We continue with our focus on dividends and dividend investing. Though dividend yields can attract an investor in short term, when investing for long term dividend income, it is important to look at the consistency with which the companies have paid…
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15 stocks to buy for long term in india – Dead Monk’s Portfolio
We recently wrote a post detailing rules for Dead Monk’s Portfolio (DMP). Therein, we mentioned that we plan to divide DMP into different parts i.e., core and satellite(s). This approach will help in addressing requirements of dividend income, capital appreciation…
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Launching the Dead Monk’s Portfolio – Ground Rules
After a lot of deliberation, both recorded (Part 1, 2, 3, and 4) and unrecorded, we have finally managed to put down the ground rules for Dead Monk’s Portfolio.If you haven’t read our earlier posts on this issue (which changed…
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Thoughts on starting a new portfolio – Part 4 – Why we prefer dividend investing for the Core of our portfolio?
In our last post, we discussed why entry price is important for a dividend investor. But does it mean that we are advocating timing the markets? The answer is Yes, and No. Yes because if one can time…
Thoughts on starting a new portfolio – Part 3 : Does entry price matter to a dividend investor?
Stocks mentioned in post - INFY We have been thinking a lot about developing a framework for our long term portfolio. As of now, we are quite sure that this portfolio would be based on Core-Satellite approach. For Core portion,…
Thoughts on starting a new portfolio – Part 2
Without wasting any time, we start from where we left in our last post. We mentioned that we might take core-satellite approach for Dead Monk’s Portfolio (Why this name?). After giving it a second thought, we think that instead of…
Thoughts on starting a new portfolio – Part 1
In our post on changing Stable Investor’s approach, we mentioned that we plan abandoning our existing portfolio (Monk’s Portfolio). We also plan to start a new portfolio named Dead Monk’s Portfolio (DMP). Reason for choosing this name is given in…
Poker and Stock Markets
Regular readers would be surprised to see the word Poker (a game known for gambling), being used for title of a post on Stable Investor, which is all about stability and anti-speculation. But a further reading would be helpful in understanding…
Nifty Dividend Yields – A Long Term Analysis of relation between dividend yields and returns
Dividend Yield is a ratio of dividend paid last year to current market price. A further reading on Dividend Yields can be found here. One of the two metrics used to evaluate over- or under-valuation of markets is Dividend…
How Luck Helped Me Make 700% in Stock Market Crash of 2008
Exactly 4 years ago, i.e. on 21st January 2008, I bought some shares of Ranbaxy. The day is remembered as one of the darkest days for Indian equities as bell-weather Sensex lost 1408 points in a single trading session. This was the…
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Nifty Stocks and PEG Ratios
In our previous post, we saw that Indian markets are presently trading at PEG ratio of 0.97. We arrived at this figure by dividing current P/E of 16.7 by average growth rate (in last 18 years)of 17.1%. For details, please…
Historical Sensex EPS Growth & PEG Ratio
How do market experts predict future index levels? It is done by estimating EPS (Earnings Per Share) of the index and then multiplying it with what they consider a logical multiple (P/E Ratio). In past 18 years, Sensex’s EPS has…
Sensex Annual Returns – 20+ Years Historical Analysis (Updated 2019-2020)
[Updated - January 2019] What have been Sensex annual returns? What have been stock markets annual return given in last 1 year? What have been Sensex returns since inception? What have been Sensex returns in last 20 years? What have…
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Dividend Investing in Indian Stocks
A post on The Motley Fool inspired us to write about dividend investing in Indian stocks. They say that if a person plans to have a long-term portfolio of 10 stocks, atleast 3 should be good dividend paying stocks. Companies…
Market Timing Or Disciplined Investing – Which is More Sensible?
If you have read some of the older posts, you would have a fair idea about what Stable Investor is all about. And you will also understand that timing of stock markets is not what this website is interested in. And…
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