As the global markets go through a financial crisis, small investors, who have invested in mutual funds and stocks, have been feeling the heat. During times like these, investors have to keep their cool, lest they make decisions that might not be rational. There are some common indicators that will help to identify if you are panicking.
Lavasa, a hill city project majority owned by Hindustan Construction Company, plans to raise as much as Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) through an initial public offering to fund the cost of the project being planned near Pune. The company plans to sell shares by 2010.
In order to provide for a mechanism for borrowing of securities to enable settlement of securities that are sold short, Sebi has decided to implement a full-fledged securities lending and borrowing scheme for market participants. Stock exchanges would issue guidelines in this respect as well.
The regulator had introduced trading plans to provide an opportunity for those holding possible insider information to legitimately trade, without violating insider trading regulations
41 companies take back shares worth Rs 27,783 crore in FY17
Retail investors can make money from open offers, if they are well informed about the companies and time their transactions. A look at existing and upcoming opportunities.
Stock market investors are always overwhelmed by fear and greed. That is the reason why most of them end up losing money. However, long-term investment can help them make some money.
Here is an FAQ on what is the commodity futures market all about.
A Permanent Account Number (PAN) is one of the most important documents in the country today. It is an identification number which the Income Tax Department gives to all taxpayers.
The taxman can come to different conclusions in different years on similar facts
It is easy to trade online as well as offline now. Brokers now are more than willing to offer you both the services.
Regardless of stock market levels, we urge investors to focus on their investment objectives, rather than concentrating on stock market ups and downs.
The UPA has decided not to sell its shares in BHEL.
Market regulator SEBI on Tuesday said it would ease norms for public offers and delisting of shares shortly, but step up market surveillance.
If we don't want small Indian wineries to disappear, it's worth supporting them by buying and drinking their wines, says Alok Chandra.
The Mumbai-based firm is on a cost optimisation drive through outsourcing of network management services and call centre operations.
The 30-share barometer started higher, but lost its way soon after the railway budget.
In March this year, the banks tried to sell the Kingfisher House in Mumbai to recover a part of their dues.
2,138 firms deposited unaccounted Rs 5,000 cr in zero-balance accounts during the note ban
State Bank of India expects decent growth in FY16.
Investors in LIC's insurance and other schemes are receiving a lower rate of return because LIC is subsidising incompetence at best and malfeasance at worst in institutions such as IDBI Bank and IL&FS, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
Investing in special situations can help you tap opportunities that arise during adverse conditions, advises Joydeep Sen.
US authorities are probing if Linda, wife of ex-Enron chairman Ken Lay, acted improperly when she had their family foundation sell 1.3 million Enron stocks just days before the energy giant's bankruptcy.
A senior Chennai Super Kings official, reacting to the franchise's suspension from the Indian Premier League, conceded that it never expected to go "scot-free" in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in 2013.
What is required from government is intellectual framework.
The 25-seater aircraft is interspersed with plush sofas, a cushioned bed, bars, showers and a bathrobe
IndiGo was set up in 2006 by businessman Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal, a former CEO for US Airways Group.
If you leave too much money lying in your trading account or hand over your securities to brokers, there is always the risk that they could use it to trade in the markets.
At present, seven companies are planning to raise Rs 2,965 crore (Rs 29.65 billion) and have Sebi's approval. Another 12 firms, intending to mop-up Rs 5,362 crore (Rs 53.62 billion), have filed draft documents with the capital market watchdog and are awaiting approval, Prime Database managing director Pranav Haldea said.
After relentlessly selling shares for most of 2013, India's equity mutual fund managers have turned buyers in the fag-end of the year.
Together with Jet Airways we will have 61 flights to Amsterdam and Paris during the winter season. That also makes us the second largest airline group after Lufthansa, which has 67 weekly flights, and we are catching up to become the first, says KLM CEO Pieter Elbers.
Reliance joins a number of large companies, including the Essar and Adani groups, which are raising loans abroad as interest rates in India remain high.
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