Unravelling Devyani International IPO
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Unravelling Devyani International IPO

Have you ever wondered sitting in a KFC or a Pizza Hut about how that business is run? Is it a good business? Or if you can invest in it? Yes? Then the upcoming IPO is definitely of your interest. It’s Devyani International's debut in the stock markets.

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How good are Bad Banks and does India really need a Bad Bank?
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How good are Bad Banks and does India really need a Bad Bank?

When a certain organ in the body doesn’t work, doctors tend to remove it for the patient to survive. When we eat something, which is difficult to digest, our body throws up. A rotten apple in a basket must be removed to save other apples from getting spoiled. This is what one bad bank does for the other banks of the economy.

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Understanding Candlestick Patterns
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Understanding Candlestick Patterns

“Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic” ~Benjamin Graham. This very interesting quote succinctly depicts that even though luck or intuition does have a part to play in stock trading, the major emphasis must be on numbers, that is, on employing various models and techniques to evaluate a stock.

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Rolex Rings IPO - Should you apply?
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Rolex Rings IPO - Should you apply?

For all bike lovers out there, we have something of your interest today! A company, which of course you may not have even heard of, but is really close to your heart, is coming up with its IPO. No, it's not exactly an automobile company, but yes, it could be supplying components to many of your dream vehicles.

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How to Know the Right time to Sell a Stock?
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How to Know the Right time to Sell a Stock?

“The investor’s chief problem—and his worst enemy—is likely to be himself. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave.” - Benjamin Graham 

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Untangling the Glenmark Life Sciences IPO
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Untangling the Glenmark Life Sciences IPO

“There is always a winner in the hour of crisis”. It is not a hard nut to crack that the entire health industry (including its ancillary business verticals) has been the beneficiary of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the entire world was suffering. If IPO, instead of being 'Initial Public offering', would have been 'Immune Public Opportunity', pharma companies would have surely got mega listings; however, chances are that one of them might still get one.

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Are Non banking financial companies (NBFCs) the new banks ?
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Are Non banking financial companies (NBFCs) the new banks ?

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” This quote by Plato succinctly explains the emergence of  NBFCs in the ocean of banks.

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Why have the stock prices of Bajaj Finance & Asian Paints been rising for decades?
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Why have the stock prices of Bajaj Finance & Asian Paints been rising for decades?

Say you’d invested a Lakh each in the shares of Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance & HDFC Bank in 2009. Eyes shut, that’d have been close to ₹13 Cr. today! But how?

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The Reality Behind Promoter Holdings & Pledged Shares
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The Reality Behind Promoter Holdings & Pledged Shares

Too often investing legends like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Franklin and others have regarded successful investing as an art of discovering fundamentally sound stocks. So, one of the important elements within the checklist of fundamentally sound stocks is to analyze the promoter holding pattern of that stock.

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How are Inflation & Interest Rates Related?
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How are Inflation & Interest Rates Related?

Any ‘chai pe charcha’ is usually incomplete without discussing how pricey goods are becoming day-by-day, or without listening to parents rant about how inexpensive lifestyle used to be when they were kids. Well, this is the tragic magic of inflation, fellas!

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What is Insider Trading?
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What is Insider Trading?

“If companies tell us more, insider trading will be worth less.” This is one gem of insight from James Surowiecki. Indeed, market regulators like SEBI have been trying their best to make more and more information about companies available for market participants, all in a bid to prevent Insider Trading. But for the neophytes, what does it mean?

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Should you Invest in Companies with a High Margin? - A Myth Buster
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Should you Invest in Companies with a High Margin? - A Myth Buster

It’s a general consensus that investing in companies with high margins is a good bet. Sure, it works. But, is it true every time?

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Top 5 Undervalued Stocks in India
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Top 5 Undervalued Stocks in India

"For the investor, a too-high purchase price for the stock of an excellent company can undo the effects of a subsequent decade of favourable business developments."  Well, this quote by Warren Buffett pretty much sums up the investing approach followed by most of the investors. A too-high purchase price is just an enemy for good returns. It becomes imperative for investors to find companies that have good fundamentals and are also trading at cheap valuations. Because only then, we can expect good returns.

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Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd IPO - Should you apply?
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Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd IPO - Should you apply?

Primary markets have been flush with funds for over a year! With boatloads of cash raining in the markets, companies from every sector are coming up to have a taste of the feast. These include companies from a broad spectrum of industries. You name it, you have it!

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Clean Science and Technology Ltd- IPO
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Clean Science and Technology Ltd- IPO

Specialty chemicals are interesting. From personal care to pharmaceuticals, they have industry-wide applications, which is why you can say this industry won’t ever be out of business! 

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G R Infraprojects IPO - Should you subscribe?
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G R Infraprojects IPO - Should you subscribe?

Out of all the sectors, the construction industry alone accounts for over a tenth of the value addition (GVA) to the Indian economy. Expected to be the world’s 3rd largest construction market by 2025, it’s all set to be a $180 Bn industry soon! Its sheer size makes the sector quite appealing, also driving a case for the upcoming IPO.

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Value Trap: How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff?
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Value Trap: How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff?

Warren Buffett succinctly notes, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” But wait, what if the seemingly underpriced stock is a Value Trap? Here’s how you can tell...

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Top high debt companies in India
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Top high debt companies in India

Debt, in the words of Warren Buffet, "is like driving a car with a dagger on the steering wheel pointed at your heart. [..] There will be fewer accidents, but when they happen, they will be fatal."

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