Block Deals and Bulk Deals
Block Deal: A single trade of over 5, 00,000 shares or a trade where the total value in monetary terms is greater than or equal Rs. 5 Cr. Timing: The market participants are allowed to enter into block deals only during the first 35 minutes of the continuous trading session as the market opens i.e. from 9:15 am to […]
How do E-commerce Companies Make Money?
E-commerce companies around the world are running in losses; By any measure, E-commerce industry commands the most extreme valuations; Having received million in private equity funding over the years, big E-commerce companies in India are planning their IPOs; Most big companies in India including Amazon, Flipkart, e-Bay and Snapdeal are focusing on developing high end […]
5 Easy Money Saving Tips From Everyday Life
Before I get to some of the most ridiculous places where I spend my money, let me motivate you about the power of small savings with a story. King & The Shaman A King once challenged a shaman to a game of chess and offered any reward which the shaman wished for if he were […]
5 Qualities of A Good Manager
Analysts and investor focus so much on things that are foreseeable based on financial aspects that the subject of management traits such as qualities of a good manager hardly, if at all gets any mention in a standard equity research report. What needs to be paid the highest level of attention to, is mostly ignored […]
Majority of Minority Rule: Public Shareholder Approval Requirement for Listed Company Mergers
The rule that minority shareholders must approve the merger does not come from the Companies Act. It comes from a SEBI circular of February 2013. Accordingly – The special resolution approving the scheme of arrangement (merger) shall be acted upon only if the votes cast by public shareholders in favour of the proposal amount to at least […]
Vedanta Cairn Merger: The Good, Bad and the Ugly
VIDEO UPDATED AS ON 22 JULY, 2015 Ever since news of Vedanta Cairn merger started doing rounds in brokerage houses and among the helpless retail investor community, analysts and experts have given all sorts of views on things ranging from valuation to regulation. This is typical of big mergers. On the one hand, PR firms […]
Calculate the Correct Amount of Life Insurance
Of course you can get insured for as much as you want. Higher the insurance amount, higher will be your insurance premium. Higher the premium; better it is for the insurance company. In any event you must draw a line somewhere, right? How much annual premium would you like to pay? Read: Insurance Planning – 5 […]
Insurance Planning – 5 Basic Factors to Think About
95% questions associated with insurance planning can be answered with much clarity if the enquirer has clarity on this one thing – What exactly do I need to get insured for? Typically the reasons for getting insured at an individual level are: [1] Losing your life so that those you love can stay comfortable in your […]
Unitech Limited – Stock Analysis
Unitech shares crashed 35.27 % on June 03, 2015. Speculations that lenders were planning to sell off pledged shares of the promoters led to this massive decline in share price. While 90.32 % of promoter’s equity is pledged (as on 31 March, 2015), the promoters on have denied any sale / prospective sale from any lender. […]
Tech Mahindra Limited – Stock Analysis
Tech Mahindra Limited (“TechM” or the “Company”) operates mainly in two sectors – Telecom business and Enterprise Solutions business. Telecom business provides: (1) consulting-led integrated portfolio services to telecom equipment manufacturers and telecom service providers; (2) IT infrastructure services, business process outsourcing as well as enterprise services to various industries such as banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), […]