Who would not love to buy stocks of overseas companies. But is it possible to buy one? Stocks of companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple are dream buys for any investor. But not many people know how to buy their stocks sitting back in India. The success story, and growth prospects of companies like Apple, Google,…
Book value of shares gives us a ‘rough idea’ about the stock’s ‘true value‘ (Book value & other details of top Indian stocks). What is true value? True value is that price of a stock, which an investor must pay to buy it. But why book value gives only a rough idea? Because it considers…
Till Nov’2017, Google Finance provided excellent tools for portfolio tracking and stock screening. But Google decided to discontinue this service since then. If you want to know about the discontinued features of Google Finance, you can read this blog post. People like me were a die-hard fan of Google Finance’s stock screener. I used to…
What is the significance of high EPS companies? Why investors look for stocks with high EPS ratio? Does high EPS really means that the stock is good for investing? [list of High EPS stocks is here] Principally, ‘high EPS’ of a stock is a good thing. But high EPS alone does not make a stock…
The intrinsic value formula can help one estimate the ‘fair value’ of stocks. But why bother about ‘intrinsic value’? Why not simply buy stocks at an available market price? Because stocks will be profitable only if one buys them at a price below their intrinsic value. In fact, Benjamin Graham (The Guru to Warren Buffett)…
What are stocks all about? Why they are often seen as a complicated investment? Is it really complicated to buy and sell stocks? For sure, investing in stocks is not as simple as buying a fixed deposit. Why? Because fixed deposits are fixed return investments, and stocks do not give fixed returns. Stock’s returns could be…
It’s the price volatility that makes stock investing so risky. But why does stock price fluctuate at all? There can be several small and big reasons for the price volatility. But the main thing that triggers all price volatility is demand and supply of stocks. When a stock’s demand is low (more sellers than buyers), its price…
Why one must care to look into the dividend analysis of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)? Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is one of the world leader in IT services. TCS generally works in collaboration with its customers. They redesign business implementation strategy by integrating IT, with its work culture. This integration of IT further strengthens &…
[List of Dividend Paying Stocks] An example of dividend income: Mr. Mukesh Ambani and his family (HUF) hold about 5.6 crore shares of Reliance Industries (0.85%). As declared in Mar’21 annual report, RIL paid a dividend of Rs.7/share. At this rate, the family would have earned a whopping Rs.39.2 Crore only in dividends of RIL….
It is surprising that how much we can learn by just digging deeper into the investment quotes of Warren Buffett. When I speak about money and investment, not many will turn and listen to me. But when a mighty investor like Warren Buffett speaks, his every word is deciphered. Each and every Investment quotes of…
