Known for spreading his financial wisdom by simple rules, Warren Buffet gave 2 really simple rules for investment community – So why are these rules important for a Stable Investor? It is because if you lose money on an investment,…
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…
Guest Post: Beware of the Anchoring Bias!
Stable Investor’s note: Today’s guest post by Daniel Sparks covers an important topic of Anchoring Bias in investment decisions. The study of how psychology affects our investment decisions is, rightly so, becoming more and more important. It has even been…
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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PE Ratio of Indian Markets – A Long Term Analysis
Price to Earnings ratio (P/E ratio) is a measure of price paid for a share relative to the profit earned by that share; i.e.You can read more about P/E Ratios here & here.They say that it is best to invest…
Believe Us, You are not Warren Buffett!
Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett has been in news lately for tipping his son Howard Buffett to be the new chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (source). By profession, Howard is a farmer. Company’s investment strategy would still be governed by the CEO…
Large cap Nifty Stocks available at deep discounts
On 25thNovember 2011, Nifty closed at 4710 - A level 26% lower than highs of 2007-2008 and 2011. So does it mean that all 50 stocks that make the index are following a similar trend? Before answering this question, I…
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200 Day Moving Averages (200DMA) Based Investments – 5 Years CAGR
In the previous post, I analyzed returns on investments based on 200DMA and how such investments performed over 3 year periods. This post is an extension of the thought with only change being the increase in evaluation period from 3 years…
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200 Day Moving Averages Based Investments – 3 Year CAGR
200 Day Moving Average (or 200DMA) is a popular 'weapon' found in every technical analyst's or a trader’s toolbox. And surprisingly, it is one of the very few technical analysis tools that are easily understood by those who don't respect…
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