Ratio Analysis: 6 Important Points to Keep in Mind
Ratio analysis involves a mathematical interpretation of the financial records of a company, in order to understand its past performance and future prospects. Ratio analysis is an important tool for understanding the financial health of a company and for analyzing the progress of the business. While conducting ratio analysis it is important to keep some key […]
Sensex Target for 2020: Are 40,000 – 60,000 levels achievable?
A lot of research goes into predicting future prices and Sensex targets. Analysis of past data for such predictions suggests that analysts are far more accurate over a longer term. Shorter your time frames, higher are the chances of error. Yet, analysts and market commentators regularly throw out targets for anywhere between a few years […]
Can you buy / sell stocks after market hours?
Constant news flow and major corporate announcements after market hours make many wonder if they should buy/sell their stocks as soon as the market opens? For example – when a company reports really bad quarterly results or an extremely bad news surfaces post trading hours, far too often, investors wonder if they should sell their holding […]
Buying and Selling Stocks Frequently – Common Mistakes
As the exchange commences business every morning; a range of financial news channels play a trendy adrenaline pumping music. A market opening countdown timer adds to the excitement with the millisecond number scrolling faster than the speed of light. The anchor of the show starts speaking loud and fast. Suddenly, green and red colored tickers […]
Raising Equity Capital in India
When a company starts its business, it issues shares in proportion to the initial capital brought in by the promoters (i.e. those who start the business as a company). As the business of the company grows, the promoters often require more capital to meet the company’s growth objectives like capacity expansion, new product development, increase […]
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 […]
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 […]