Shares & Stock Articles

FII Investment - Usage of P-Notes & PCC Structures

Posted by Yogesh Kumar 28 January 2011 16744 Views

FII Investments - Usage of P-Notes and PCC Structures[1] SEBI Circular no. CIR/IMD/FIIC/1/2011 dated January 17, 2011 is in continuation of the government policy intent to balance the need to allow the flow of FII funds and at the same time to ens

Capital goods to get cheaper in 2011?

Posted by Equitymaster 04 January 2011 8567 Views

Let's continue with our series on the outlook of the Capital Goods (CG) sector. Here we examine the valuations of the BSE CG Index using the popular valuation metric - PE multiple. We reiterate that the BSE CG Index underperformed the Sense

Bharti vs. RCOM: The numbers

Posted by Equitymaster 29 December 2010 10762 Views

Continuing with our series comparing the, top telecom players in India in this article we will compare the key operating metrics of Bharti and RCOM, which will throw light on which is the better of the two. Let us first do a quick recap of what

Public Issue (IPO) : Key Terms

Posted by Nandan Narula 06 December 2010 34965 Views

Public Issues are in the air. You can call it the IPO season. It seems that the Primary Market is competing with Bollywood, releasing new issues every week

Can we time the market?

Posted by Equitymaster 02 December 2010 8955 Views

Should we wait for the stock to fall before buying? Shall we wait before we sell? If you are an investor in the stock market you would have also asked these questions at some point. Naturally these are relevant questions as one would like to maxim

Porfolio Manager

Posted by Ameet 23 November 2010 14061 Views

PORTFOLIO MANAGER Who is a Portfolio Manager? A portfolio manager is a body corporate who, pursuant to a contract or arrangement with a client, advises or directs or undertakes on behalf of the client (whether as a discretionary portfolio manager

Asian tiger Indian bull is yet to chase

Posted by Indraneel Sen Gupta 19 November 2010 14437 Views

The Asian equity market have started back it mad bull run from the past 2 months starting from September 2010.Pockets have filled up with soaring profits from lower level buyouts. The phase of the bull have so high that every one If we rewind bac

Equity or Debt: Which is cheaper?

Posted by Equitymaster 19 October 2010 20116 Views

Put yourself in the shoes of the CFO of a company. One major aspect you will be confronted with in your job will relate to the financing of your company's assets. Just like a plant needs water to grow, businesses need capital in order to expan

Index Futures: An Insight

Posted by CMA. CS. Sanjay Gupta 16 October 2010 9016 Views

Index Futures: An Insight Example: On 1st October 2009, Mr. X got a hot tip that the share market was going to go upwards. Based on this he decided to buy shares of ABC Ltd as it had the highest market capitalization then. Mr. X therefore bought 200

A fast growing firm can be a ticking time-bomb

Posted by Equitymaster 02 October 2010 7749 Views

Of all things in a company, an average investor seems the most enamoured with earnings. Especially the growth in earnings. A company that has managed to grow its profits by a factor of 5x to 6x over the last few years is dubbed as a super achiever.