What Pamela Anderson Teaches Us About Investments?

Posted on October 25, 2016July 11, 2018 by gadmin

What Pamela Anderson Teaches Us About Investments? You may be bewildered, shocked or plain amused on reading the title! How on earth, can the buxom Baywatch babe be even remotely linked to the world of investments? Well, after all, there is an uncanny link between the two. Pamela Anderson – Journey From Becoming Millionaire to going Broke The voluptuous actress, showgirl and model starred in 110 episodes of Baywatch earning $60,000 per episode in late 1990s. This implies an enviable in...

PNB Housing Finance IPO – Should You Invest?

Posted on October 24, 2016July 11, 2018 by gadmin

PNB Housing Finance IPO – Should You Invest? Here is another IPO which is large enough to ensure that a majority of retail customers will get allocation. And this one is better than the recent ICICI Prudential Life IPO in the sense that one can expect 10% to 15% appreciation in the near term. PNB Housing – India’a Fastest Growing Housing Finance Company Strong Borrowing Capabilities Enable it to Compete in Crowded Urban Market: Despite the small loan book size and a relatively shorte...

Memo 16 – All Time High

Posted on September 25, 2016June 11, 2018 by gadmin

It’s been 3 months since we were all discussing the negative implications of BREXIT, REXIT and the other fancily coined terms. While BREXIT has had some impact on globally focused technology companies like Infosys & Wipro, India as a whole seems to be emerging stronger. This has forced dozens of global investors to look at India in a positive light and some of them have even gone far enough to call India as “the bright spot in darkness”. This talk has been backed by record investments made b...

RBL Bank IPO – Should You Invest?

Posted on August 18, 2016July 11, 2018 by gadmin

RBL Bank IPO – Should You Invest? In the recent past, umpteen IPOs like Advanced Enzymes, Quess Corp,& Mahanagar, have listed on the bourses with stunning listing gains. But this time around, it will be nearly after a decade that a bank will get listed – RBL Bank. RBL Bank is a Mumbai based private sector bank established in 1943 as a regional bank in Maharashtra and currently catering to large corporates, SMEs, retail and agricultural customers. As on FY16, RBL has a network of 197 b...

Advanced Enzyme IPO – Add this Biochemistry to Your Portfolio

Posted on July 18, 2016June 21, 2018 by gadmin

Advanced Enzyme IPO – Add this Biochemistry to Your Portfolio The buoyant IPO market is witnessing incessant exuberance as seen from the over-subscription numbers and listing gains recorded by the likes of Quess Corp, Mahanagar, Ujjivan, Equitas & Thyrocare; and there is yet another one – Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (AETL) The company’s name is in the realm of esoteric as the word “enzyme” may draw a blank look from most of us, while some of us could faintly recall having read ab...

Edelweiss Housing Finance NCD – Should You Invest?

Posted on July 6, 2016June 22, 2018 by gadmin

Edelweiss Housing Finance NCD – Should You Invest? Close on the heels of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, comes yet another opportunity to earn higher fixed returns by investing in Edelweiss Housing Finance’s Non Convertible Debentures (NCDs). Details of Edelweiss Housing Finance Non Convertible Debenture (NCD) Issue This NCD issue is being offered for a tenor of 3, 5 & 10 yrs with corresponding effective yields of 9.5%, 9.75% & 10% respectively for retail/ HNI investors. Fur...

Quess Corp IPO – Should You Invest?

Posted on June 27, 2016June 21, 2018 by gadmin

Quess Corp IPO – Should You Invest? The IPO season continues with a spate of recent launches like Mahanagar, Ujjivan, Equitas & Thyrocare; and there is yet another one – Quess Corp. If you have ever been on a job hunt, chances are that you would have shared your CV with a company called IKYA, erstwhile name of Quess Corp. Quess Corp is one of India’s leading HR Solutions Company primarily handling recruitment and staffing for companies across various industries viz. IT, Retail, BFSI, H...

Memo 15 – India Unbound

Posted on June 25, 2016June 11, 2018 by gadmin

Having dealt with too much of market volatility during the week, I decided to start my Saturday in a lighter way by spending some time on Facebook. To my surprise, the Facebook updates were not the usual “happy couple, happy family” types but were replete with opinions on newly coined fancy words like REXIT, BREXIT and NEXIT. While it’s only natural to worry about or have an opinion on popular subjects, we doubt if any one of us has the capability to comprehend the short term or the long term...

Mahanagar Gas IPO -Should You Subscibe?

Posted on June 15, 2016June 21, 2018 by gadmin

Mahanagar Gas IPO -Should You Subscibe? After the recent blockbuster IPOs of Ujjivan, Equitas & Thyrocare; there is another IPO from Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL). Each day, you may be savoring the scrumptious meals cooked at home, blissfully oblivious that a drab sounding company, ‘Mahanagar Gas’, plays a role in your culinary delights, provided you are a resident of Mumbai or its adjoining areas. MGL is one of the largest City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies in India – It is the sole auth...

M&M Financial Services NCD – A WorthyFixed Income Opportunity?

Posted on May 23, 2016June 22, 2018 by gadmin

M&M Financial Services NCD – A WorthyFixed Income Opportunity? After the IPO frenzy of Parag Milk Foods, Ujjivan, Thyrocare, Equitas, & flurry of tax-free bonds – IRFC, PFC, comes a fixed income opportunity launched by Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFSL). Read on to know more. Details of MMFSL NCD Tranche I Issue This NCD issue is being offered for a tenor of 10, 7 & 5.5 yrs with corresponding coupon rates of 9%, 8.8% & 8.7% respectively for retail/HNI inv...