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Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

2 bond offers playing on home loans – should you invest?

Home loans are one of the safer lending avenues for NBFCs, given that they are backed by collateral that usually appreciates in price. But does that make bond offers from two housing finance NBFCs – Piramal Capital and Housing Finance and IIFL Housing – less risky to bet on? Here’s our analysis.

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Annual Report, how to read an annual report
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

How to read an annual report – the 6 valuable sections

A company’s Annual Report is a statutory document that contains material facts and information about the company. This makes it among the most reliable sources for information on a company. In this article, we will try to give examples of where in an annual report you can find information that is useful for your understanding of business and financials. This is an illustrative article and not an exhaustive one.

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GR Infraprojects, IPO Review, GR Infra IPO
Premium
Vidya Bala

IPO Review: GR Infraprojects

In a bull market, when fancied sectors command premium valuations, IPOs in that space also come with a stiff asking price. We have seen this in the chemicals space. However, when a sector has been languishing for long and sees pick up only in pockets, will an IPO from such a sector leave money on the table? More specifically, will GR Infraprojects be one such offer? Read our take.

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how to use ratios and other metrics
Mutual funds & ETFs
Bhavana Acharya

Understanding mutual fund performance – how to use ratios and other metrics

Rolling returns forms the base for several other ratios and metrics that are used frequently in understanding a fund’s performance. You know them – we talk about it when we write on funds, you see them in fund details pages. We are, of course, referring to the Sharpe ratio, alpha, beta, standard deviation and the like.

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stocks to riches, stocks to riches cover page
General
Gaurav Menon

Stocks to Riches – Book Review

Stocks to Riches explains the fundamental concepts one needs to understand, to achieve success in the stock markets. Concepts like investing, differences between trading and speculation, loss aversion, sunk cost fallacy (and how to avoid falling into it), decision paralysis, mental accounting, and herd mentality. Every investor has dealt with and will have to deal with these situations in their investment journey. So having all these concepts neatly compiled and explained in one book certainly helps.

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Sugar industry: Will ethanol blending prove a turning point?
Markets
Pavithra Jaivant

Sugar industry: Will ethanol blending prove a turning point?

Sugar industry: Will ethanol blending prove a turning point? Commodity prices have been rallying globally in the last few weeks, with some folks speculating if this is the start of a new commodity ‘super-cycle’. With all eyes on commodity stocks, the sweetest of them all, sugar companies, too have been trending higher. Leading players such as Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited and EID Parry saw their stocks hit 52-week highs in June (Balrampur Chini Mills Limited and Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited even hit all-time highs) and some stock prices even doubled in the last six months. Here we take a look at the sugar sector in India and its nuances.

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claims settlement
Insurance
Aarati Krishnan

Health Insurance: Which insurers settle your claims the best

Have you ever wondered why health insurers in India keep their claims data a closely guarded secret, while life insurers advertise it? Life insurers prominently display their claims settlement ratios of 98% or 99%, but health insurance pitches are full of emotional testimonials on how ‘timely’ payouts saved the life of a near-and-dear one.

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RITES, rites ltd., stock review, rites ltd review
Premium
Pavithra Jaivant

Stock Review: RITES – A quality play on railway transport

RITES Limited, is a public sector undertaking (PSU) specializing in consultancy work in the fields of transport, infrastructure and related technologies. Established under the aegis of Indian Railways, this Miniratna (Category I) Schedule A PSU, was established in 1974 and was listed in the stock exchanges in July 2018. The Ministry of Railways owns 72.02% of the shares in RITES Limited. Starting out as an infrastructure consultant, the company evolved itself to offer both consulting and turnkey execution of engineering projects, leasing services and exports for the Indian Railways.

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India Pesticides Limited, IPO Review
Premium
N V Chandrachoodamani

IPO Review: India Pesticides Limited

India Pesticides is launching an IPO totalling to Rs 800 crore – with fresh issue of shares worth Rs 100 crore and an offer for sale worth Rs 700 crore by the promoter group. At the upper end of the price band of Rs 290-296 the post-issue market cap of the stock on listing would be Rs3,400 crore and the post-issue price earnings ratio would be 25 times. The offer closes on June 25. The proceeds from fresh issues are planned to be utilised towards working capital requirement and other corporate purposes.

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