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Best Savings Bank Account in India
Last week, I met someone who wanted to discuss investment options with me. While I don’t do consulting of this nature, he happened to be in my distant family. Fair enough. I went in wondering if he will ask me about stock investments or may be some complex derivative...
Hostile Takeover defenses in India – Business Judgment Rule
Hostile takeovers in India are not very common. The use of advanced takeover defenses is hardly ever required and directorial conduct in such situations never comes under any serious scrutiny. Sometime back, I wrote about the standard of conduct required of board of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 %...
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...
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...
Best Savings Bank Account in India
Last week, I met someone who wanted to discuss investment options with me. While I don’t do consulting of this nature, he happened to be in my distant family. Fair enough. I went in wondering if he will ask me about stock investments or may be some complex derivative...
Hostile Takeover defenses in India – Business Judgment Rule
Hostile takeovers in India are not very common. The use of advanced takeover defenses is hardly ever required and directorial conduct in such situations never comes under any serious scrutiny. Sometime back, I wrote about the standard of conduct required of board of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 %...
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...
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...
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