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Money matters: January 2008

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By now I assume that everyone in the sub-continent would have heard of the People's Car. And its impending impact on automobile industry. Thanks to the facts used in promoting the car at its launch in 9th annual Autoexpo in New Delhi :. Tata Nano priced at Rs.1.43L (on road) in bangalore saves you a cool Rs.80000 on its closest rival Maruti 800. The Nano has 21% more interior space and an 8% smaller exterior, when compared with the Maruti 800. Tata motors claim an excellent mileage of 23 kmpl. Whatever b...

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And worst of all, patient: Cause and Effect: Stock Market Physics (Part II)

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Saturday, January 28, 2006. Cause and Effect: Stock Market Physics (Part II). From Part I, we see that the expected return on stocks is above that of the risk-free return rate by a margin called the. Return on stocks = risk-free return equity risk premium. Technically, the ERP ought to be multiplied by a risk factor, beta. Which we will assume to be 1 for now. What's the risk-free rate? Changing. You can just say 'rising intere...

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And worst of all, patient: Cause and Effect: Stock Market Physics (Part III)

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Sunday, January 29, 2006. Cause and Effect: Stock Market Physics (Part III). Changes in interest rates by the RBI, as seen in Part II, have an effect on stock valuations and the economy. It affects valuations directly (by increasing the risk-free rate of return) and indirectly (by changing the investor's expectations of future earnings growth). What creates the need to hike interest rates? Curbing inflation is the dominant reason.

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And worst of all, patient: Shooting For Average : Index funds in your portfolio

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Sunday, February 05, 2006. Shooting For Average : Index funds in your portfolio. Figure 1 shows the number of funds outperforming the Sensex each year since 1997. Of mutual funds can outperform the Sensex for three years running, the Sensex is not the average. Either that, or we have the change the definition of average. Figure 1: 90% MFs beat the Sensex in 2002-2004. Average Market Cap (Rs.Cr). In Large Caps (2005). Also, note tha...

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And worst of all, patient: January 2006

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Sunday, January 29, 2006. Cause and Effect: Stock Market Physics (Part III). Changes in interest rates by the RBI, as seen in Part II, have an effect on stock valuations and the economy. It affects valuations directly (by increasing the risk-free rate of return) and indirectly (by changing the investor's expectations of future earnings growth). What creates the need to hike interest rates? Curbing inflation is the dominant reason.

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And worst of all, patient: December 2005

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Saturday, December 31, 2005. The Fine Print: Indian Card Clothing. THE INDIAN CARD CLOTHING CO. LTD (ICC). The company pioneers in the manufacture of card clothing for the over the last three decades. It manufactures flexible and metallic card clothing and raising fillets and sheets and saw tooth wire. (Source: MyIris. Very low debt-equity ratio. 3-yr P/E is fair. Undervalued by current P/E. Volatile Earnings ( EPS-2002. I won't ev...

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And worst of all, patient: The safest way to double your money (is to fold it over)

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Tuesday, January 17, 2006. The safest way to double your money (is to fold it over). STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO IPOs. IPOs and bull markets. The charter of any company is to maximise the amount of money received for its shares. If the company sees the time as ripe for selling, why would you think it's the right time to buy? This is an excerpt from the Basis for Issue Price. From the Royal Orchid Hotels red herring prospectus where the c...

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And worst of all, patient: Don't just do something, stand there

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Monday, December 26, 2005. Don't just do something, stand there. The speculative public is incorrigible. It will buy anything, at any price, if there seems to be some "action" in progress. It will fall for any company identified with "franchising," computers, electronics, science, technology, or what have you when the particular fashion is raging. Our readers, sensible investors all, are of course above such foolishness. Investing ...

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And worst of all, patient: The Fine Print: Indian Card Clothing

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And worst of all, patient. Trials and tribulations of an Indian investor. Saturday, December 31, 2005. The Fine Print: Indian Card Clothing. THE INDIAN CARD CLOTHING CO. LTD (ICC). The company pioneers in the manufacture of card clothing for the over the last three decades. It manufactures flexible and metallic card clothing and raising fillets and sheets and saw tooth wire. (Source: MyIris. Very low debt-equity ratio. 3-yr P/E is fair. Undervalued by current P/E. Volatile Earnings ( EPS-2002. I won't ev...