Shares & Stock Articles

India: A feast for the capital goods sector

Equitymaster 17 October 2009 at 11:35

Capital goods companies here in India seem to be a happy lot these days. Their stocks are shinning and their order books are plump. But that's not such a recent phenomenon either. Except for the dark days of the credit crisis, capital goods compa

FAQ on Mutual Funds

vidyasagar 13 October 2009 at 14:25

IntroductionDifferent investment avenues are available to investors. Mutual funds also offer good investment opportunities to the investors. Like all investments, they also carry certain risks. The investors should compare the risks and expected yiel

SWITCH YOUR ULIPS NOW

Indraneel Sen Gupta 29 September 2009 at 11:38

ULIP’s are basically long term investment. But still despite of being Long Term in nature they are Return Maximizing tool. The return is maximized through the well known option provided itself in the ULIP product SWITCHES. Each Ulip comes with

Age of Austerity

Equitymaster 28 September 2009 at 11:59

The Congress' austerity drive was not unfounded. After all austerity is what global leaders are insisting on in the G-20 summit. US President Barack Obama and his counterparts from the G-20 nations have cited a clear warning that the global re

WEALTH MANAGEMENT BASICS OBJECTIVES SERIES 1

Indraneel Sen Gupta 23 September 2009 at 13:38

When ever we come across the word Wealth Management it appears to an investor as something coming down from the Planet Mars. But if we analyze the basics without getting to much within the complicated jargon we find 2 things primarily,1)Proper Asset

Rupee to be a tool in curbing inflation

Equitymaster 23 September 2009 at 13:38

In the past, the RBI always tended to intervene in the currency markets to stem the appreciation of the rupee so that exporters did not feel the pinch. This time around it may end up following a different course of action. As reported on Bloomberg, I

ROLLING BACK SOPS RBI THE NEXT THREAT

Indraneel Sen Gupta 19 September 2009 at 12:34

Its time for getting back of stimulus package benefits and face some real hard core business battle. The money market is gearing up to face the next punch to be delivered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against inflation. The RBI have said that t

US CONSUMERS EFFECT

Indraneel Sen Gupta 19 September 2009 at 12:34

US consumption is very vital for the economic development not only of US but to entire world economy. And, within the US, the bulk of the growth comes from consumption.We all know that the world economy recovery, particularly the export in highly dep

The Ideal P/E Multiple For A Stock Is...

Equitymaster 16 September 2009 at 11:41

Warren Buffett's fortune is enough to stupefy anyone. Starting from scratch, he has amassed a fortune of billions and billions of dollars. And the most amazing part of that feat is not even that - it is the fact that he has achieved so much wealth in

A Close Cousin Of The P/E Ratio

Equitymaster 05 September 2009 at 11:53

Learning about stock market investing is a never-ending quest. There are several metrics that an investor can look at while selecting stocks. In this article, we discuss one of the many parameters that could help in making better investment decisions