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27 Feb 2008HDFC Bank and CBOP Merger: Long-term Positive For Both, Current Price Of CBOP Reflects Takeover Premium
HDFC Bank and CBOP boards have given an in-principle approval for merger between the two banks. The merger between the two banks would be long-term positive for both the banks. At current market price, merger appears to be more beneficial [...]
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27 Feb 2008Valuation And Valuation Techniques
Valuation of a company is to determine the value of a company at a price. To an investor, who is not a trader, a company should generate returns that not only keep it in business but also generate returns for their investments. Amidst all fluctuations and volatility any stock will finally stabilize [...]
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26 Feb 2008Investors should have a Long-Term Horizon
While one continues to remain optimistic about the prospects of Indian Companies, one should believe that the re-rating of Indian equities over the last 3 years had led Nifty P/E to go from about 12 in 2003 to over 21 now. This level of P/E when compared with the historic [...]
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25 Feb 2008Lessons To Be Learnt From The Recent Correction
The recent correction in stock market gives investors a good opportunity to re-assess their expectations from their investment portfolios and also their tolerance to risk. When markets are in a bull run, investors are rarely aware of the risk they are exposing themselves to. But it becomes all [...]
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24 Feb 2008Importance of Asset Allocation
It is important to save but more important to invest your money. By merely stashing away money into that neighborhood bank’s savings account, you are neither making any more money, nor preserving its value. Let apart the cost of better opportunities foregone. The purchasing power of rupee keeps depreciating. So, to fight [...]
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23 Feb 2008Market Timing Or Time In The Market
It is not timing the market, but, time in the market that matters. No one is perfect to time the market to perfection but if one spends sufficient time in market after investments then success is more or less assured. There is no record for investors who have a [...]
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