Gold Crash: Should You Invest Now?

'If you invest in sovereign gold bond, you are going to get the price rise of gold over an eight year period.''You're also going to get that two-and-a-half percent which the Government of India is......

Tax blow? Brokers keep faith in AMCs

In the face of tax blow, brokerages remain sanguine about the prospects of asset management companies (AMCs). Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A sharp correction in the shares of AMCs over......

Flexicap emerges as a hot segment in Rs 11 trn equity MF space

At the end of June, the assets under management in the flexi-cap segment stood at Rs 1.76 trillion, the second highest after the large-cap category. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

Why large-cap PMS schemes failed to beat benchmark index

Only around 44% of PMS schemes did better, among the schemes investing in large-cap companies. Companies providing portfolio management services (PMS) had a tough time beating the benchmark index......

Sriram rescues Tamil Nadu

Sridharan Sriram rescued former champions Tamil Nadu with a masterly unbeaten 81 as the hosts managed to score 244 for six at close on the first day of their five-day Ranji Trophy semifinalagainst......

Abhinav Mukund scores century on debut

A brilliant century by 19-year-old debutant Abhinav Mukund,who scored 108 runs,and an unbeaten 93 by skipper S Badrinath enabled Tamil Nadu score of 289 for 5 in the first innings on the first day......

Badani slams a hundred

Tamil Nadu rode to a commanding position on a magnificent 146 by Hemang Badani to pile up 485 for five declared and then reduced hosts Assam to 123 for two at the end of the second day's play of......

TN spinner Ramkumar bags hat-trick

Left-arm spinner R Ramkumar bagged a hat-trick and speedster Lakshmipathy Balaji picked four wickets as Tamil Nadu dismissed Karnataka for 208 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B......

Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan puts TN on top

Opener Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan's unbeaten 97 propelled Tamil Nadu to 183 for one in reply to Hyderabad's first innings total of 163 at close on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy......