On the other Side of the Bull-run   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Nov 15, 2010
There are a number of stocks that haven’t made it back anywhere close to the highs they achieved in January 2008

Beware of Assured Return Schemes   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Nov 10, 2010
Most of these schemes put investors money in financial instruments and not in real estate

Is NPS drifting towards Disaster?   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Nov 03, 2010
State govts’ dilly dallying in contributing towards the pension accounts of their employees would lead to a mess

How to Peel the Fruit of Equity Investments?   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Nov 01, 2010
Invest regularly in a mix of stable large to large-mid stocks for years to gain from equity investments

Coal India IPO: A Missed Opportunity for Employees   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 26, 2010
Thanks to a concerted campaign by the company’s unions, no more than 10% of the shares reserved was subscribed by employees

Infra bond: Look beyond the fine print   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 25, 2010
Sub head: Income earned from these bonds will be added to the taxable income in the year of redemption

Indian job scene defies the Nobel model   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 20, 2010
Understand how jobs and the jobless search for each other and how this search becomes efficient

Microfinance's dilemma   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 18, 2010
There's an inherent contradiction between running an altruistic business while having to meet the next quarter's numbers

Is Gold a Bubble?   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 12, 2010
Experts are divided into two camps over the gold bubble issue and each group has equally hardened stance on its views

Front-running menace rears its head again   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 11, 2010
A recent report reveals that SEBI is investigating 10 more fund houses for possible cases of front-running

Misleading numbers   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 05, 2010
The analyses of monthly AUM data by media are not just meaningless but also misleading

Investors the only losers in the Satyam saga   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 04, 2010
Those who held the Satyam stock on the day of the letter saw large chunks of their value being wiped out

Now deposits that float   Research   Desk |  Oct 01, 2010
In developed economies, returns on FDs are linked to the market, but it will take some time for floating-rate deposits to surpass the fixed-rate FDs in popularity

IPO Myth   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 28, 2010
The whole IPO pricing debate is based on the myth that retail investors should invest in public issues

Once beaten twice shy   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 27, 2010
Though the Sensex has touched 20,000 level, the general sentiment has been of caution rather than of unbridled excitement