ULIPs - Version 2.0 - Changed for Good

23-Apr-2015

It is the start of a new financial year and most of us would be relaxed about planning our taxes, investments and insurance for FY16. However, its prudent to start exploring options right away and not wait for the next Feb-March period to start planning your personal finances. ...

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Food For Thought: Indian Conglomerates - More Global than Local

3-Apr-2015

Over the last couple of years, the large Indian conglomerates - Tata Group, Reliance Group, Mahindra Group, Aditya Birla Group, to name a few, have substantially increased the share of revenues from their global operations as depicted in the below chart. ...

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CIBIL - Attractive Business Attracting Investors?

15-Mar-2015

Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd. (CIBIL), started its operations in India in FY01 and has now become Indias largest credit bureau company with a whopping 90% market share. ...

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Budget - Will This Time be Relevant?

25-Feb-2015

Over-information is one of the unintended consequences of living in a technology & media dominated world. ...

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4 Startling Facts About Indian RailNomics

25-Feb-2015

On the eve of the Railway Budget, Prospero Tree enumerates some startling facts about the financial ill-health plaguing the Indian Railways. ...

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Public Sector Vs. Private Banks: Decoding the Difference in Their Numbers

22-Feb-2015

Bankex - the index tracking the performance of the leading listed banking stocks has delivered 65% returns in CY2014. ...

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Sun Pharma -Blue Chip Stock Falls 25% From its Peak

6-Feb-2015

Sun Pharma is the largest Indian pharma company by market capitalization and its owner is India's richest man. ...

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Affordable Housing Finance - The Next Big Opportunity?

3-Feb-2015

Housing Finance sector has seen one of the most secular bull runs in the past, with loan book of banks and Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) growing at CAGR of 20% and 24% respectively over the past 10 years. ...

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Impact of weak monsoon on Indian Economy

7-Dec-2014

Impact of weak monsoon on Indian economy ...

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Hindustan Motors - Accelerating in Reverse Gear

27-Nov-2014

Hindustan Motors, the C.K. Birla Group-owned automobile and auto component manufacturing company, ruled the roost for nearly 3 decades from the 1950s to 1980s with its iconic Ambassador car. ...

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Food For Thought : LIC - The Mammoth Equity Investor

23-Nov-2014

LIC - The Mammoth Investor in Equities ...

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Food For Thought : NTPC vs Coal India; INR vs USD

20-Nov-2014

In a very interesting development in 2013, NTPC held back its payments to Coal India citing poor coal quality - A chunk of coal samples contained stones and rocks instead of coal. ...

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Food For Thought: PSBs Command Lion's Share, MRF - Priciest Stock

11-Nov-2014

Public Sector Banks: Commanding the Lion Share ...

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VIP Industries - Will the Luggage King be Dethroned by Samsonite?

4-Nov-2014

VIP Industries, India's largest luggage manufacturer with ~50%+ market share and Asia's second largest player, has witnessed a tepid growth in last 2 years owing to subdued consumer sentiment, inflation, lower discretionary spends and slowdown in one of its key drivers - air traffic ...

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Food For Thought: Share Buy Back - Common Abroad, BSE-World's #1 Stock Exchange

3-Nov-2014

Share Buy-Back: Uncommon in India, Common in USA ...

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Vini Cosmetics Pvt Ltd. - The New Paras Pharma in Making?

29-Oct-2014

FOGG deodorants, the flagship brand of Vini Cosmetics, have created a splash by being the #1 deodorant sold in India since the last 4 quarters and that too, within just 3 years of its launch. ...

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Expectations From Q2FY15 Earnings Season

24-Oct-2014

At Prospero Tree, our investment recommendations have a time horizon of 3-5 years because that is the minimum time taken by a company to implement its strategy and moderate the impact of macroeconomic volatility. ...

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MTNL: How did it lose its way?

15-Oct-2014

MTNL has earned a unique distinction recently by making it to the unenviable list of top 10 loss making Public Sector Units (PSU) released by Department of Public Enterprises. ...

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How Bata Regained its FOOTing Through A Solid Makeover?

13-Oct-2014

With India's consumerist, brand-cum-fashion conscious young population living the above mantra, branded footwear retailers in India have experienced a fabulous surge in demand over the last couple of years ...

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Auto Sales: Seasonally Good in September

30-Sep-2014

Based on the August 2014 auto numbers, market-men strongly iterated that good times are back ...

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HMT Watches Fails - Why Will Its Time Halt Permanently?

25-Sep-2014

It's said that time doesn't stop ticking, but for HMT Watches Ltd., time will stop ticking as the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises has recommended the closure of HMT Watches Ltd. & HMT Chinar Watches, both subsidiaries of the HMT Group. ...

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Real Estate vs. Stocks -The Argument

11-Sep-2014

It's a well ingrained belief among Indians that real estate is the best and the safest investment that an individual can make. ...

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Housing finance stocks - Will the dream run continue?

21-Aug-2014

A secular growth story riding on the housing wave ...

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How do companies sidestep delisting norms?

18-Aug-2014

Stocks of Essar Oil, Astra Zeneca and Fulford India had been recently buzzing with delisting news. ...

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4 Commonly overlooked parameters in stock selection

30-Jul-2014

Whilst evaluating a potential stock investment, investors invariably would have focused on the quintessential company elements financial statements, tracking the quarterly results, industry outlook and managemen guidance on companys prospects. ...

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Why should you shun aviation stocks?

23-Jul-2014

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Stock split announcement - Should you rejoice or panic?

20-Jul-2014

Stock split announcement - Should you rejoice or panic? ...

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Budget 2014 - Baby steps towards the grand Indian vision

11-Jul-2014

Budget 2014- Baby steps towards the grand Indian vision ...

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Cement stocks - Spectacular rally, what next?

7-Jul-2014

In the euphoria surrounding the Narendra Modi led Government, the cement stocks have been on a frenzy since March, 2014 - large-cap stocks like ACC, Ambuja and Ultratech have gained 30% to 50% while mid and small cap stocks like Heidelberg, Sanghi, Orient and Ramco have gained 70% to 150%. ...

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Inox: Happy Promoters, Unhappy Shareholders

15-Sep-2013

The history of Indian stock markets is replete with instances where promoters of listed entities show utter disregard for their minority shareholders. ...

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