Demystifying financial markets...
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. ...
4-Mar-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. ...
2-Mar-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. ...
25-Feb-2015
Over-information is one of the unintended consequences of living in a technology & media dominated world. ...
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. ...
22-Feb-2015
Bankex - the index tracking the performance of the leading listed banking stocks has delivered 65% returns in CY2014. ...
7-Jan-2015
Dalal Street's poster boy, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (RJ), was first exposed to stock markets while his father discussed stocks with his friends ...
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. ...
23-Nov-2014
LIC - The Mammoth Investor in Equities ...
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. ...
11-Nov-2014
Public Sector Banks: Commanding the Lion Share ...
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 ...
3-Nov-2014
Share Buy-Back: Uncommon in India, Common in USA ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
30-Sep-2014
Based on the August 2014 auto numbers, market-men strongly iterated that good times are back ...
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. ...
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. ...
21-Aug-2014
A secular growth story riding on the housing wave ...
18-Aug-2014
Stocks of Essar Oil, Astra Zeneca and Fulford India had been recently buzzing with delisting news. ...
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. ...
20-Jul-2014
Stock split announcement - Should you rejoice or panic? ...
12-Jul-2014
Impact of weak monsoon on Indian economy ...
11-Jul-2014
Budget 2014- Baby steps towards the grand Indian vision ...
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%. ...
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. ...
3-Sep-2013
From the severe milk shortages of the 70's to being the world's largest milk producer towards the end of 20th century, India has come up a long way. ...