PSU Bank Stocks and Basel III Capitalization Concerns
Over the last 5 trading sessions, stocks of public sector banks have surged anywhere between 5-25% in trade. They have caught the attention of investors and traders alike. Besides old timers who invested in PSU bank stocks for high dividend yields, there are many others who now believe that these banks could turn things around […]
Don’t Be a Compulsive Investor
My friend Anishka is by far the smartest sales person I know. She manages clothing boutique for a big designer label here in New Delhi. Last week she told me a thing or two about how to sell. Here is an interesting way of doing it: Assessing the psyche of a customer is most important. […]
Is This Time To Go Short on Stocks?
If you read my previous posts you will know that usually I am not the one who recommends going short on stocks. Almost never! The big advantage of not being extremely dogmatic with how money making is done is that when opportunities are crystal clear you implement them: Why You Never Hear About Obvious Opportunities? The […]
Indian IT Stocks – Industry wise Revenue and Exposure
Much against the overall market trend of are super expensive valuations, large cap IT Stocks are optimally poised and are likely to provide green shoots going forward. Nifty PE Ratio (28 July 2015) 23.21 Average PE Ratio for top 5 IT companies (5 year average) 20.43 Average PE Ratio for top 5 IT companies (Current […]
Infibeam – IPO Review
Key Facts: [1] Integrated Business Model – Infibeam Limited (“Infibeam” or the “Company”) operates in the following divisions: Infibeam BuildaBazaar (BaB) – an ecommerce platform which provides cloud-based and customizable digital solutions and other value added services to enable merchants to set up online stores. As of March 31, 2015, the Company had 33,489 registered merchants on the […]
Why Indian Aviation Stocks Will Not Make You Money?
Indian Aviation Sector Overview While airlines like Indigo are still hopeful of a successful IPO, if the performance of current aviation stocks is anything to go by, not a single airline has generated any positive shareholder returns over the last many years. While Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) expects that the […]
Accounting vs. Auditing – Fixing Blame for Manipulation of financial Statements
To give you some background on this post, last week I had disagreement with a celebrated financial expert about the ethics of preparing financial statements. It started with me saying this – “if the management does not want you to know something about the accounts, you will not know it. Period.” There is a thin […]
What To Do When Stock Prices Are Expected to Fall?
Something about human behavior stops all of us from making a decision to sell a thing in loss, no matter how deep are losses keep growing. Equally, greed for a few rupees more is what keeps the gambler going. When it comes to stocks, the best of us behave no different. Exactly 3 months back, […]
Cafe Coffee Day- IPO Review
Key Facts: [1] Diversified Business – Coffee Day Enterprises Limited (“Coffee Day” or the “Company”) operates in the following divisions: Coffee and related businesses – Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), Cafe Coffee Day Lounge, Cafe Coffee Day Square, Coffee Day Xpress, CCD International and coffee vending machines; Leasing of commercial office space – Technology parks and Special Economic Zone […]
L&T Finance Holding Stock Analysis
L&T Finance Holding Limited (“L&T Finance” or the “Company”) is promoted by one of India’s leading construction companies- Larsen & Toubro (L&T). L&T Finance is registered with the RBI as an Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) and a Core Investment Company (CIC). The Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of financial products and services through its […]