Master Class 12: Understanding Quick Ratio & Interest Coverage Ratio
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Master Class 12: Understanding Quick Ratio & Interest Coverage Ratio

Identification of companies with good investment opportunities is something that every investor should know how to do. Similarly, it is equally important to identify companies that do not have good stocks, companies that might be on the verge of bankruptcy, or companies that are unable to bear their own financial burden. The stocks of such companies are doomed to fail, and thus, investment here can prove to be a very bad decision and can lead to the loss of the investor's valuable money.

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Master Class 7: Analysis of Banking stocks and the importance of CASA Ratio, NPA, CAR
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Master Class 7: Analysis of Banking stocks and the importance of CASA Ratio, NPA, CAR

The banking and financial service industry forms the biggest chunk of the stock market index. They require a completely different skill set to differentiate between good and bad banking stocks. The analysis of banking stocks is quite different from the stock analysis of regular companies. This is because banks operate on a different business model as compared to other industries. This is why their financial statements are also prepared differently.

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What is going on with Motherson Sumi?
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What is going on with Motherson Sumi?

Problems aren’t just problems, instead, they are just a bunch of new opportunities. There is yet another guy who is a living testimony to this. Vivek Chand Sehgal saw an opportunity in every problem and dared to follow it. Now his business empire stands tall in the corporate sector churning an annual profit of nearly 14,000 Crore. Motherson Company started its operation in 1975. Its major business was to manufacture automotive cables which are used in cars. Now, the Motherson Company produces various automotive parts such as car mirrors, metal components for cars and other spare parts used in the manufacture of automobiles. It branched out to more than 25 countries and works in close association with major car companies like BMW, Volkswagen, Maruti Suzuki and so on. 

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How companies decide whether to Buy or make a product?
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How companies decide whether to Buy or make a product?

Decisions to make or buy arise in business when a company must decide whether to produce goods internally or to buy goods externally. This is usually a problem when a company can manufacture material inputs needed for its production operations that are also available for purchase on the market. For example, a computer company may need to decide whether to manufacture circuit boards in-house or purchase them from a supplier.

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Domino
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Domino's Pizza partners with ITC to deliver necessary items

An Essential Partnership!! With respect to the current situation of our country’s common favorite food chain, Domino's Pizza has partnered with ITC Ltd to deliver essential items, such as wheat flour (atta) and spices, to customers amid a national 21-day block imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Customers who wish to take advantage of the service need to use the "Domino's Essentials" section in the Domino app to order the ITC Aashirvaad brand of atta and spices and other relevant goods. These will be provided by Domino, leveraging its pizza delivery network to ease yourself from the problem of food in this time of crisis.

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Walmart strategy- Every Day Low Pricing Model
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Walmart strategy- Every Day Low Pricing Model

We see a lot of supermarket chains around us. Big Bazaar, D-Mart, V-Mart are some names that have gone huge and later released their IPO. Supermarket chains have expanded from metro cities to now smaller towns. One thing that unequivocally attracts people to the Supermarkets stores is their low pricing.

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DMart
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DMart's Business Model: Key Strategies Behind Its Retail Success

Over the decades, we have come across different kinds of businesses. Every industrial revolution has given us new economics of doing business, like the manufacturing sector, the Internet boom, and many more. With this evolution of business models from time to time, we have encountered some broad B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Customer) business models.

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Mergers and Acquisitions: Concepts that you must Know
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Mergers and Acquisitions: Concepts that you must Know

Business is an unpredictable business. People do it; some become successful empires, some others perish in the dust, and rest merge or acquire. The merger and acquisition is a very old phenomenon. In fact, in India, small British companies merged with the East India Company in 1708.

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What makes Bajaj Finance preferable for Investors?
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What makes Bajaj Finance preferable for Investors?

Bajaj Finance in the year 2019 became a hit among investors. In October, it was reported that investors had priced Bajaj Finance more than India's largest lender i.e., the State Bank of India (SBI) with a balance sheet 14 times the size of Bajaj Finance's book.

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AMUL: The Business Model
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AMUL: The Business Model

Anand Milk Union Limited, or AMUL, needs no introduction. Amul has created this name and reputation over the years, delivering quality milk products to the entire country and now the world. People in eatery and restaurant businesses advertise their dishes, conveying that they use Amul products.

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Wipro: Success story of Azim Premji
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Wipro: Success story of Azim Premji

It has been told and retold to us how the character of human, his attitude towards the problems, and his determination, shapes his future. Then there are few others, whose grit not just transform their own future, but change the lives of many. This is the story of such an Indian entrepreneur, Azim Premji.

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The business model of InfoEdge
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The business model of InfoEdge

Much before the start-up boom that we have seen in the last 5 years, there was a dot-com boom two decades back. That period is often associated with the dot-com bubble in the US, but it has its own set of success story.

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Xiaomi
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Xiaomi's Fintech Leadership with Mi Credit?

Xiaomi is looking to grab a lion’s share in the Indian Fintech space. How is Xiaomi planning to do it? Read and find out below.

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Zerodha: A Success Story of Discount Broking
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Zerodha: A Success Story of Discount Broking

Do you wonder that even after being a discount broker how does Zerodha make money? In just 9 years how did Zerodha become the largest stockbroker?

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What is the Impact of Demerger on Shareholders?
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What is the Impact of Demerger on Shareholders?

There are often times when a diversified company opts for focusing on its core businesses and transferring its other business operations to a different company. This is the simple idea behind a popular corporate restructuring activity i.e., Demerger.

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What should an investor look for in quarterly reports?
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What should an investor look for in quarterly reports?

As a shareholder, do you forget holding the shares of a particular company, or are you anxious to know what is happening with the company whose shares you are holding? Well, if you belong to the second category, quarterly results are your savior.

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How Important is ROE for Investors?
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How Important is ROE for Investors?

Forget head-and-shoulders, bear traps double bottoms, forget volume, and forget stochastics. When you’re looking at a company, the single-most-important number is return-on-equity. Return on Equity is how much profit a Company generates when compared to shareholder equity. What makes ROE so good as a tool to analyze a Company is because it doesn’t account for the price of the stock. It only measures the company’s performance, not the stock’s performance.

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How ROA and ROE help in analysing corporate health?
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How ROA and ROE help in analysing corporate health?

It’s a no brainer for an investor to look into the financial ratios before making investment decisions, as there are no single measures to tell the whole story, making informed investment decisions could be tricky and may rattle your grey cells.

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