Category: Equity

Hindu Business Line is a good newspaper….and they normally do good stories. Here is a story based on THEIR reporting of the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme. Most people have not been able to comment on the RGES because the details… Read more

If you see the fund performance in India, most, if not all fund managers have schemes which beat the the sensex or the nifty. Have you wondered why it is easy to beat the indices in India but fund managers… Read more

Normally the public sector units trade at a lower price earning multiple (p/e multiple for those who did not understand the full version). This is largely because there is a general feeling that the owner (manager) does not care too… Read more

I have a friend who is a brilliant technical analyst. Make no mistake, I have seen tons of Tech analyst, he is among the very top. I do not like Tech Analysis, esp because I rarely take SIGNIFICANT trading position…. Read more

The word reverse split is used in 2 contexts – one in the running parlance and one in the stock exchange / equity market parlance. In the running parlance it means running the second portion of the race FASTER than… Read more

These are some of the queries that I receive – most of them asking me ‘Should I invest in equities’ or EVEN ‘Why do YOU say I should invest in equities’. Let me first list the questions: 1. Will the… Read more

Thanks to my historic interest in equities, I have some strong views on equity…like the following: a. a small broker cannot make money in broking alone b. a big broker can make money by MONEY lending to traders c. equity… Read more

The market economy cannot do many things. They cannot reach education to the poor. They cannot reach medical care to the poorest. They cannot feed those who cannot buy food. However it can do many things…and if you read this… Read more

If you are in the financial services business or in the Information Technology business, remember competition can come from anywhere. When SGX saw an opportunity in the Nifty futures, they said, lets do it. Now while NSe has to get… Read more