Investment Criteria of Benjamin Graham
Posted by mvalappil on Oct 07, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Benjamin Graham is the man credited with founding the entire value investing field. When it comes to investing in shares of a company, only two simple factors are important to Benjamin Graham – The real value of the company and how much you are paying to own it. Value investing looks for good companies with low price. Here is a short summary of his investment criteria.
Non-technology stocks.
Large and prominent companies.
Current...
Industries: Looking back and ahead
Posted by mvalappil on Jan 01, 2011 | 1 Comment
As the year 2010 coming to an end, reports on various industries appeared across the news papers. Here are the links to those reports on the sectors related to our investments.
PHARMACEUTICALS and HEALTH CARE
The pharma story: A decade of transition
The last 10 years were a crucial transition period for the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The next 10 years will be more crucial, predict industry experts. The period between...
Sharia 50 Index by Bombay Stock Exchange
Posted by mvalappil on Dec 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The BSE TASIS Shariah 50 index, launched on Monday, consists of the 50 largest and most liquid Shariah compliant stocks within the BSE 500 Index. It is the first Shariah compliant equity index in India to be publicly disseminated on a real-time basis, providing a new tool for use by Islamic and other socially responsible investors to track the performance of India’s largest and most liquid Shariah compliant stocks.
BSE...
National Bonds revises profit calculation methodology
Posted by mvalappil on Dec 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The National Bonds has revised profit calculation methodology for bond holders with effect from 1st January 2011. The revised calculation will be based on a weightage on term of investment. With the new methodology, the longer your savings & investment period, the higher will be your share of profit. As per the present method, no weightage was given for the period of holding and the bond holder was entitled...
Shares: Hold or Sell?
Posted by mvalappil on Dec 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
Investors normally buy shares or invest in shares of the companies based on its fair value. If the current price is considerably at a discount to its intrinsic value, it becomes a good buy. Based on this, most of them maintain a target price on which they may consider to sell. I normally buy shares with a target price for 3 years. Target price is fixed considering various estimates and assumptions about its future...
You don’t have to get poorer!
Posted by mvalappil on Dec 07, 2010 | 4 Comments
‘The rich get richer and the poor get poorer’ – this is a catchphrase that people often use to criticize uneven economic development. It may be a fact though. I am not going to write a scholarly discussion on the economic theory here, but just to discuss from a common man perspective how does it happen!
How do rich get richer? If you have one million and deposit in a bank fixed deposit at a rate of 5% per annum,...
Weekly News Round-up: 04 December 2010
Posted by mvalappil on Dec 04, 2010 | 1 Comment
Here is a quick look on the news of the last week that have a bearing on the stocks that is mentioned in the good buys watch list in my weekly portfolio review. A snapshot with link of some interesting reports is appended at the bottom. Hope it will be useful to you if you follow my wathclist.
News Update
Honda Motor Co plans to sell its stake in India’s top-ranked motorcycle maker, Hero Honda Motors , and instead...
Know the Basic for Stock Market Investing
Posted by mvalappil on Oct 24, 2010 | 2 Comments
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket! Don’t put all your savings in stock market! Don’t put all your investment in one company! – Diversify
Diversify into a number of good companies – No body knew precisely beforehand that Satyam Computers, which was fourth largest IT company in India, would end up in such a mess! So how many companies to invest in? Ideal number is 30 companies – 50% in 10 companies,...
Invest in Gold Through Dubai Gold Securities
Posted by Drops Savings on Aug 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Throughout the centuries, gold has managed to become a profitable investment vehicle for millions of people around the world. Despite geopolitical instabilities, warfare, natural disasters, and economic meltdowns, this commodity has not only survived but has substantially thrived when compared to the world’s leading currencies. During the last 10 years, gold surged 338.21%. Central banks, mutual funds, and regular...
If you followed my reviews… !
Posted by mvalappil on Jun 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Since I started posting weekly portfolio review from 24th April in my blog, I have been listing a number of shares that are best buys in my watch list each week. Here I am trying to illustrate what would be the position of your equity portfolio now if you had been following these best buys.
In this illustration, I assume that you invest Rs. 5,000 on a single buy order and follow the rules of a disciplined investor....
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