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This week, two real estate companies announced that they have sold out their real estate projects. What was worth noting, the overall size of the project, time in which they were sold and the price point at which they were lapped up. Both, real estate prices and stocks of real estate have seen a revival for last three years, if above events are anything to go by than probably, it appears that the demand continues to be strong in some pockets. Given the fact that the operating matrix of the real ...

While the desire to own small caps is high, it is very important to manage the risks of investing in them, they may either give very high returns or just make your capital under perform significantly. For enthusiasts and steadfast supporters of small-cap stocks, the key lies in a thorough examination of a companys fundamentals before making any investment decisions. Beyond these financial metrics, two critical aspects must not be overlooked: the quality of the companys management and the sector ...

In the last few weeks, just because one bank has underperformed and was able to drag the market lower, that does not mean everything in one of the most important sectors of the economy, which is BFSI, is bad. This distinction needs to be made because in BFSI space every segment has a very different operating matrix and hence the growth path. So, while banks might be under pressure, AMCs have been doing well. Similarly, life insurers are under pressure but the general insurance companies have don...

In the last three years, Novartis is the third MNC pharma company which has announced sale of a part of its business in India. Some of these restructuring are being done as part of the global readjustment being made at the parent companies level. The bigger question is whether after this restructuring will the MNC pharma stocks, which have been underperforming for quite some time, be able to make a comeback on the street or not. This answer to this question would depend on multiple factors. Righ...

Once again on wednesday, there was minor correction in nifty, but more tremors were felt in the mid-cap part of the market. While it might be too early to call it even a corrective move, because this could be due to profit booking just before the expiry of the weekly option contract today. But because volatility never gives notice before coming, it is better to be prepared for it, by staying with a set of stocks which have a higher probability when a storm hits the street. While there is no full...

After a strong phase, midcap stocks are witnessing a sort of rotational profit booking move. A rotational move in terms of one set of stocks from a sector witnessing correction, while another moves up. During this phase, analysts are bullish on select stocks from different sectors, a number of the stocks on which analysts are bullish are essentially leaders of their sector. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the ne...

While there are many ways to play the theme of industrial recovery, there is a set of companies, who dont come into headlines very often but a very high correlation between how the economy as whole is doing and a sector in particular. So while steel companies may come into news because of what happens to commodity prices and China, but the companies, which supply consumables like refractory material to them, dont come into the headlines. It is not only steel or metal, there are a host of sectors...

RE’s domestic sales volume grew by 16% year-on-year to 6,30,273 units in the first nine months of the current fiscal year despite new bikes launched by Hero-Harley and Bajaj Triumph. The quarterly run-rate of the RE Classic 350 bike, the company’s highest selling bike, was 80,180 units during the period compared with 78,974 units in the comparable period a year ago. It suggests that the new bikes introduced by the competition have expanded the addressable market for RE’s premiu...

In one corner of the Street, a select few are debating about “What will happen to HDFC Bank?” Being a widely held bank in the institutional category of investors, this was bound to happen. Let them debate as many other private & public sector banks are moving on their path. One should keep an eye on them besides the much-talked-about HDFC Bank. For private sector banks, the majority of them have seen recovery as some kind of rational trade is still taking place even in the priva...

Probably the debate on valuations is over or even if it is taking place, the majority has accepted that yes valuations are high but at the same time liquidity is also high which is ensuring that the street is under the control of bulls. Now there is enough historical evidence to show that valuations matter and justifications dont stand the test of time. Now to take care of the valuation factor, investors looking to invest in midcap space should just push the filter levels a bit higher and should...