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Retail activity in market falls to multi-year low
  
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Market & Corporate Data
 
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- Markets slump amid weak rupee, global cues
- RBI steps in only to curb rupee volatility, not support value: Deputy Governor
- Gold at 5-week low on lower offtake, weak global cues
- Copper, other base metals remain weak on global cues
- Potato extends gains on spot demand
 
 
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Features

- Retail activity in market falls to multi-year low
Participation of retail investors in the stock market has sl...
- Mutual funds' rising exposure to banking stocks backfires
The decision of equity fund managers to increase exposure in...
- Iron ore supply woes limit upside
JSW Steel Ltd recorded 7.43 million tonnes (mt) of steel pro...
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Q&A

- Building a long-term institutional equity business is a process, not an event: Vikas Khemani
- Higher risk to emerging markets is posed by inflation: Pedro Bastos
- We're in midst of monetary & fiscal experiment: G Ananth Narayan
- Decontrol needs to balance the interests of the government, industry and growers: Peter Baron
- India's growth story is structural in nature: Sanjay Sachdev
- We expect revenue to go up by 250%: K Jayaraman & G Subramaniam
- S&P downgrade might help spur the govt into action: Robert Prior-Wandesforde
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   Technical Analysis  
  -   Today's pick
The index was mildly bearish in a t...
  -   Expect a positive opening in Muhurat session
The October series on Tuesday expir...
  -   Markets in oversold territory
The markets ended lower for the thi...
  -  Slide till 4,750 if support at 4,850-4,875 is broken
The market continued to trend lower...
  -   Bias to remain bearish below 5,130
The markets, as expected, began the...
The Smart Investor

- Building a long-term institutional equity business is a process, not an event: Vikas Khemani
- Iron ore supply woes limit upside
- Mutual funds' rising exposure to banking stocks backfires
- Book your table
- Plastene India IPO withdrawn due to poor response
- Today's pick
- Retail activity in market falls to multi-year low
- Analysts' corner
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Compass

- If Europe sneezes, India could catch a cold
- L&T ends Q4 on a positive note
- Ranbaxy: Positives priced in
- Punjab National Bank: Margins may dip further
- Hindalco: Capacity expansion is key
- Make or break situation in the power sector
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Columnists

- Compounding boosts long-term investments
- Safe havens in a bear market
- Devangshu Datta: A long haul to recovery
- Debashis Basu: Stories from Indian savers
- Find method in madness
- Market can rise 25% from here
- The secular trend is bearish
- Be wary of PSU stocks
- Go long on the dollar, given rupee weakness
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Personal Finance
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- Attractive fee for pension fund managers likely
- 'RBI not in favour of allowing MFIs to take deposits'
- PNB, ICICI Bank reduce lending, deposit rates
- Loans set to get cheaper, deposits to earn less
- OBC cuts lending, deposit rates by up to 0.5%
- EPFO likely to recommend 8.6% interest rate this year
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   Features

- Timeshare packages are best for the disciplined
- Banking: Prashant Joshi
- Planning to sell your car online?
- Cash is not king for schemes
- Choosing a mutual fund isn't easy
- Investing: Rishi Nathany
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IPOs

- Book your table
Despite the weak sentiments, Speciality Restaurants has pric...
- Plastene India IPO withdrawn due to poor response
The initial public offer (IPO) of Plastene India was withdra...
- Most initial public offerings out of the money this year
With shares of most companies listed this year slipping belo...
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Mutual Funds

- Choosing a mutual fund isn't easy
- Amfi won't seek upfront commission ban
- Foreign players see value in Indian mutual fund industry
- Foreign MFs continue to gain ground in India
- Smaller MFs feel neglected, murmurs of dissociation from Amfi make rounds
- MFs find ride to smaller cities rough
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Commodities News

- Pure Gold Jewellers registers 20% growth
- 'Record rabi production brings opportunity'
- Natural rubber output dips 7.2% in April
- DGFT imposes restrictions on sugar exports
- China not to ban seafood imports from India
- Cotton may see gloomy days ahead
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