
Big losses in the stock market: 5 mistakes to avoid – Part 3 (Low quality businesses)
The third of this four-part series talks about how every bull market hides low quality businesses and how you can stay clear of such companies.
The third of this four-part series talks about how every bull market hides low quality businesses and how you can stay clear of such companies.
In this final part of this four-part series we discuss how many promising turnaround stories never say the light of day in the stock market and also talk about the perils of placing too much faith in dividend earners that show no potential for growth.
The Nifty 50 has scaled new highs, displaying strength over the past few months. Is the rally in the Nifty 50 over or can it continue?
For shareholders of HDFC, should you continue holding the stock post its merger with HDFC Bank?
When a company, especially an MNC, discloses little by way of scheduled earnings calls or business information, save for its AGM, its stock price can also react only to earnings or move on visibility in prospects of the company. We took that risk in one such company which is in the business of automation, in late 2021.
With consumer companies having pulled through a period of demand slump, the worst appears to be behind. Signs of a recovery in rural demand can help broad-base the overall consumption improvement. This consumer company gets a strong foundation in its household brand names. But it has been evolving from building up its own health and […]
The demerger of Piramal Enterprises (PEL) was a long awaited one in the market. With sizable businesses in both financial services and pharmaceuticals, the demerger
Pharma companies in the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) space in India have struggled in the past couple of years, confronted by rising input costs, poor price realization and competition from China even while remaining dependent on China for inputs. All these also impact the even-otherwise modest margins.
Some of these challenges appear to be abating, providing an opportunity to pick select API players in the pharma space.
As observed in the previous update on targets for the Nifty 50, the index remained strong and also moved pretty close the target zone of 18,700-18,750. The index recorded a high of 18,662 on May 30 and has since been in a consolidation. In this update, we take a quick look at the short-term outlook for the Nifty 50 index and focus on a more detailed outlook for the broader markets and interesting sectors.
With a return of over 50%, one of our stock recommendations – on a small finance bank – may now provide less entry opportunity for new investors even as existing investors can continue to hold it. Read to know what drove this small finance bank’s stock to current valuations and what prospects it still holds.
The company is an auto ancillary player catering primarily to two wheeler components in the domestic market, which forms three-fourth of its total business.
Apart from the fund manager’s skill, a hidden factor that explains such return differences is the investment styles in which each fund is managed. Right now, many of the funds that have managed to top the charts with a 16% return are value-style funds, while the laggards are growth-oriented ones.
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