Archive for December, 2009
Stock market closes the books on a ‘lost decade’
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Stock market closes the books on a ‘lost decade’ For the first time since the 1930s, the Dow is ending lower for the period. Some see value in the market now. The U.S. stock market today will close out its best year since 2003, an amazing comeback from what felt like Armageddon to many investors [...]
EPFO remains indecisive over investing funds in stock markets
Thursday, December 31st, 2009EPFO remains indecisive over investing funds in stock markets The country’s largest retirement fund, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), remained indecisive throughout the year 2009 on investing part of its huge corpus of Rs 2.57 lakh crore in stock markets, an important step which will hang in balance for some more time. Read more on [...]