CONITNUED FROM YESTARDAY......
Right Decision at the right time:-
“Buffett’s reputation grew, more people asked him to manage
their money. For the partnership, Buffett bought controlling interests
in several public and private companies, and in 1962 he began buying
shares in an ailing textile company called Berkshire Hathaway.
Tainted by a scandal involving one of its clients, American Express
saw its shares drop from $65 to $35 almost overnight. Buffett had
learned Ben Graham’s lesson well: When stocks of a strong company are
selling below their intrinsic value, act decisively. Buffett made the bold
decision to put 40 percent of the partnership’s total assets, $13 million,
into American Express stock. Over the next two years, the shares tripled
in price, and the partners netted a cool $20 million in profit.”
Embraces the simple and avoids the complications:-.
Warren Buffett is not easy to describe. Physically, he is unremarkable,
with looks often described as grandfatherly. Intellectually, he is considered
a genius; yet his down-to-earth relationship with people is
truly uncomplicated. He is simple, straightforward, forthright, and
honest. He displays an engaging combination of sophisticated dry wit
and cornball humor.
Avoid Risk of Being Wrong
“No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever
eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on what
Graham called the “margin of safety”—never overpaying, no matter
how exciting an investment seems to be—can you minimize
your odds of error.”
Develop Discipline And Courage
“how your investments behave is much less important than how
you behave.The secret to your financial success is inside yourself. If you
become a critical thinker who takes no stock market “fact” on faith,
and you invest with patient confidence, you can take steady
advantage of even the worst bear markets. By developing your
discipline and courage, you can refuse to let other people’s mood
swings govern your financial destiny.”
Learn From Past
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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Initial Offering: SEBI roots for investors' rights
27 Jul, 2008, 0715 hrs IST, ET Bureau
MUMBAI: Capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is all set to kick off a pilot project by August 2008, which will enable retail investors, investing in an initial public offering, to pay money for buying shares only to the extent of shares allotted to them. This is a major departure from the current practice of retail investors paying upfront the full amount for the shares they have bid for, while large institutional investors need to put up only 10% of the money. The system in vogue now is seen as discriminating against retail investors and the regulator’s move is aimed at ensuring parity between retail and institutional investors. SEBI’S move implies that a retail investor can participate in a public or rights issue, without the application money actually leaving his bank account, thus eliminating the refund process. The bank will mark a lien on the customer’s account to ensure that the requisite sum is locked in until the allotment process is finalised. The money will be transferred to the company only when the actual allotment takes place. In case the allotment does not take place, the money gets automatically unlocked and is at the investor’s disposal.
In May this year, the SEBI board had approved the concept of providing an alternative mode of payment in issues whereby the application money remains in the investors’ account till finalisation of basis of allotment in the issue. The payment system, called Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA), will require retail investors bidding at a cut-off price, to apply through self-certified syndicate banks (SCSBs) in which they have accounts. ASBA will require SCSBs to accept applications from investors, block the required funds for the bid payment and then upload the details in the electronic bidding system. Once the basis of allotment is finalised, the SCSB will release the required amount and release the unblocked amount. If there is no adequate balance for blocking the amount in the IPO applicant’s account, the application will be rejected. “This is only an alternative mode of payment and the present system will continue to exist,” said Prithvi Haldea, chairman, Prime Database MD. In other words, the ASBA process is an additional mode of making payment in primary issues, by retail individual investors who have bid at cut-off with single option.
CBDT relaxes norms for scrutiny of company tax returns
New Delhi, July 27: In what could be a major relief to the corporate sector, the revenue department has decided not to scrutinise the tax returns of over 1000 top companies, provided no major disputes are pending against them they had been complying with laws. "The annual returns of tax complying companies would be not be scrutinised this year. The decision has been taken by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to encourage better tax compliance among the corporate," a senior finance ministry official said. Last year, the CBDT took a decision to scrutinise tax returns of about 200 'A' group companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange BSE, 500 National Stock Exchange companies and all non-banking finance companies. The tax returns of all the banks and public sector units were also checked by the income tax officials. The decision to relax scrutiny norms follows Finance Minister P Chidambaram's announcement after the annual meeting of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax Department that government would ensure that tax complying taxpayers are not harassed by the Income Tax Department. Under the scrutiny, the assessing official would issue notices to the taxpayer within a year of filing the return and probe any tax evasion by verifying claims about tax exemptions, amount in bank accounts, cash reserves, details of loans, gifts and credit cards. If the department has not raised tax demand of Rs 10 lakh or more in addition to deposited tax and if the department has not won any tax suit against the firm, the officials would not open returns for scrutiny. However, the department may consider to open the tax returns of companies, if they infused fresh capital of Rs 50 lakh or more during last fiscal or filed for tax exemptions for the first time under any scheme. According to the income tax department, in 2007-08 the scrutiny of about 3.2 lakh tax returns, including about 51,000 filed by the corporate, resulted in additional tax demand of Rs 73,200 crore, out of which Rs 28,700 crore has already been realised. However, considering the improvement in tax compliance and electronic filing and payment of returns by the corporate, the department has relaxed norms of scrutiny, the Finance Ministry official add
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