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The article offers advice to investors in India on how to create an optimal portfolio that combines risk, returns, diversity and style. It suggests diversifying a portfolio across assets and reducing risks. It points out that investors can combine hedging tools to reduce risks and make a decent return.

The article focuses on Bihar, India which is attracting investments from various businesses. It mentions the cattle and poultry feed mill to be put up by Godrej Agrovet Ltd. It states that Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd., a company that offers fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) will develop an agro-processing centres. It says that companies have been investing in the region because of the development of security and increasing population.

The article offers news briefs related to banking and finance. The Inter-American Development Bank, an equivalent of Asian Development in Latin America, went shopping for a $150 million Japanese yen backed by a rupee asset loan deal. The deal between Indian officials and the Bush administration failed due to the non-committal of the U.S. on the cost of accessing the FutureGen project, a program to develop a zero emission coal-fired power plant.

The article discusses the implication of increasing interest rates for investment products in India. According to the article, most bond market experts feel that rates could be stable around September and October of 2008 due to volatile interest rates. Having a decreasing benchmark in the global sector on July 10, 2008, experts believe that the rate is not sustainable and will move up, given that Treasury bills are providing much higher yields at 9.43%

The article discusses the significance of fixed maturity plans (FMP) to business people in India. The FMP offers businessmen with fixed income investment and constant tax-free returns with minimal tax incidence. It has different maturities that range from as little as 15 days to as long as five years. FMP employs the mutual fund structure to combine investor funds and eventually invest the funds in instruments that have similar tenures concurring with the duration of the fund. INSET: Benefit with Indexation.

The article reports increase in confidence level of businesses and investors for investing in India after announcement of economic reforms by the existing government. It refers to increase in investments in India's several sectors after announcement of foreign direct investment, increase in diesel prices and subsidies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. According to chairman and managing director of Biocon Ltd. economic revival is only possible after implementation of policies.

The article offers tips on making a post-budget investment plan in India. It states that for starters in investment, one must keep an eye on interest rates as they are turning out to be a big area of concern. Mutual fund investors must also stick to short-term bond funds or liquid funds. In addition, it is advisable to focus on building the corpus than looking at budgets.

The article focuses on debt funds. It explains the impact of the inflationary pressures of such funds on the debt investments and the tendency of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take steps to reduce liquidity. It cites fund options for investors to consider when investing as proposed by vice president and head K. Ramanathan of Fixed Income Inc. including the income or gilt funds, short-term income funds, and liquid funds.

The article discusses the economic outlook of Planning Commission member Kirit Parekh and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao for India in fiscal year 2009-2010. Subbarao expects the year to be more challenging compared to fiscal 2008-2009. However, Parekh believes that there would be greater private investments if appropriate stimulus measures were taken. He estimates that net effect would have a low-growth rate of 6.3%.

The article discusses the surging of government securities or gilts as an investment option due to its rising yields and promise of capital gains to investors in India. According to the article, the prospect of gaining more profit is making the securities more attractive and exciting investment. In addition, it provides several charts which present gilt funds' returns as well as its post-tax yields.

The article presents information on safe investments for investors in the period of market volatility in India. According to the author, investments in an innovative category of mutual funds called the Liquid Plus Funds can fetch decent returns. It is stated that within a short time, the Liquid Plus Funds has become a popular choice for investors.

The article offers information on concerns associated with rising prices of gold in India. As reported, the price of gold in dollar terms has run up by nearly 50 per cent over the last six months ending March 2008. According to V. Shunmugam, Chief Economist at Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold is a better store of value than other currencies or commodities. An increase has been recorded for the demand for gold from exchange-traded funds.

The article discusses the possibility that private equity may help the Ramoji Group repay depositors in India. The business group has been accused by the State Congress of financial jugglery, whereby funds got invested in loss-making group entities. However, the groups media channels, both print and television, are serving as perfect platforms for the denial of the allegations and to reassure investors that the group has the capacity to repay them.

An interview with Peter Leitgeb, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Claridges Hotels & Resorts Group in India, is presented. When asked about the plan of the company to launch new hotels, Leitgeb considers the move as the best time to invest in property. He also cites the business hotel deals of the company, including The Claridges, Surajkund hotel and the Royal Polo, Golf & Spa Resort in Bairat. He believes that the hospitality industry would see a flat growth in 2009.

The article investigates the factors contributing to the uncertainties on the commitment of the Investment Commission in complying its responsibility to make improvements in the financial sector in India in 2008. The Commission is specifically intended to monitor investments in the nation and the developments in the business sector. However, the society reveals its uncertainties over its failure to post updates in its official Web site www.investmentcommission.in.

The article focuses on Wilbur L. Ross Jr., a 71-year-old bankruptcy advisor and owner of WL Ross & Co. Ross is widely known in investing companies that experience business losses as well as helping companies to overcome bankruptcy. He has also invested in distressed airline carrier SpiceJet Ltd. for Rs 345 crore in India and has generated increased profit when he sold International Steel Group Inc. in the U.S. It states that challenges are facing Wilbur to help SpiceJet overcome bankruptcy.

The article reports on the guidelines issued by SEBI (Securities & Exchange Board of India) concerning the real estate mutual funds in the country. In its guidelines, SEBI mandated that at least 35 percent of the corpus should be invested directly in real estate assets. SEBI also ruled that the net asset values (NAVs) of the funds should be disclosed daily.

The article reports on the growing interest of the sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in India. SWFs are funds from a country's reserves, reserved for investments. It mentions that at present, the Finance Ministry of India is supervising such inflows. A senior official also stated that the Indian government is planning an action to impose regulations regarding SWFs.

The article provides update related to various activities of the federal government in India. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been criticized for its support to oil investments in Myanmar. The back office of the cabinet officers is seeking proposals for the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy.

The article offers information on short term investment in India through liquid funds plus category. It is claimed that the new categories of liquid funds have increased the mark-to-market component to more than 10%, which continue attracting the benefits of a lower dividend distribution tax. Moreover, it is stressed that liquid funds are used to hold debt instruments with an average maturity of around two to three months.

The article reports on the proposal of $350 billion investment in infrastructure in India. The Planning Commission has drafted the infrastructure investment and indicated that there will be a necessary 8 % increase in gross domestic product. The plan aims to strengthen the country's economic growth to 9 %. Key information regarding the sources of funds are also discussed.