by Rajat Sharma | Jan 17, 2014 | behavioural finance, equity, finance, investment |
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...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 10, 2014 | equity, investment, stocks |
Since I get this asked a lot, I thought I’ll write a post on this topic. Note: I will assume that long term is 3+ years with some of the investments being purchased for a much longer period (read indefinitely). The problem with equity investing is that the line...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 2, 2014 | finance, investment, stocks |
In recent times the talk of growth stocks has almost taken over the whole idea of value. What differentiates them from value stocks? Very briefly — as the name suggests, growth stocks are shares of companies whose earnings are expected to grow at a rate higher than...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 30, 2013 | investment, stocks |
Stocks of companies with a market capitalization between Rs 500 Cr. and Rs 7000 Cr. combine certain attractive qualities of both large and small companies. While large-caps offer the advantages of consistency and scale, midcap stocks offer ‘high growth potential’. At...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 26, 2013 | company, Consulting, investment |
Over the years the public sector has played a central role in enabling India to accomplish the national objective of self-reliance. It is therefore natural to feel uncanny about the idea of disinvesting, specifically, when the issue is of disinvesting profitable...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 23, 2013 | investment, stocks |
In the previous post I highlighted how even in the worst economic environment, well established and safe large cap stocks tend to perform well. It is in fact true that if one were to blindly buy any 5 out of the top ten stocks (by market capitalization) and hold on...
