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How to Choose a Good Stock: Look at Pledging of Shares to avoid Losing your Money
Learn how pledging of shares impacts stock value and why investors should be cautious. Avoid losing money by knowing the risks involved in share pledging.
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L & T Finance Holdings IPO: Should you invest in the IPO in this volatile market??
L&T Finance Holdings, the financial subsidiary of the engineering giant Larsen and Toubro is all set to go public with its much-delayed IPO on the 27th July, 2011. This is the first public issue from the house of L&T, since the parent’s…
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Stockshastra #50 – Indian Paint Industry – Adding colour to the India growth story.
With memorable jingles and advertising slogans like ‘Har Rang kuch kehta hain’, Paint companies have for years brought colour to our lives.
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Nifty Valuation: Why Market Corrections Create Better Buying Opportunities
A few days back we came out with our latest report on Sensex@MRP. The market was in a sell-off mode at that time. However, with some positive global cues, we saw a rally with the Sensex rising from 17500 to close to…
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Company Shastra – NTPC Limited
NTPC Limited is India’s largest state-owned power generation company. It contributes approximately 29% of the country’s annual power generation and has almost 1/5th of India’s total installed capacity. It has maintained an excellent track record in terms of efficiency. But, the company’s…
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Stockshastra #49 – Indian Tyre Industry – Driving on the auto sector growth
The Indian Tyre Industry is an integral part of the automobile industry and its fortunes are interdependent on those of the Automobile players. Popular brands like MRF, Apollo, CEAT form an integral part of this industry. Over the last 9 years, this…
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Company Shastra – Oil India Ltd
Oil India Ltd, a Navratna Company, is the 2nd largest oil and natural gas company in India. It is engaged in the business of exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas, transportation of crude oil and production of LPG…
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Sensex@MRP remains virtually flat, as against the growth seen in the quarters before. Buying opportunities on the rise, but…
The Financial Year 2012 saw negative news continue to pour in for the market. Since the 19,000 level seen in March, Sensex has dropped more than 10% over the last two and a half months. The factors leading to this fall include…
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Stock Shastra # 48 – Indian Power Sector (Generation & Supply)- Powering the growth of the Indian Economy
One sector on which all sectors/industries are dependent on is the Power sector.
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Company Shastra – Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd
Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd. is engaged in the manufacturing of soft toys and home furnishings; it’s the largest Indian exporter for these products. With its brands, Play-n-pets and Muskaan, it has managed to create a position for itself in the Indian…
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Power Finance Corporation FPO at price band of Rs. 193-203: Does it provide a good investment opportunity?
Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a Nav Ratna PSU, specializes in financing power projects and is known to be the ‘Financial Backbone of the Power Sector’. It came out with its Initial Public Offer in 2007 and since then has reported robust growth…
