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There are some businesses whose underlying nature is such that they don't have any sudden spike in their profits. However at the same time, there is constant growth. The growth could be because of many reasons, it may be because of the fact that penetration of that good or service is very low and over a period of time as it improves, both top and bottom line keep moving upward. In some cases, it could be because of the movement of business from the unorganized sector to the organized sector. It could also be because of the fact that the need is such that if required spending on it cannot be po...

While the markets have been correcting for some time, the pain of correction has been being felt more in the last three to four weeks. The reason, extremely negative market breadth and that too in the mid-cap segment. Until recently, corrections did not appear to be very obvious because one or the other sector kept witnessing sharp up moves and the whole focus of the market went there. So, sometimes it was railways stocks, sometimes power PSUs which keep the noise levels high. The reality is that corrections come and go, the only thing any investor needs to make sure of is that in any correcti...

In equity markets, whatever precaution one might take, the probability of a mistake of getting stuck with a wrong stock cannot be ruled out. The only difference is that the probability of that goes higher, when stocks are being bought at a time when even bulls don't know why they are so bullish, which was the case till very recently when there was a mad rush to buy mid and small caps. So, mistakes are an integral part of the learning curve of the stock market. But then there are mistakes and silly mistakes, just try to avoid silly mistakes. How ? Stay away from stocks where there is a narrativ...

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 which FD provides. But there is another equilibrium level which mathematical equations don't solve. Stocks with reasonable probability of outperforming in a bearish market. The use of the word reasonable brings in the element of subjectivity.

Indian markets will open for trade when the global markets have been in a positive mood. Now it is not every day that one should correlate what has happened in global markets and how the Indian markets have behaved. But at times, these correlations become important because they are able to shed some light on what might happen in near term. In the last few days, the Indian market has been charting its own volatile course with bearish bias even when global markets have been inching higher. But that was probably due to India specific, like advisory on small cap and mid cap funds. But now with a s...