Shares & Stock Articles

Leveraged Buyout Vs. Distress Buyout

Tharun Raj 20 March 2010 at 11:43

You are a well reputed company and came across to buy stake in another company. You are not likely to invest your money into that company, but anyhow intended to purchase stake/controlling interest.What to do?? Ask me i will give u an advice. Do as

OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

K.V.Navaneethakrishnan 15 March 2010 at 12:01

THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Introduction: In this coverage we will just try to understand as to how an Oil & Gas Industry works, its Revenue fetching aspects, and other economic factors. This is just a foundation level

How to evaluate Stock ?

Srikant 20 February 2010 at 22:19

How to Evaluate Stocks.....? Warren Buffet is considered to be a genius when it comes to stock investment. He recommends an important thing to the investors that the stock (company) you are thinking to buy or invest should have been around for at l

Indian IT: What does 2010 have in store?

Equitymaster 25 January 2010 at 11:54

The year 2010 promises unseen challenges and new opportunities for companies and investors. It is expected to be a year of significant changes in the business landscape around the globe. Well, a lot changed for Indian IT in 2009 as well. Which other

Do promoters know something that you dont?

Equitymaster 20 January 2010 at 13:39

The higher the promoter stake in a company the more faith he has in the business. That is how the general belief goes. The same obviously holds true for the reverse as well. And this (lower promoter stake) is definitely something investors would not

Stocks which were the top performers of 2009

Equitymaster 06 January 2010 at 23:40

After the collapse of global stock markets and economic turmoil in 2008, 2009 came with hope. While we did not see the stock market highs of 2007, we managed to gain back most of the lost ground of 2008. In this article, we discuss the top 5 Sensex p

What will next 10 years bring for you?

Equitymaster 31 December 2009 at 21:07

The past ten years have been like a lost decade for the US stockmarket investors. The Dow Jones is nearly at the same level as it was in December 1999. And since inflation has averaged around 2.5% per year during this decade, the real returns for inv

IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)

CA Anand Sarda 18 December 2009 at 19:15

IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) What is an IPO? An IPO is when a company which is presently not listed at any stock exchange makes either a fresh issue of shares or makes an offer for sale of its existing shares or both for the first time to the

Cheap money is here to stay

Equitymaster 17 December 2009 at 13:51

It is that time of the year again when the US central bank takes a call on what yield most asset classes around the world should trade at. And it appears near certain that the status quo is going to be maintained. The Fed is expected to announce its

With an A+ why worry about TBTF?

Equitymaster 28 November 2009 at 12:28

Credit rating agencies these days seem to be looking at a lot beyond loan servicing capabilities. No, we are not just referring to rating of companies but also that of economies. What else can explain the anomaly that as of November 2009, the Governm