Back in 2014, at the peak of pessimism in stock markets there were hardly any takers for even the most marquee names in the stock market. Today’s Rs. 2300 share of Reliance was trading at 450. Infosys at 400 and HDFC Bank at 320 (both trading above Rs. 1000/ share today). These days things are…
CMP: 62.50 View: Buy G G Engineering Limited (“GG” or the “Company”) is the most well-established players in Gensets & Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) industry in India. A reverse vending machine is a device that accepts used beverage containers and returns money to the user. These machines are popular in places that have mandatory recycling…
Tech Mahindra Limited (“Tech Mahindra” or the “Company”) offers innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences. Tech Mahindra is $5.2 billion company with 123,400+ professionals across 90 countries, helping 981 global customers including Fortune 500 companies. The Company’s portfolio of services ranges from designing a strategy to delivering impact including: Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Integrated Engineering…
Garware Technical Fibres Limited (“Garware Technical” or the “Company”) is one of India’s leading players in the technical textiles sector. The Company provides innovative solutions in high-performance aquaculture cage nets, fishing nets, sports nets, safety nets, agricultural nets, coated fabrics, polymer ropes, and geosynthetics. The Company enjoys the advantage as its products for fisheries, aquaculture…
Even before the Coronavirus pandemic hit the world, the global economic output was on the downward trajectory with an expectation that the recession is just around the corner. Contrary to the macroeconomic factors, the equity markets across the globe were trading at extremely high valuations. The COVID-19 broke the momentum as markets crashed resulting in…
This post is obviously not for someone who has decided to struggle for half or all their life. If you are determined to sit in a cubicle or stand out in the field, to have no time for your loved ones or to party and play, then you should safely skip this post. If you…
The NIFTY Next 50 Companies Index represents 50 companies from NIFTY 100 after excluding the NIFTY 50 companies. Here is a breakdown of the 50 companies which constitute the Nifty Next 50. Over the last decade, while sectoral weight-age has remained largely similar, the constituent companies have constantly changed. Notable Facts: Updated on 9th July…
Astrazeneca Pharma India Limited (“Astrazeneca” or the “Company”) covers the manufacturing, sales and marketing activities of the company in India. The Company is committed to deliver life-changing medicines to patients through innovative science and global excellence in development and commercialization. The Company has an innovative portfolio in crucial areas of healthcare including cardiovascular, renal &…
When selecting stocks, it is difficult to review the massive amount of data available from various sources for assessing equity fundamentals. Developing a good stock selection criteria for evaluating stocks can make this tedious task much less stressful. That being said, a bigger problem these days is to select a stock selection criteria. Just type…
Over the past few years, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has consistently lowered interest rates. Consider this, The RBI has lowered its Repo Rate (i.e. the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks) from a high of 8% in 2015 to its current rate of 4%. Falling interest rates have resulted in a significant reduction in…
Assume a fund growth between 8-9% p.a. (there are many such funds). Effectively such a fund is paying 0.67-0.75% per month. In reality, returns are not linear. I.e. based on interest rate scenario fund will move up say 1% in a given month and move only 0.1% in yet another month but will grow at…
A few days back, I wrote an article on various debt mutual funds and what investors must consider before investing. Some of the questions I received gave me the idea of writing this part 2. I will try to explain basic debt fund terminology here. What is Yield to Maturity (YTM)? Debt mutual funds, being market…
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