Traditional full-service brokers are quickly diversifying to offer a bouquet of financial services to address the decline in broking income and new players and investors entering the market
IT services majors demonstrate robust performance in the second quarter, and forecast even better things ahead
Leading market experts have already lowered their expectations from the stock market this year, and while they believe that the bulk of the correction is behind us, they are not yet ready to paint a rosy outlook
The coming months could see selling pressure intensify for stocks of companies that listed in the second half of last year as the one-year lock-in for their pre-IPO shareholders comes to an end.
Big bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has kept his portfolio largely unchanged during the April-June quarter amid the bloodbath in the market
Indians are increasingly buying stocks of some of the biggest global companies. But the diversification comes with heightened volatility and currency risks
Foreign investors were always looked upon as the prime drivers of any rally in the Indian stock markets. But the current resilience is only on the back of domestic institutional investors and also the average retail investor. What has changed?
Rich individuals who are used to making a quick buck in an IPO by using leveraged finance will find the going difficult as twin regulatory moves – one each by RBI and Sebi – have put a spanner in the IPO financing arena. It seems to be good news for retail investors though
<p>“Acquisition of the UK-based J.L. French will add Ford, Land Rover, and Peugeot to its client base. With 32% compounded EPS growth between 2005-6 and 2008-9E, the stock trades at a P/E of 10 times on 2007-8 and 8.6 times on 2008-9 E earnings. We maintain our ‘Buy’ recommendation.”</p>





