Price Earnings (PE) Ratio : Mysteries explained
The market is more expensive today than it was a year ago. Does a move in NIFTY from 10000 to 11000 after one year make it more expensive? We all hear that, but do we really know what they are talking about? The P/E ratio is one of the most popular and most used valuation […]
Investment in stocks or mutual funds?
Any study of different Asset Classes as an investment option, clearly shows that, in terms of returns, Equity beats all other asset classes by a clear margin. If you look at other parameters like convenience, holding cost, taxation, nomination etc, still Equity in its digital format, beats all other asset classes, on all these parameters […]
When will this market correction end?
Every investor you meet nowadays has only one question, When will this market correction end? When the market was booming, every investor was waiting for a correction so as to start investing. Now that the market has corrected, the investor is waiting for a rebound to start. Analysis of historical data points to the […]
Is it time to Buy Equity?
The S&P BSE Sensex has plunged 4,600 points, or by about 12 percent, from its lifetime high of 38,989 recorded in August. Indian market have been seeing a sharp sell-off on account of depreciation in rupee and higher crude prices. This negative sentiment was further reinforced by the fear of liquidity crisis to support credit growth […]
Inflation & Taxes… The Corpus destroyers
Just remember the wonderful times, when The banks used to give an interest of 12% and more on an FD, There was no TDS and no mandatory PAN linkage, no taxes to be paid and the corpus was doubling in every five to six years. On top of that, petrol was in single digits, the […]
It’s all about numbers….
Few people would admit to finding comfort in numbers. Even at the thought of numbers, many people are instantly transported back to school, to a particular maths class and with that comes anxiety over the fact you hated it or felt you never could understand the damn thing. That is a shame, because if we […]