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Mahendra Naik

In 2010, play the ancillaries

Cheaper valuations make companies which provide inputs to their larger cousins a good bet in the New Year.
Section: Money  | Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:56 IST

When reacting to news, the market has a mind of its own

How would you estimate the impact of a seemingly catastrophic event on the stock market? As a major negative of course, as most people in their right senses should.
Section: Money  | Wednesday, December 2, 2009 2:27 IST

Don’t let a high PE ratio deter you from investing

A decline in the ratio needn’t be due to a fall in markets alone. It can also be due to better earnings.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:14 IST

How to pick stocks based on m-cap

The market capitalisation (m-cap) of a company is defined as “the number of outstanding shares multiplied by the market price of each share.”
Section: Money  | Friday, October 31, 2008 4:02 IST

Buy when there’s blood on the street

Investors of all classes have been badly scarred by the fall in stock markets, so much so that some have terminated investments in SIPS and got into conservative FMPs.
Section: Money  | Friday, October 10, 2008 4:02 IST

It pays to keep investing simple

In a book I read recently, the author gives the example of a person who turned his life savings of $2,000 into a million by following a simple strategy.
Section: Money  | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 4:07 IST

The fine art of contrarian investing

Contrarian investing is a proven way of finding multi-baggers and generating great wealth in the long run.
Section: Money  | Friday, August 29, 2008 3:56 IST

Wary of equity risk? Go for index funds

It is an established fact that over the long run, equities as an asset class outperform all other alternative asset classes including real estate.
Section: Money  | Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:34 IST

PSU bank stocks could be winning bets

PSU bank stocks are among the worst sufferers in the present market fall. Some of them have been battered to their 52-week lows
Section: Money  | Thursday, August 7, 2008 3:39 IST

It’s not fair to blame fund managers

There has been a lot of mutual fund bashing going on recently, with investors upset that fund managers have not been able to protect investors in the current downside.
Section: Money  | Friday, July 11, 2008 3:15 IST


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