Record Date vs Ex Dividend Date
A lot more confusion has surrounded this subject than what it deserves. I have witnessed all sorts of discussion forums on who will get the dividend, when will they get the dividend and at times, a discussion on why the investor did not receive the dividend on their shares. Let’s end all confusion around this. […]
Unity Infra Projects Limited Stock Analysis
Unity Infra projects Limited or UIL is engaged in construction and engineering activities primarily in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Company operates in three segments: Civil construction: construction of commercial and residential buildings, mass housing projects and townships, airports, InfoTech parks, hotels, hospitals, educational complex, stadiums, telecom towers and railway stations. Irrigation and water supply: dams, tunnels, […]
Future Outlook of stocks in the Indian Automobile Industry
Outlook and Key stats Indian automobile industry is a key contributor to India’s GDP. At US $ 80 billion, the automobile industry accounts for ~7% of India’s GDP *. While the Indian economy has grown at ~8% p.a. in the last 5 years (2009-2013), the Indian automobile industry has grown at ~15% during the same period […]
What’s with Infosys financials & high employee attrition?
Last week witnessed the 10th big departure from Infosys in little over a year as president and board member B.G. Srinivas made his exit. In December last year, V. Balakrishnan, Infosys’ head of BPO operations had quit. He was one of the front runners to become the CEO at Infosys after the current CEO, S. D. […]
NTPC Limited Stock Analysis
NTPC Limited (“NTPC” or the “Company”) is the largest power generating company in India. Set up in 1975, NTPC is engaged in the generation, distribution, and sale of power to state power utilities in India. NTPC operates with a current power generation capacity of 42,454 MW, with 17 coal based and 7 gas based stations, located […]
How Stop loss Orders Work on Hitting Trigger Price
Remember what happened when the news of irregular accounting in Satyam Computers hit the market or more recently when Ranbaxy’s drugs were banned by the USFDA. The stock prices in such scenarios correct at such extraordinary rates that nobody gets an opportunity to get out. A stop loss order works as a safety mechanism which gives […]
Motilal Oswal Stock Analysis
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (“Motilal Oswal” or the “Company”) is a well-diversified, financial services company focused on wealth creation for all its customers, such as institutional, corporate, HNI and retail. The Company’s services and product offerings include wealth management, retail broking and distribution, institutional broking, asset management, investment banking, private equity, commodity broking and […]
Manali Petrochemicals Stock Analysis
Manali Petrochemicals Limited (“MPL” or “Company”) is one of the leaders in the production and marketing of Propylene Oxide (“PO”). Propylene oxide is a chemical intermediate used to produce commercial and industrial products and as a building block for the manufacture of a versatile range of derivative chemical products such as Propylene Glycols (PG) and Polyols […]
Opto Circuits Stock Analysis
Opto Circuits India Ltd. (“Opto Circuit” or the “Company”) is a multinational medical device Company. The Company is into designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing a range of medical products that are used by healthcare establishments in more than 150 countries. The Company’s products are marketed in – European Union, North and South America, Middle […]
Investing Groups in Social Media – 6 Tips for Finding the Best Groups
A social group is a place for like minded people to get together and share ideas and knowledge about their common interests. Social groups across a wide range of interests including finance and investing are active all over the world. While the practice of joining stock investing groups is not new, the spread of social […]