Fear and greed. Those are the emotions that rule the markets, and changes in stock prices simply reflect the swing of the pendulum between the two extremes. Only lately the swings have arrived with more violence than a Transformers movie. First came fear, specifically of a financial sys…

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Jim Rogers is a legendary investor, a swashbuckling traveller, a man who made his fortune before he turned 40. Now, he is an author and commentator. The man Times magazine once called the Indiana Jones of the world of investing has now morphed himself into a modern dad. In an exclusive in…

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Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC) today reported 20.68 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 564.92 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009. The bank had a net profit of Rs 468.11 crore in the June quarter of the last fiscal, HDFC Ltd said in a filing to the Bombay…

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Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Communications said on Wednesday it has bagged a 10-year deal valued at Rs 10,000 crore from UAE-based Etisalat’s Indian telecom arm to manage the latter’s telecom infrastructure. Under the long-term passive infrastructure sharing …

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MUMBAI: In times of volatile market conditions, select pharmaceutical stocks are seen as good investment bets, with analysts seeing 20-25 CAGR BSE Volatility in the stock markets Measuring market volatility Ten hot money-spinners in India Long term plan for better returns Should yo…

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MUMBAI: Indian markets ended in the negative terrain Wednesday as traders booked profits after a recent surge in equities. Capital goods, IT and auto space were down while realty stocks closed a little higher. Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended at 14840.63, down 221.86 points or 1.47…

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Mumbai: Dalal Street is agog with talks of an imminent revival of the initial public offer (IPO) market. The newfound enthusiasm in the secondary market and the successful listing of a recent IPO have prodded stock market gurus to predict the resurrection of the segment, which has been c…

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The recession facing the global economy would last 24 months and — after having started in December 2007 — would be over by the end of this year, Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, RGEMonitor.com, said. In an interview to CNBC, Roubini, recognized as one of the few people who foresaw the fina…

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The stock has, once again, ended at its 5% upper circuit of Rs 530.55. Only 716 shares were traded on the BSE today.Falcon Tyres was moving in the range of Rs 146-156 when the open offer was going on from 20 May to 10 June. The open offer price for the share was Rs 151.71. The stock has …

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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is extending a big rally from last week on more upbeat earnings and word that troubled lender CIT will avoid bankruptcy. Both the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged above their recent highs from mid-June on Mo…

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