by Rajat Sharma | Jan 29, 2014 | equity, investment, stocks |
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...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 27, 2014 | equity, stocks, trading |
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...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 24, 2014 | debt, equity, stocks |
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...
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 9, 2014 | equity, stocks |
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and Return on Equity (ROE) (also called– Return on Net Worth (RONW)) are both used to measure the profitability of a company based on the funds with which the company conducts its business. ROE measures the amount of profit generated...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 6, 2014 | equity, stocks |
I always found the concept of ‘Value at Risk’ pretty interesting. Usually nobody ever pays attention to it until it is breached. I am not sure how many of you are buying this one but the value at risk for this political outfit is zero as it usually is for start-ups....
