Healthcare conglomerate Fortis is looking to list its Diagnostic Arm Agilus (formerly SRL
Diagnostics). The impending IPO is will reportedly seek a valuation of Rs. 2000 Crore.

While many listings were oversubscribed, some stocks are presently trading below their listing prices. Despite these trends, the small cap sector has seen considerable activity, primarily driven by recently listed small-cap companies.

While many listings were oversubscribed, some stocks are presently trading below their listing prices. Despite these trends, the small cap sector has seen considerable activity, primarily driven by recently listed small-cap companies.

This conviction is rooted in the investor’s prior research and analysis, and their well-informed assessment that the disaster has not caused irreparable harm to their portfolio companies.

Our three-year returns as of May 2023, standing at 45% compounded per annum, narrate a story of strong portfolio recovery from the Covid lows witnessed in the first half of 2020.

HDFC Group companies, including HDFC Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., and HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (HDFC AMC), have consistently garnered attention and investment from Indian mutual funds.

Benjamin Graham believed that compounding could lead to significant long-term gains

While it’s clear that conversational artificial intelligence is the new technological breakthrough everyone is talking about, using it to improve financial decisions could be tricky because there is a lot of garbage on the internet about finance and investments, that may be confusing or even detrimental if used as inputs to a learning model.

The word “play” creates a sense of frivolity and suggests that investing in stocks is a game or a form of entertainment.

All your investments in equity shares, preference shares, mutual funds, bonds, debentures, securitised instruments, commercial paper and certificates of deposit are included in this Consolidated Account Statement.

At the beginning of the new year, there is a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the economy and the financial markets. The tightening grip of higher interest rates is being felt across industries and asset classes.
 
Messages are mixed. The global economy faces recession while Indian entrepreneurs are still optimistic.

In a talk given at IIM Bangalore a few weeks ago, the SEBI chairperson (Madhabi Puri Buch) described a very interesting development with respect to the security of stock exchange operation in India. She said that India will be the first country to provide a backup for exchange software breakdowns caused either by bugs or cyber attacks.

With markets undoubtedly cracking over the last quarter, it is a good time to look back at the last three years and review our frame of reference for equity investing. We saw a global pandemic wreak havoc with lives and supply chains. The war in Ukraine exacerbated global trade problems and drove up commodity costs. The actions of central banks to ease monetary conditions helped create the conditions for increased inflation (which we called out in the past).

In theory, an independent director is a guardian of minority shareholder rights. The independent director is supposed to scrutinise questionable decisions or plans made by the CEO or the executive promoter. Such decisions might go against the best interests of minority shareholders and could directly affect the value of their investment.

An important part of investing is understanding uncertainty – that we do not know what will happen. And yet, at the same time, we must remain optimistic. We must use our knowledge of our lack of knowledge to focus on the opportunities that uncertainty creates. A 2013 scientific paper (“Managerial Miscalibration”) studied forecasts made by Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of leading companies, about the stock market.