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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

Beta of Stocks

Venkat Rao Marella 26 August 2009 at 12:37

What is Beta of Stock / Security?Whether a person is an experienced investor or just someone who is trying to put some money away for retirement, knowing the stock beta in relationship to the current market conditions can minimize risk and increase p

An investing secret thats hard to follow

Equitymaster 21 August 2009 at 12:37

'Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful' says Warren Buffett. 'Buy low and sell high' is supposed to be the classic and simple formula for beating the stock market. Well, if it is indeed as easy as it sounds, the intrigu

Support & Resistance Levels - Concepts

Venkat Rao Marella 20 August 2009 at 13:19

Dear Friends,While surfing this professional site www.caclubindia.com, I can see few files on “Sheet to calculate Support & Resistance Levels of stocks”. The templates the members have shared are good.You'll often hear technical analy

Women's Weekly: SIP's - Made Simple!

Equitymaster 30 July 2009 at 16:41

Ok, so we’ve been telling you time and again for the past few weeks to save money and invest. Savings are important and investments can provide you with profits in the long term. We have seen that, now let’s get down to business. How shou

8 Year Cycle

Manish Maheshwari 30 July 2009 at 14:44

8 Year Cycle:By Manish Kumar MaheshwariRemember, every 8 years, market does see a deep cut in valuations. In the previous 8-year cycle top during '1992-93, Sensex lost 56% from 4546 to 1980. In the next cycle top, the cut was almost 58% from 6150 in

Back to basics on street

CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 25 July 2009 at 13:35

The Budget day, the sensex tanked 6% and gilt yields rose 30 basis points. The markets seemed to be repelled by P. Mukherjee’s budget. In fact, the budget does a good job of dealing with a Great Recession. That is a substantial achievement, not

US credit card reform bill

CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 20 July 2009 at 17:28

INTERNATIONAL US credit card reform bill US President Barak Obama signed into law sweeping reforms that restrict credit card interest rates and fees, making a victory for Democrats trying to help recession-weary consumers. US President Barak

Growth still tied to Monsoons?

Equitymaster 18 July 2009 at 23:38

"Nowadays, poor monsoon has a much lower effect on the economy than, say, what it was 15-20 years ago,…a very bad drought or a very poor agricultural output... would affect the GDP and demand and would have some effect on FMCG take off.