Stable Investor has crossed a small milestone. Just a few days back, we received our 100,000th visit on Stable Investor. And to celebrate this occasion, we got ourselves something to binge on.:-)But then we thought. It is you whom we…
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Applying Management Theories (BCG Matrix, SWOT Analysis) to Your Investments
This post is authored by Shailesh Kumar, a US based value investor.Investing can be as simple or complicated as you make it. A good investor tries to break things down to the basics so it is easily digested. When you…
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Mailbag: Don’t pray for stock market corrections!!
If you are a regular reader of Stable Investor, you would know that we are very public about our interests in market corrections. This is because it gives ample opportunities to buy stocks at distressed valuations.But in our post about…
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Are we too conservative?
We got an interesting mail from one of our readers. It was in response to our post on building a lazy portfolio. The reader said that we are being too(oo...) conservative in our approach and that we can make much more…
2013 Indian Stock Market Predictions
2012 is drawing to a close and Indian markets have given close to 25% returns this year. And just like past years, experts are coming out with targets like 21,000, 23,000 & 26,000 for Sensex. It seems that everyone is…
The Great Indian ‘Wipro Multibagger’ Story (Updated 2021)
Note: This article was originally published in 2012 and has been updated with the latest numbers as of 2021. Do you want to hear the updated story of the Rs 10,000 invested in Wipro in 1980? A story that has…
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Why they don’t discuss these 2 things on Indian Business Channels?
Have you ever watched channels like CNBC-TV18, NDTV Profit and Zee Business? Do you remember what they discuss on these channels? As far as we can remember, they discuss about investment ideas, target prices, breaking news, directional calls, trading strategies,…
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Large Cap Nifty Stocks – Returns since our call in December 2011
Important: Don't miss the last paragraph. When we wrote Large Cap Nifty Stocks available at deep discounts in December 2011, we were very excited to find a number of great companies available at very cheap prices. And since the…
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Stable Investor turns 1-year old!
The Story When we first started this site in November 2011, we were not sure how long this experiment would last. Our first post was all (or rather only) about number crunching and to confess, very very boring. 🙂 But…
What is the purpose of Stable Investor?
In the book Good to Great, the author introduces the “Hedgehog Concept” He tells a story of a hedgehog and a fox. The fox is always looking for ways to attack the hedgehog. However, he fails everytime. Why? Because hedgehog…
You cannot become a Successful Investor!
Let's get this straight. Someone has rightly said:(Successful) Investing is simple. But tough.And once you have gone through this flowchart, having answered a few questions about your very own self, you would know why most people fail to become successful…
How often should you check your stock portfolio?
This post is based on OSV’s post by Daniel Sparks. Daniel was kind enough to permit use of his idea for this post. Thanks Daniel :-)So how often do you check your stock portfolio? We have personally seen people checking…
Adding a new ‘State of the Market’ Tab
We have added a State of the Market tab that shows P/E, P/BV & Dividend Yield related data for last quarter (for broader markets). Although such information is regularly covered in other posts, this dedicated page allows easy viewing of…
3 things to do before investing in stock markets
All of us want to make money in stock markets. And given a chance, we would love to become Warren Buffet (lol) :-). But we believe that stock markets are inherently risky. And when dealing with risks, one should be…
Best Indian stocks to buy
While searching Nifty50 stocks for safe investment ideas, we thought that what benefit could be derived, if all stocks were ranked according to a few important stock analysis parameters like –Earnings Yield (Inverse of P/E Ratio)Return On CapitalPrice/Book Value RatioDebt/Equity…