Clifford Alvares

It’s a new milestone, all right, but is there room for more?

If the Sensex was a standalone stock trading at 13,024, valued at a PE 21.6 on its trailing 12-month earnings per share of Rs 601, will you buy the st

Growth to continue, markets may stay cool

Rockets and anaars, not bombs, are likely to be the highlights of corporate India this Diwali. Beginning with Infosys’ results today, as the second qu

Is bigger better ?

At around $780 billion, India’s GDP is comparable to that of South Korea, yet Korean banks have seven times more banking assets than Indian banks.

Performing assets

As businesses go, banking is largely a commodity business banks borrow money from those who have excess of it and lend it to those who need it, and tr

Fewer NFOs due to tough Sebi stand on duplication

The Securities and Exchange Board of India's stance on duplicating existing schemes has forced mutual funds...

Still charged up

The short history of the Bharti Airtel stock could well be the coming of age story of the Indian telecom industry.

No liquidity constraint, credit demand healthy: Kamath

“So far we have not seen a slowdown at all. If there was a liquidity constraint, then I would have said that clearly the bias is upwards”...

Home owners feel the pinch

When Sandip More, 31, took a floating rate Rs 25-lakh home loan 18 months ago at 8%, he reckoned that the 20-year repayment schedule would be a breeze

Mutual funds lose heavily in crash

After the drop: Diversified equity funds lost a shade more than the market at 14.67%

Mid- and small-cap stocks buck Sensex trend

The stock market has been prone to mood swings, but then looking solely at the Sensex can give an incomplete picture.

Property dreams pinched as EMIs raise the bar

The steep rise in housing prices in metros has forced thousands of salaried people to postpone or downgrade plans ...

Short term no Long term yes

If it’s next year you’re investing for, just flip a coin. But if you’re thinking 10-15 years, and you build well, you should rake in big bucks