COMBINED RATIO ANALYSIS

After gaining over 24% within three weeks since listing on bourses on May 23, the stock of Go Digit General Insurance has remained range bound following weak performance in the March quarter, which was declared on June 11.

Given the high probability that bulls will be soon seen all over the street. It would be better to just be a bit more cautious while taking incremental exposure. One thing which investors need to take into consideration is that there is a big differ...

In a sector, where government policies have a major impact, the risk of any change in policy impacting the players is always present. That is the reason why the valuations of these stocks from such sectors don't cross a certain threshold. Probably t...

In terms of valuations and sentiment we are not far from the place where we were in the last quarter of 2023 or early part of this year. When it was not possible to find stocks which can be called as “fairly valued” forget “undervalued”, and the sen...

Historical data suggests portfolios constructed on quality, value, growth, alpha, momentum, volatility were able to reward investors with better returns than that offered by market-cap based indices. Mutual fund houses are keen to launch ETFs that t...

​This has led to a very positive capex cycle, likely to start private sector capex cycle. This very good profit growth also led to strong government capex because tax collections were buoyant. So, it was a very strong demand, supply, earnings and va...

The Altman Z-score is derived from a blend of financial ratios extracted from a company’s balance sheet and income statement. Its formula incorporates variables like working capital, retained earnings, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), mark...

There are two kinds of risk in equity markets, first the overall market or asset class risk. Second is individual risk. First risk is not under control of anyone, because it can hit the market due to any reason, right from any geopolitical uncertain...

When it comes to the word “ largecap” a large part of the street still associates it with stocks which form part of Nifty or others which remain in news very often. But there are not so well known largecap names which have outperformed the markets b...

It is never easy to find a good stock. Not for any other reason, but the fact of “ good stock” is an open ended term. For some consideration of calling something a “good stock” is largely how the price of the stock behaves in different market condit...

March was a month where mid-cap were beaten down badly. April till now has shaped up better. Now this flip flop of performance has led to a situation where there is a high probability of investors getting confused about what they should do at this p...

Relative performance is normally a concept that is used more in price action-based trading. However, sometimes, these concepts are equally useful when trying to gauge the mood of the market for a segment of stock. There cannot be a doubt about how t...

There are some sectors where the macro structure is such that for one or the other reasons the overall growth is higher. This is not to say that growth comes without phases of slowdown, but when tailwinds come they are able to take care of all the s...

The correction of March on Dalal Street should serve as a warning to all those who tend to buy stocks without bothering to look at what is the business of the company. The way correction panned out, there is a high probability that going forward tha...

Stock price and dividend yields have an inverse relationship but before this inverse relationship kicks in there is a level of equilibrium. Now this level of equilibrium is a subjective level which moves according to risk free interest rate level wh...

A few weeks back, not owning a midcap stocks appeared to sin, but the way markets and specially the mid and smallcap stocks have declined, owning them would appear to be a crime today. But the fact is that neither it was a sin then, nor is it a crim...

Global economic conditions: Economic growth, inflation, and interest rates significantly influence the demand for safe-haven assets like gold.

As the S&P 500 continues to hit fresh milestones with a first-ever break above the 5,000 level, its valuation is reaching new heights as well.

When the street is under absolute control of bulls, one of the things which they throw out of the window is the “sense of risk”. There are two kinds of risk in equity markets, first the overall market or asset class risk and second is individual ris...