValueClick (VCLK) $20.Pete Najarian thinks AT&T (T) $39.85 is a buy.Monday's ResultsJeff Macke likes Microsoft (MSFT) $29.24 Close $29.08 LOSSGuy Adami prefers UPS...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Shares of Edelweiss Capital increase 3.5 per cent - by parvati4AOMShares of Edelweiss Capital increase 3.5 per cent after the financial services firm received regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to start its mutual fund business. According to media reports, Ede...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Tax holiday scheme for export-driven software companies extended in India - by parvati4AOMIndian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has extended the tax holiday scheme for export-driven software companies set to expire in March 2009 by a year. In my opinion, this move is timely and beneficial for a...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Investment by foreign funds into realty - by MY_LUckIn giving the go ahead signal for real estate mutual funds (REMFs), stockmarket regulator Sebi has opened the doors for foreign funds to invest in real estate. RBI and the Ministry of Finance had stemmed the flow of foreign funds into real estate...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
RBI maintaining status quo on benchmark rates: Surprise for me - by roopa_AluhIt was quite a surprise for me when the Reserve Bank of India maintain status quo on benchmark rates in its annual monetary policy for 2008-09. It is worthwhile pointing that the central bank hiked the cash reserve ratio...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
L&T bags Rs 344 crore project - by krazzy_4According to latest information, the technology, engineering and construction company LarsenToubro has bagged the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) project worth Rs 344 crore, clinching the deal against tough international competition.According to s...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
Warning: A Ponzi Scheme ( Investment Scam ) - by lovephileoHave you been once looking for quick money yet only to discover that you have just fried in your own lard?Not too long ago, a syndicate that promised high interest rates on peso investments victimized high ranking military and police offic...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Fingad.com
China, The World's Factory: From a Producer to a Consumer Economy - by hallianMuhammad Saad SarwarThey say that making a thing is easy, but selling it is the more difficult part. China not only makes products for the entire world but sells it too. It is no surprise that Chinas economy has been gro...
Monday May 5, 2008 — Wang's Happy Trading Daily Posts
First week back from my vacation and the market made solid gains. The Dow was up +166.34 points; SPX gained +16.06 points; and Nasdaq added +54.06 points. I’ll just do a quick wrap with the trades made this week and go right into my Market Forecast.
We got 100% GR$$N on the closed trades:
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Sunday May 4, 2008 — Fingad.com
Why George W Bush and Condoleezza Rice are wrong? - by NarasimhanWe had an interesting debate raging in India over the remarks made by Bush and Rice holding India and China responsible for the increases in food prices. Their statements seem to be deliberate attempt to divert attention from declini...
Sunday May 4, 2008 — Condor Options
We’re talking stock volatility as well, not just the implied volatility in the options indexes. Mark Hulbert compiled data showing that the May-October period, which typically underperforms the October-April period anyway, fares even worse when the latter period has been weak:
The stock mar...
Sunday May 4, 2008 — Fingad.com
started in Beirut of Arab economy and involving a number of senior officials in Arab countries - by yehiaHe added Mahmoud Mohieddin and Minister of Investment to the conference that there seriousness of recent global trends in some advenced industrial countries to expand the production of energy f...
Sunday May 4, 2008 — Fingad.com
PNB and Allied Bank Merging - by lovephileoWhat happens when two banks merge together? A simple answer points to the principle of addition and multiplication or rather a double positive impact resulted.PNB and Allied Banking Corporation, both owned and controlled by tycoon Lucio Tan, approved a ...