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The story of stock market valuation

Millions of Indians fight an arduous battle every day, Monday through Friday. Starting at 9.15 AM, the battle lasts until 3.30 PM, and then it starts over the next day! What precisely is the war over, though? It ultimately comes down to determining a stock’s fair value, which is arguably the most perplexing of all …

Missing Out on IPOs? Here’s What You Need to Know!

Many potential investors are disappointed if a company’s IPO is a success. It may cause a wave of FOMO (fear of missing out) among people who were unable to get allotments in the IPO. But ‘Missing out’ and taking a ‘wait and see’ approach may not necessarily be detrimental. According to stock market professionals, investing …

How to find out an investable business?

One of the greatest investors of all time, Warren Buffett, is renowned for sharing his financial knowledge with shareholders through his annual letters of Berkshire Hathaway. Despite decades of market variations, these observations have been true. Buffett explains which companies he prefers and which he avoids in one of his annual letters. Buffett starts by describing the standards …

How Warren Buffett adopted Benjamin Graham’s principles, but with some changes to the modern context?

Often considered the founder of value investing, Benjamin Graham developed a defensive investment approach that attempted to save investors from large losses while yielding modest gains. His approach to investing focused on choosing undervalued, financially stable businesses with a “margin of safety.” Graham offered a rigorous framework for assessing defensive investing strategies in his well-known …

What will be your equity investment outcome if you were the most ‘unfortunate’ investor?

It is well recognized that the stock market is dynamic, unpredictable, and volatile. There are several (macro and micro) aspects that make it very difficult to anticipate stock prices accurately, including politics, the state of the world economy, unforeseen circumstances in the country’s economy, a company’s financial performance, and more. As investors, we worry about …

What are the risks in ‘IPO Flipping’?

Flipping is the practice of an investor buying an item to hold for a little time and then selling it for a quick profit. Short-term investors sometimes buy stocks with the intention of selling them quickly in order to make significant profits. In the investing market, this activity is frequently referred to as “flipping.”The practice …