Category Archives: Investing
Guidelines for the Power Sector in India
CERC has issued draft guidelines for tariffs for the period 2009-14. The proposed guidelines has retained the 14% ROE for tariff fixation. However, it has proposed to link incentives based on plant availability as against the earlier practice of incentive … Continue reading
Valuations of Banking Stocks in India
Depth and breadth of private banking space has now increased. You see significantly large private banks. And the private sector is getting market share. I feel the valuation of PSU banks continue to trade at a discount. People are talking … Continue reading
What is Programmed or Algorithmic Trading?
Program trading is casually defined as the use of computers in stock markets to engage in arbitrage and portfolio insurance strategies. The term has also been defined as “a wide range of portfolio trading strategies involving the purchase or sale … Continue reading
Investing in Stock Market is not for the weakhearts
There’s no better formula for losing money than to buy high and sell low. And data for 2008 shows people have been doing exactly this Indian stock markets were lower by around 29% in the current year, and have since … Continue reading
Fool’s perspective of High Growth Stocks in India
Goldman Sachs issued a report in 2003 predicting that India’s economy will be the world’s third largest by 2035. The report cited expected annual growth rates of 5.3% to 6.1%.Though it has been a bumpy ride as of late, India … Continue reading
The Currency Futures Market in India
The Finance Minister dedicated to the financial services community, a new product – Currency Futures on 29th August, 2008. And ever since, Ajay Shah is busy on the NSE web page with its live display of currency futures. NSE hasn’t … Continue reading
Introduction of Hedge Funds in India
The Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan was issued for comment in April 2008. Among the proposals that the high-level committee made was the introduction of domestic hedge funds. The committee feels … Continue reading
Contrarian thinking helps while investing in Stocks
Contrarian investing is a proven way of finding multi-baggers and generating great wealth in the long run. Simply put, a contrarian investment strategy involves buying stocks which have fallen out of favour with the market for some reason or the … Continue reading
Where is the Market going?
Going forward markets will be dependent upon global clues and fund flow as well from FIIs. With Left out of UPA, pace of reforms in India in the next six months will be crucial for markets as well. Any rise … Continue reading
Time to Invest in Stocks & Equities?
With equity markets descending from their record highs, several investors want to know if this is the right time to invest in equities. More importantly, they would like to know if markets have bottomed out. As regards the former, it … Continue reading
