Smart Investor Camp held in Pune

Pune February 7, 2002: CNBC India, leading business channel, and Home Trade, the worlds first Fast Moving Financial Goods (FMFG) Company, conducted the second in the series Smart Investment Camp at Peshwa, Holiday Inn, between 10.30 a.m and 2.30 p.m in Pune. The speakers for the workshop were Anup Maheshwari -- Fund Manager, DSP Merrill Lynch, Vetri Subramaniam Fund Manger Kotak mahindra Mutual Fund., Ramesh Damani (Bombay Stock Broker) Deepak Mohoni - founder of Trendwatchindia, Victor Fernandes Chief Executive Officer of e-Eighteen.

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Smart Investor Camp held in Pune

Pune February 7, 2002: CNBC India, leading business channel, and Home Trade, the worlds first Fast Moving Financial Goods (FMFG) Company, conducted the second in the series Smart Investment Camp at Peshwa, Holiday Inn, between 10.30 a.m and 2.30 p.m in Pune. The speakers for the workshop were Anup Maheshwari -- Fund Manager, DSP Merrill Lynch, Vetri Subramaniam Fund Manger Kotak mahindra Mutual Fund., Ramesh Damani (Bombay Stock Broker) Deepak Mohoni - founder of Trendwatchindia, Victor Fernandes Chief Executive Officer of e-Eighteen.
The first in the series was held in Delhi on October 13, 2001. The series of Investor Camps will span 10-12 cities across the country. The next Camp will be held in Hyderabad on the 9th of February 2002.This workshop was conducted with the aim of enlightening the retail investor along with the participants on the essentials of good and successful investing. Some of the areas that were covered during the camp to educate retails investors were Trading & Investment Strategies, Tips on Making good investment and an overview on the Financial Markets. The main discussion points of the workshop were identifying areas of winning stocks and how the same could be carefully chosen over the others. There were also trading and investment strategies amongst various trading rules discussed. The most important however was the market behaviour; its diversities and strategies to reduce risk. Mr. Victor Fernandes gave an entire presentation on Derivatives and how an investor should trade stock derivatives.

Said Udayan Mukherjee, Stocks Editor -- CNBC India, it was terrific to be a part of this interface between hundreds of eager investors and best of market experts from Mumbai.It was a learning experience for all the present and the feedback will go a long way in strengthening the CNBC Brand
The CNBC India and Home Trade Smart Investor Camp attempts to cut through the clutter of investment myths and financial fallacies to empower the average investor with the most potent tools and knowledge that are a sine qua non for success at investing. This panel was buttressed, for good measure, by CNBC Indias star anchor, Udayan Mukherjee.

For Home Trade, The Smart Investor Camps complement its recently launched category of Fast Moving Financial Goods (FMFG), which would give consumers unprecedented access to a range of world-class financial services 'off-the-shelf. The Smart Investor Camps are part of Home Trades broader initiative to make consumer finance a more secure, enjoyable experience and enable them to take greater control of their financial lives.

Says Hiren Gada, Senior Vice President, Home Trade, Investor camps synergises with Home Trdes intiatives of educating and equipping the consumer with both the knowledge to make superior investments decisions and the means to conveniently implement them."

In every session, the endeavour would be to draw upon the expertise of the panel of investment experts to enlighten a gathering of retail investors. The speakers would delve into fundamental issues related to topics viz. investing in equities, asset allocation, trading strategies in different market conditions, using derivatives, market outlook, how to invest in current market scenario, etc. and how to use the knowledge to invest successfully. Senthil Chengalvarayan and Udayan Mukherjee would moderate these sessions. All presentations would be followed by Q&A sessions with the audience.

About CNBC India
CNBC is a business channel that aims to give its user the competitive edge, be it in investing, in business or in getting ahead in ones career. CNBC is not about just knowledge and information, but about how this information can be used to garner success. Today, the CNBC logo is a symbol of aspiration, ambition and success for its users. And the baseline says it all - Profit From It.

A service of Dow Jones and NBC brought to India by the joint venture between Television Eighteen [TV18] and CNBC Asia, CNBC India is the new Indian face of the worldwide leader in business news. TV18 is Indias premier business news broadcaster and a leading producer of quality television software for mainline channels.

The high quality of CNBC Indias programming is a strong testimony of the channel's inherent content development capabilities. Many of the highlights on the channels list of firsts are yet to be emulated - coverage of stock markets from the opening trade to the closing quote, the 24 hour live stock market ticker, corporate result exclusives, Hindi business news bulletins and more - making it a unique amalgam of the best in international and indigenous business news programming.

About Home Trade
Home Trade is the worlds first FMFG (Fast Moving Financial Goods) Company. It develops innovative technology-based solutions that empower the consumer to make superior financial decisions and seamlessly carry out financial transactions anytime, anywhere.

Driven by the philosophy 'empowerment of the individual, Home Trade is committed bringing world-class financial services and solutions closer to the consumer. A virtual-networked organization of the convergence economy, Home Trade leverages the expertise of its network of global partnerships with such leading companies as AT Kearney, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Siebel, Compaq, Broadvision, Reuters, Dow Jones, Wipro and Arthur Andersen.
Home Trade is about financial empowerment of the consumer. About a brand that aims to make consumer finance a convenient, exciting and enjoyable experience.

About getting more from money...getting more from life

For further information please contact:
Sameer Ranade
Saprom PR
98230-66106