http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com To get best knowledge regarding stock market investing, online investment mortgages and venture capital insurance visit at inevestmentbankingcentral.com. We will assure to provide latest and updated financial accounting information, online banking information and news related to stock market simulation. en http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/22/sensex-falls-in-sync-with-asia-pack/ One step forward, two steps backward. That has been the continuing story on Dalal Street for nearly a month now. Major indices hurtled downhill on Friday amid thin volumes, highlighting the lack of confidence among participants. The weakness in Asian markets only sought to undermine the sentiment further. After opening around 200 points below its [...] Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:32:57 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/22/hdfc-bank-centurion-merger-on/ After a brief lull in the last few months, the consolidation buzz in the banking sector is back. This time, the main characters are two private sector banks. According to CNBC TV18, HDFC Bank is in advanced talks to merge Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP) with itself. “…the talks are at a critical stage, ” the channel reported. “The [...] Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:05:36 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/21/how-is-the-sensex-calculated/ “shares” refers to a the ownership certificates of a particular company. This is a unit of account for various financial instruments including stocks, mutual funds and limited partnerships. A share is a unit of ownership of a company that is issued by the company to raise finance to enable it to extend its scope or [...] Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:38:54 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/20/one-rupee-solution-to-ipo-buy/ Investors may soon be able to buy shares offered through initial public offerings at a fraction of the cost they have paid till now. The primary markets advisory committee of Sebi has suggested that the face value of all new stocks should be a uniform Re 1 per share. If accepted, the panel’s recommendations will force all [...] Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:03:14 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/19/is-the-sensex-no-more-budget-sensitive/ The Budget has become one of the key drivers of the market movement in the country, following the economic reforms in 1991-92. Not only the post-budget, but the pre-budget movement of the market is also often guided by overall business scenario, wish-list presented by corporates, expectations of market participants and rumours and speculations. But if [...] Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:02:00 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/19/reliance-power-demands-stock-market-inquiry/ Reliance Power Ltd (RPL), promoted by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG), has sought an inquiry by the markets regulator into the factors that resulted in a steep decline in the company’s stock prices on its debut Feb 11. In a communiqué Monday to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), RPL said the slide was compounded [...] Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:00:02 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/18/india-dominates-global-ipo/ The volatile Indian stock market may have been hit harder than stock markets in the developed world during January but it hasn’t frightened companies that believe in its upside, judging on latest global IPO data. The Indian market wide NIFTY index from the Indian Stock Exchange is down 15 per cent between 1 January and 15 [...] Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:24:04 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/18/fear-and-jealousy-in-investment-banking/ Investment banking is a spiteful business that seems to bring out the worst in some of its participants. There are those who cannot wait to see a close competitor fall on its face. Even more acceptable is the pronouncement of death, which will allow the participants to dance on their competitor’s grave. There are three investment [...] Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:26:00 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/16/fun-watching-the-stock-markets/ We evolved from monkeys. So nothing odd that apart from monkeying on the cricket fields, our stock markets also have many of these creatures. Technology has really taken away a lot of fun from watching the stock markets in action. All you see is bleary-eyed executives sitting in front of several screens. One press of [...] Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:06:58 +0000 http://www.investmentbankingcentral.com/2008/02/15/can-you-eat-investments/ Orissa is set to get about one lakh crore rupees in investments from steel companies. And that will create one lakh new jobs, giving a steady source of income to one lakh families in the state. About one-third will be directly employed by the steel plants and the remaining will get employed through a multiplier [...] Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:33:22 +0000