How To Prepare For The Next Stock Market Crash?
One year ago I did a detailed research on Sensex target for the year 2020 (full article here). In that research, I studied the growth of the Sensex over the last 24 years and analyzed where we could end up in the year 2020. At that time, the Price Earnings multiple for the Sensex as a whole […]
How to Select the Best Stock to Buy
As an investor you may face the dilemma of selecting 1 out of 2 or 3 (or even more) stocks. This typically happens when an investor already has a diversified stock portfolio and does not want to add more than 1 new stock. While it may be tempting to add equal quantity of all 3 […]
High vs. Low Priced Stocks – What Delivers Better Returns?
A few days back I received this Question – “Is it better to choose low priced stocks over high priced ones?” To elaborate on the question – do low priced stocks have a better chance of multiplying faster than shares that are already priced very high? Think of a share trading at Rs. 10 vs. […]
How Are Stock Prices Determined?
Today I will try to answer a question which I received from one of our subscribers. Vijay asked – “How are stock prices determined? I mean, why would a stock like Bosch trade at Rs. 26000+ while Noida Toll Bridge would trade at Rs. 35? Does it purely depend on how many shares are ‘in […]
How to Find the Most Volatile Stocks?
What is Volatility? Volatility in the context of stock markets is the amount of price change which a stock experiences over a given period of time (i.e. breadth or the difference between high-low). Put differently, if the price stays relatively stable, the stock has low volatility. A highly volatile stock is one which moves randomly in […]
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) – Stock Buzz
National Aluminium Company Limited (“NALCO” or the “Company“) is engaged in the production and sale of alumina and aluminum products primarily in India. NACL is primarily involved in bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminum smelting and casting, and power generation activities. The Company’s products include aluminum metal products, including ingots, such as sows, alloy wire rods, […]
How Many Stocks Should an Ideal Stock Portfolio Have?
This is possibly the most open ended question about stock investing and has no correct answer. Honestly, there is no rule here. I had written a post on this sometime back where I said, personally, I never try to own more than 5 stocks. That works for me. In fact, if you calculate the return of […]
Transcorp International Limited – Stock Buzz
UPDATE: 1 JUNE 2016: NOTE: THE BELOW STOCK WAS SPLIT 10:2 ON 10 MAY 2016. EFFECTIVELY IF YOU BOUGHT 1 STOCK AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, YOU WILL TODAY HAVE 5 STOCKS IN THE COMPANY. Transcorp International Limited (“Transcorp” or the “Company”) specializes in providing foreign exchange and inward remittance services in India. The Company offers […]
Should You Start Buying Oil Stocks? – Look For These 3 Things
Next time when crude oil price hits U.S. $ 90 / barrel mark, it may well be attributable to “the risk posed by the emerging markets of India, China and Brazil, where increasing affluence resulted in more and more mid income consumers to become automobile owners.” Over the last few days, I must have read at […]
Thomas Cook India Limited – Stock Analysis
Below, I will analyze the investment potential for Thomas Cook India Limited (from the tourism industry) – a sector I have been extremely bullish on for the last 2-3 years. If I were to measure my success rate in this sector, I will hands down beat any analyst anywhere on this planet. In the last […]