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London-listed Vedanta Group’s proposal to merge subsidiaries Sterlite Industries with Sesa Goa has kicked up quite a storm on Dalal Street. While group chairman Anil Agarwal maintains the proposal is pro-investor, industry experts are still divided on the new entity Sesa Sterlite. Though some have given the merger a thumbs up, saying investors are likely to benefit in the long run, others have questioned the fairness of the deal which seeks to dump $5.9 billion of Vedanta Aluminum’s debt on to the new entity. A few have, however, said that portions of the merger work.

MoneyWorks4me.com has done an analysis to find out what does this merger actually mean for the company and for the investors.

With the Nifty going higher every week, the markets have witnessed a sudden rally for the past few months. While there have been a few sectors which have done extremely well during this period, a few sectors have lagged behind!

Which are these sectors? And what are the reasons for this rally?

The MCX IPO goes live today on the 22, February, 2012 with much excitement around it! The bleeding IPO market has seen no issue since October last year.

MCX is the largest commodity futures exchange in India, enjoying a leadership position in metals, bullion and energy futures. Financial Technologies is its biggest promoter. With, MCX being the first commodity exchange to be listed on the bourses, there are many news reports and expectations doing the rounds

So, does this IPO have what it takes? Let’s find out…

The Banking sector in India remains an investment favourite for most of us. This is but natural, given its excellent performance in the past decade. But, when it comes to understanding the structure, we find it too complicated! Most of us even shy away from it.

MoneyWorks4me thus brings to you a simple analysis of the Indian Banking Industry in two parts.

This first article will help you learn the structure of the Banking Industry and what is its business model?

Last week, Liane Lawyer wrote about the Fundamental and Technical styles of investing. While both styles have their own followers, some legendary investors have developed their own strategies to pick stocks, especially within the Fundamental style of investing. In today’s article Liane, takes a look at what these strategies are and how they differ from each other.