Tata Investment Corporation Ltd (TICL) is an interesting company. I have personally liked this company for its simplicity and its dividend payouts. And having a Tata brand attached to it does not hurt anyone. đ This company can be one of…
Read More TATA Investments available at 50%+ discount to its NAV!! Should you buy?
The markets are falling. Experts all over are painting the picture of Indiaâs economic future with dark colors. People around you are selling shares and stopping SIPs in mutual funds.So what exactly is happening? We tried answering this question in…
Amid all bad news of falling stocks and rupee; and rising gold & oil prices, Stable Investor has something to cheer about. The site has received its 200,000thhit. In March this year, we celebrated 100,000th hit. Therefore, we are glad…
Read More 200,000 Hits & A new page for your Personal Finance Questions
I recently read Rohit Chauhanâs post titled âFacing Despair.â For those who donât know him, Rohit is a very capable Indian value investor with a decent track record. Many issues covered his post are also going through my mind. So…
Read More What’s happening to stock markets, economy & your portfolio?
No. We are not talking about your ability to suffer. We are talking about your portfolioâs ability. But how can we use the word âsufferâ for investments? Are these alive?How is your portfolio's ability to suffer and survive?Just assume that…
Everyone interested in stock markets these days has following perception:ââMarkets have not done anything in last 5 years. The index has not moved anywhere at all!!â And that is true. Numerically speaking, markets seem to have done almost nothing in last…
Read More Last 5 Years, Next 5 Years – A small study on Indian Stock Markets
A young reader (Dhruv) in his early 20s asked us a question. He has 25K to spare every month. He wants to know his options if he wants to invest this money (every month) for next 25 years. As we…
Read More Mailbag: 22 years old & ready to invest for 25 years!!
A friend recently asked me about how to invest in mutual funds. He said that he was aware of the concept of mutual funds and was ready to invest Rs 10,000 every month for next decade or so. Â As…
From a high of 185 in January 2013, IDFC has grinded down to 128. Thatâs a fall of close to 30% for a large cap financial institution. We like IDFC as a good long term portfolio pick. So this 30%…
Itâs been a while since we last posted. This gap is because of some prior commitments and also because of laziness on our part. Nevertheless, we are back. But it seems that since beginning of this month, everything has started…
The perfect business. Is there such a thing at all? Do you know of a business which might qualify as a perfect business? Oil? FMCG? Trading? No... these may be good businesses, but there is one which is much better. And…
Disclosures: No positions in Infosys. Sometime back, Infosys came out with its Annual Report. And since I had no positions in the company, materially speaking I am not affected by it. But since Infosys has a lot of negative sentiment going around it, I…
Read More If you are a Infosys shareholder, then you should read this…
We are students of the Capital Protection School of Thought*, which is built on the thought that "Return OF Capital is more important than Return ON Capital".* There is no such school in real life :-)You might feel that if our prime motive is…
JustDial is an online Indian search engine. The company is coming out with an IPO with a price band of Rs 470 to Rs 543. To voo retail investors, it is offering a 10% discount and a safety net, which would be triggered in case…
Strange.... isn't it?You must be thinking that how a boring recurring deposit (RD) can help make money in stock markets?Though it may seem a bit strange, the fact is that it can be done easily. All it requires is some common sense…
Read More How to use Recurring Deposits to make money in Stock Markets!!
