IT scrips lose sheen; cyclicals rule roost
Five trading sessions into the new year and we have a market split vertically into two, across the board. It's IT vs non-IT. All IT stocks are clearly on the losing side and the winners are a combination of economy sensitive stocks led by Reliance Industries and State Bank of India.

Returns on gilts race past debt funds'
Armed with instant liquidity and softening interest rates, returns from gilt funds have raced past debt funds in the last three months. On an average, the spread between a G-Sec and a AAA corporate paper has narrowed down between 80 and 100 basis points.

`Software sector will survive Nasdaq crash'
The new IT listings coming up later this month will give investors returns in excess of 150-200% in just three months. This, in turn, means an annualised return in excess of 600%! Yes, there is money in IT.


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