Recommendation: Buy

The interest rate cycle in India has just turned around. The middle class is still seeing strong growth in salaries and the aspiring value for a car is unrivalled. The troubles with Jaguar and Land Rover acquisition and recent Singur stir is keeping Tata Motors occupied.

The launch of diesel engines has increased the appeal of Maruti cars. Though the current slowdown has put pressure on profits, increased liquidity in the system and lower rates should bring buyers back over the next …

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Recommendation: Buy

Siemens is closely linked to the domestic industrial growth. Operating in many industries like automation, power, transportation, industrial solutions, healthcare services and equipment, Siemens is expected to report an EPS of Rs 17.5 in FY08 (ending in September), flat over the previous year. This is due to a bad quarter in March 2008. However, the company is expected to revert back to a healthy growth of 25% and report an EPS of Rs 22 next year.

Siemens is now available …

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Instead of waiting until March to make taxsaving investments, take advantage of the fire sale on in the stock market right now… invest in equity-linked savings schemes (ELSS)…

They say, there are only two things are certain: death & taxes. We may not discuss these issues openinly in our society (especially in India). You hate it or love it - you can’t ignore it. Most of us usually think about taxes and tax investments only in the month of March. …

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Making a living out of the Internet can be exciting, but it can also get disappointing & tiring… Many people, including me, struggle to earn a decent revenue from the Internet. Yet many other just dream… Most of the make-money-online experts would freeze upon one single most-important method to start earning sustainable income: Build Your Own Site.

Continued from PART 1 of this series…

6. ReviewMe

ReviewMe allows advertisers to buy sponsored reviews on your blog. The maximum price of reviews …

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You must be wondering why I am publishing this post on a Making Money blog… Your doubt is absolutely justified. If you give me a chance to explain, you would agree that we brainstorm (on this blog) on how to make more & more money. And money is obviously related to the overall economic health of a country – and hence one must have a brief idea of what is going on and why. If the economy is not in …

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Big financial institutions of all sorts are in dire straits across the globe. But one category remains unaffected — microfinance. Even as the global financial system freezes and giants like Lehman Brothers collapse, microfinance institutions (MFIs) are expanding unfazed. Famous financiers face defaults big enough to wipe them out, but MFIs report virtually zero default.

This is extraordinary. Big financiers lend against collateral, a back-up if their borrower defaults. But MFIs lend with no collateral at all. Big financiers lend to …

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Equity Market
Among sectoral indices, the BSE IT fell the least with a negative return of 7.53% while the BSE Realty performed poorly with a negative return of 43.62%. October 2008 saw significant action being taken by several countries to de-freeze the credit market and protect their banking systems. The economic slowdown is also reflected in the dismal IIP (Index of Industrial Production) figure of 1.3% for the month of August 2008.

The only silver lining in the past month has been …

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