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TOP STORIES   Optimistic broker research reports call India 'undervalued', but why is nobody biting? Big brokers are reluctantly lowering their earnings growth target, leading to the belief that the market is undervalued. Is it based on false premises? *Is it safe to buy gold even now? *Unaccountable regulators: Cancerous caucus *Companies selling out businesses reluctant to share gains with minority shareholders *May bucks the trend, mutual funds witness large inflows *India's Picasso leaves behind a precious legacy *Has the Ramleela fiasco led the government to put off diesel, LPG price hike? *Anti-corruption movement: It's no longer a convenient Congress versus BJP game *Weekly Market Report: Uptrend losing steam *Speak Asia loses its PR agency as well *Indian Oil whistleblower hasn't received HC-ordered compensation yet; drain on company still unchecked *A citizen's successful struggle that has finally brought private airports under the RTI Act     Markets   Brokerages believe decisive government action needed to reverse market downtrend; advise accumulating good names Brokerages say inflation and high rates have been a bother for the market, which has corrected nearly 10% this year. They point out that while environmental and corruption issues have pushed back investment, capital goods orders have been better than expected recently, and there could be a revival in investment activity in the second half of the year... *July, not June rains matter for crop production March Quarter Review   Shipping one of the worst-performing sectors India's exports and imports are booming but Indian shipping companies are hardly doing very well. Shipping was the worst-performing of the 29 sectors Moneylife tracks in sales, operating profit and net profit... *How have the large-caps performed? *Cost pressures eat into robust revenues of mega-cap companies Street Watch   KM Abraham's investor-unfriendly order SEBI found HSBC Mutual Fund guilty, but a whole-time director of SEBI allowed the Fund to get away... *When will the regulator be held accountable? Companies & Sectors   ADF Foods: In India we will see growth because it is a totally new market for us The leading ethnic Indian food company is banking on the changing trend in the country for quick growth, besides keeping an eye open for more acquisitions to expand its business... Investing (Mutual Funds / Stocks / Investor Interest)   Anchoring?: The fund industry continues to invest in just a few selected stocks A recent research done by Moneylife shows that stock picking of the mutual fund industry hasn't changed much... *LIC Housing Finance: Home run *Mahindra Finance: Geared for growth *Unquoted: Farmax India, Lee & Nee Softwares (Exports) *Osian's Art Fund is running late on payments *Pending commissions of PPF agents to be paid soon *Kotak, Crisil expect five-fold increase in wealth of HNIs in five years; see boost for financial, luxury services Personal Finance (Insurance / Borrowing / Taxation / Banking)   Bancassurance turns into an assurance that is not bankable Bancassurance has under-delivered till now. Mis-selling by untrained personnel, fat upfront fees from insurers—ultimately drawn from customers—and lack of customer service has been ailing the 'future' of the insurance distribution channel... *Two new health plans: LIC Jeevan Arogya, Chola Healthline *Individuals must be vigilant about their credit history to avoid being put on list of defaulters, says CIBIL *I-T tribunal says individual investing in PMS to be taxed on capital gains and not business income *What is the future of the credit and debit card payments system? *Can UID help to make card payment systems more secure and future proof? Life (Public Interest / Advertising)   How safe is your water purifier? HUL makes exaggerated claims RTI activist exposes exaggerated claims by HUL that its water purifier kills one crore viruses per litre of water... *'Indian government's policies segregate the disabled from the rest' *Decoding a good ad ML Foundation Event   Union Bank identifies with Moneylife on customer service To strengthen new initiative through staff training programme across 250 branches starting this month... BEYOND MONEY: FOR THOSE WHO NEED A HELPING HAND   Jyoti Sachade collects new and old jewellery—of every kind—and distributes them to girls from orphanages. She also distributes donated appliances to the have-nots, reports Savita Narayan     BOOKS: THE LOVE OF THE PRINTED WORD   Retirement Planning MADHU SINHA The Quest for Alpha LARRY E SWEDROE Delivering Happiness TONY HSIEH EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS   Burden of information: The performance of fund managers depends on how data is analysed and processed William Gamble   Bengaluru is BEST! BMTC is growing rapidly, while BEST is losing commuters Sudhir Badami Raymond: The ol' magic is back Anil Thakraney   To subscribe to this free newsletter log on to www.moneylife.in or email us at newsletter@moneylife.in To get FREE updates via sms click here.

 

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