The rise in the stock markets post March 2009 is probably the sharpest we have seen in over a decade or so. The BSE-Sensex has risen by around 81% during the year. However, there were a few stocks that missed out on this rally. In this article, we have highlighted the top five stocks that underperformed the benchmark index.
After the collapse of global stock markets and economic turmoil in 2008, 2009 came with hope. While we did not see the stock market highs of 2007, we managed to gain back most of the lost ground of 2008. In this article, we discuss the top 5 Sensex performers taken from different sectors. In other words, the stocks have been chosen in such a way that if a stock from a sector has come on the list, we have not taken another stock from the same sector and instead, chosen to focus on different sectors.
…if it is intended to be ‘buy and forget’! The two bear markets that we have seen over the past ten years – first at its start in 2000 and then near its end in 2008 – have demonstrated exactly how dangerous buy and forget can be. In the first bear market, which went on from February 2000 through September 2001, the BSE-Sensex fell 56%. In the second bear market, that began in January 2008 and seems to have ended in March 2009, the index lost almost 61%.
After last week’s robust performance, this week too major indices across the globe ended on a positive note. The Indian markets though, were not amongst the top gainers this week, and were infact the lowest gainers among all other markets. India’s benchmark index, the BSE-Sensex closed with gains of 0.4%. Part of the reason for this dull performance when compared to other major markets is the uncertainty surrounding interest rates and the Indian government’s anticipated policy actions with respect to curbing the menace of inflation.
If some one plans to go for some robbery then my advice will be not to runaway with cash but to run with a handful of gold. Yes run with a bagful of gold rather than running with currency. Since gold might show $3000 ounce in the next 2-3 years. Shocked and many of my readers might have acclaimed me by now. I am quite lunatic in making such a predictions.
What more great performance can be expected from s sector when the world economy as well as Indian economy was making a turn around from the dark worlds of recession? Telecom is the sector I am talking about .This sector has done a fantastic performance in 2009 which makes Indian economy more proud.
After politicians and judges of the Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have also been prised open to public scrutiny by RTI. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority,
In every company sales mangers are required to appoint insurance advisors. What are these advisors are? In general the advisors are the ones who will sell the insurance products to the clients. That means they are one type of representatives of the company. But is this the end of the story of their identity. Nope they are much beyond than the ordinary word of Advisors.
ULIP’s are basically long term investment. But despite being Long Term in nature they are Return Maximizing tool. The return is maximized through the well known option provided itself in the ULIP product SWITCHES. Each Ulip comes with a Switch Option giving opportunity to the policy holder to manage his funds and maximize the Returns over the Long term.
Recently ITAT Mumbai in the case of Mrs. Hami Aspi Balsara (Taxpayer) v ACIT. [2009-TIOL-789-ITAT-MUM] held that where a transfer of shares is made conditional upon fulfillment of certain covenants by the parties, the transfer can be regarded as complete only upon the fulfillment of such covenants.
