Monthly Archives: August 2006

Please Note: A blog version of this page is available here (http://rakeshjhunjhunwala.valuestockplus.net/) This page will NOT be updated. Please visit the above mentioned site for updated posts. — Toughiee Founder & Editor, Value-Stock-Plus blog www.valuestockplus.net August 18, 2007 The following … Continue reading →

Financial ignorance is a costly affair. Not paying taxes on money because you did not think you had to, or you forgot you earned it, is a great excuse! Right behind that is the excuse that taxes are illegal. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Growth in user industries like power, construction, refining, textiles, automobiles, and other manufacturing, has led to strong performance by the Indian capital goods and heavy industries companies in the past 2-3 years. Apart from creating sufficient domestic supplies, the growth … Continue reading →

A must read!!. – Ed. Beyond a point, more money does not lead to more happiness, says survey, says Jay MacDonald Wise men from Aristotle to The Beatles have observed that money can’t buy happiness, but what inquiring minds really … Continue reading →

More than any stock pick, daughter Nishtha gets Jhunjhunwala’s undivided attention these days. Born after 18 years of marriage, her arrival has changed his outlook to life, says Priya Singh. Housewives in surburban Andheri, hooked to the stockmarket ticker, swoon … Continue reading →

The BSE Sensex has had an exciting run since the month of May this year. That is, of course, if volatility is something that excites you! In May, the benchmark index hit it’s all-time high levels of around 12,671, and … Continue reading →

Abundant cash flows, burgeoning demand for products, need for economies of scale and easy availability of capital, prompted Indian corporates to go on a capex binge over the last couple of years. Resultantly, we found many companies including ‘capex-led growth’ … Continue reading →

Last week, we had touched upon the infrastructure stocks and studied how unjustified their current valuations are in relation to the risks that an investor will be assuming by purchasing them. This time, we will turn our attention to the … Continue reading →

Wait! These words are not from the plot of a James Bond flick, neither they form part of the Superman’s dictionary. Rather, they are part of daily parlance for M&A executives – a breed that is involved in leading the … Continue reading →

The P/E ratio is easily one of the most widely used valuation metric employed by the investors worldwide to arrive at an attractiveness of a stock. However, what the ratio numerically denotes is not necessarily the truth always and application … Continue reading →