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Why Are the Indian Stock Markets So Expensive?
If you compare Indian stock markets to global markets both developed and developing, Indian stocks are trading at a much higher valuation. Consider this, the ‘MSCI India Index’ which had grown at par with the ‘MSCI emerging Markets Index’ from 2004 to 2014, is today...
Government Disinvestment Turning Into Distressed Sale?
Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the Government’s plans to raise Rs 1 lakh Cr via disinvestment by selling their equities in five PSUs – BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Container Corporation (Concor), Tehri Hydro Development...
Bharat Bond ETF – Should You Invest?
The Government’s move to launch the Bharat Bond ETF is no doubt a good decision as it deepens the corporate bond market in India; But it comes at a time when retail investors are most likely to underperform even a basic Fixed Deposit if they invest in this instrument...
Protecting Your Stock Holdings – Post Karvy Stock Brokers Fiasco
The problem is that there is never just one cockroach in the kitchen! If Karvy Stock Brokers screwed up, so will some others. Sure, many stock brokers will be taking defensive action given how SEBI has dealt with Karvy. That said, more Karvy like issues cannot be...
Hi-tech Pipes Stock Analysis
Hi-Tech Pipes Ltd. (“Hi-Tech” or the “Company”) is involved in manufacturing steel pipes, hollow sections, tubes, cold-rolled coils, road crash barriers, solar mounting structures, strips and a variety of other galvanized products. Hi-Tech serves various industries...
Don’t stop your Systematic Investment Plans – The only Rule of SIP Investing
I usually don’t write about these things, but not only for retail investors, also for the most sophisticated investors, Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs are the best way of making money over a longer term. I have seen investor behaviour for close to 2 decades and...
Concentrated Portfolio of Stocks
6 years ago I had written an article on the benefits of having a concentrated portfolio of stocks. Some of the things what I had mainly discussed in that article was 2 things: [1] How to select stocks: How should you zero in on a list of stocks (i.e. Universe of...
Confessions: What your Financial Advisors will not tell you
This is 100% true for 100% financial advisors; Just that some tell it more than others! (1.) We are likely to disclose selectively– No mentor ever told his prodigy – ‘you will have to lie to succeed’. That is not something anyone aspires to do. What financial...
Nifty PE and Past Returns
By now all of you would have looked at a gazillion charts and tables trying to relate Nifty’s 10-20 year average PE and comparing that to where we are today. Naturally, we have been in a very very expensive market for far too long. Markets have been running up with no...
Top 3 Investing Mistakes which destroy wealth in stock markets
There will be exceptions to each of the three investing mistakes below; where committing such a mistake would have actually made you money. That is the very reason why investors continue to make these mistakes – that sometimes committing this mistake will save you or...
Why Are the Indian Stock Markets So Expensive?
If you compare Indian stock markets to global markets both developed and developing, Indian stocks are trading at a much higher valuation. Consider this, the ‘MSCI India Index’ which had grown at par with the ‘MSCI emerging Markets Index’ from 2004 to 2014, is today...
Government Disinvestment Turning Into Distressed Sale?
Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the Government’s plans to raise Rs 1 lakh Cr via disinvestment by selling their equities in five PSUs – BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Container Corporation (Concor), Tehri Hydro Development...
Bharat Bond ETF – Should You Invest?
The Government’s move to launch the Bharat Bond ETF is no doubt a good decision as it deepens the corporate bond market in India; But it comes at a time when retail investors are most likely to underperform even a basic Fixed Deposit if they invest in this instrument...
Protecting Your Stock Holdings – Post Karvy Stock Brokers Fiasco
The problem is that there is never just one cockroach in the kitchen! If Karvy Stock Brokers screwed up, so will some others. Sure, many stock brokers will be taking defensive action given how SEBI has dealt with Karvy. That said, more Karvy like issues cannot be...
Hi-tech Pipes Stock Analysis
Hi-Tech Pipes Ltd. (“Hi-Tech” or the “Company”) is involved in manufacturing steel pipes, hollow sections, tubes, cold-rolled coils, road crash barriers, solar mounting structures, strips and a variety of other galvanized products. Hi-Tech serves various industries...
Don’t stop your Systematic Investment Plans – The only Rule of SIP Investing
I usually don’t write about these things, but not only for retail investors, also for the most sophisticated investors, Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs are the best way of making money over a longer term. I have seen investor behaviour for close to 2 decades and...
Concentrated Portfolio of Stocks
6 years ago I had written an article on the benefits of having a concentrated portfolio of stocks. Some of the things what I had mainly discussed in that article was 2 things: [1] How to select stocks: How should you zero in on a list of stocks (i.e. Universe of...
Confessions: What your Financial Advisors will not tell you
This is 100% true for 100% financial advisors; Just that some tell it more than others! (1.) We are likely to disclose selectively– No mentor ever told his prodigy – ‘you will have to lie to succeed’. That is not something anyone aspires to do. What financial...
Nifty PE and Past Returns
By now all of you would have looked at a gazillion charts and tables trying to relate Nifty’s 10-20 year average PE and comparing that to where we are today. Naturally, we have been in a very very expensive market for far too long. Markets have been running up with no...
Top 3 Investing Mistakes which destroy wealth in stock markets
There will be exceptions to each of the three investing mistakes below; where committing such a mistake would have actually made you money. That is the very reason why investors continue to make these mistakes – that sometimes committing this mistake will save you or...
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