Cipla Stock Analysis
Unlike the real estate or automobile sector, healthcare sector is not as vulnerable to economic fluctuations. Despite the fragile global economic environment over the last few years, Indian Pharmaceutical companies have seen good growth and the industry is on the threshold of becoming a major global market by 2020. The factors considered below present an overview of […]
Instruments of Monetary Policy in India
Part – II of – Basic economic terms used in India . Gross Domestic Product (GDP): National output or GDP is the most important concept of macroeconomics. When GDP increases, it is a sign that the economy is getting stronger. While a reduction in the GDP indicates a state of weakening economy. How is GDP really calculated? […]
Are You Buying Stocks For The Next Bull Market?
Exactly one year ago, I wrote a piece about the hypothesis that “markets are always ahead” of the real economy. At that time, I said that empirical evidence suggests that stock markets can indicate the future prospects of the broader economy. That stock prices decline before deterioration in the general economy and vice-versa. If you […]
Insider Trading and Stock tips in Indian Stock Markets
On the 24th of January 2014, as the markets opened for trade, Ranbaxy share price declined 20 % on news of U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (USFDA) ban on the company from sending its drugs and ingredients into the United States (*from the company’s production facility in Punjab). It was a sudden and sharp fall and by […]
Looking for Debt Free Companies in India
There are increasing numbers of Indian companies which are finding themselves in a debt trap, with their entire operating profits not sufficient to meet their finance charges. Worst still, a lot of these companies have negative operating profits and a huge interest burden on top of that. Look at the examples below: One could be wishful and hope that […]
Future Prospects of Indian Economy
India’s population today is 1.237 billion and growing at 1.3% every year. This makes India the second most populated country in the world with China leading the charts with a population of 1.35 billion. According to the most recent census survey, India occupies 17 % of the world’s population and 65 % of these people […]
Fixed deposits in India – Best safe investment option for the future?
There Seems to be an amazing rush to grow money by investing in Fixed Deposits (FD) and other fixed income schemes. Someone recently asked me about the best safe investment option for the future and after some discussion I realized what he really wanted to know was the safest scheme within the sphere of fixed deposits in India. That […]
Best Stocks for Medium Term Investment in India – Educated Speculation
Market participants and financial media regularly classify stock purchase decisions based on the time horizon or holding period of the investor (i.e. how long can the investor do away with his money and put it in stocks). This classification is usually styled as long term, medium term and short term. There are absolutely no fixed rules as to […]
Ideal Capital Structure: Looking for the right debt-equity mix
To ascertain the financial health of a company, amongst other things, it is important to analyze the capital structure of the company to understand how much of borrowed money does the company operate with. One of the most important financial indicator and which gets every investors attention is the debt to equity ratio. The capital structure of a company […]
Stock Market Operators-How Do They Do It?
Over the past 200+ years (and perhaps more) there have been many instances of dramatic rise and fall in the prices of things that are traded. At times this is market driven and prices rise and fall purely based on demand and supply; while on others, the price is made to behave that way. In the […]