Kenneth Andrade has made his debut as a big-ticket private investor by scooping up a chunk of a top-quality stock operating in a sector that is not popular at present. The stock boasts of excellent credentials and can be expected to zoom when the fortunes of the sector change
In a shocking blow to the confidence of petty investors, a MNC which was highly lauded for its corporate governance and which was backed by visionary stock pickers like Ramesh Damani and Kenneth Andrade has grudgingly admitted that its accounts are not “true and fair” and that a fraud appears to have been perpetrated
CNBC TV18 has done the sensible thing of putting the spotlight on fundamentally strong companies. Such stocks not only protect the capital but are also capable of producing stunning returns. In the 7 month period since inception, the Model Portfolio has heavily out-performed the Nifty and also several well-known mutual fund schemes
Dolly Khanna appears to have overcome her aversion to Pharma stocks. This time, instead of being a lone wolf, she has relied on the collective wisdom of Kishore Bang and Motilal Oswal to home in on a micro-cap Pharma stock with impressive past performance and ambitious future plans
It is astonishing but true that if Bill Ackman, one of the finest investing minds, had adopted the investment strategy followed by our local gurus, he would have been spared the crippling loss that he suffered this week owing to the failure of his all-time favourite stock
Basant Maheshwari has made the dramatic announcement that his latest favourite sector will be the “fourth industrial revolution” and that it will revolutionize the World in the same way that the steam engine and the internet did. We need to come to grips with Basant’s theory and grab the best stocks in the sector before the hoi polloi does
Prashant Jain, the whiz-kid fund manager of HDFC Mutual Fund, who is under fire for the under-performance of his funds, has candidly admitted that he is under a “lot of pressure”. He has, however, defended his stock picks, on the basis that he is “ahead of the market cycle”. He claims that the cycle is about to turn and that his old-economy warhorse stocks will soon be back in demand and that this will lead to heavy out-performance of his funds
When Jim Rogers, the maverick legendary trader, bluntly declared that he was “disillusioned with India” and was “selling all his shares”, the local Gurus took umbrage and showered him with the choicest of abuses. Now, in the wake of the steep correction in the markets and the widespread disillusionment with NAMO, the Gurus are gracefully admitting that Jim Rogers may have been right after all
Average Raju investors like you and me usually hold whiz-kid investors in awe. We believe that their stock picking skills are far superior to ours and that is how they get to manage billions of dollars. However, the reality is that novice investors are better than, and have an edge over, their whiz-kid counterparts say experts
If you are thinking of diving into the stock market with the last remnants of your savings, you better hold your horses. Some eminent experts are saying that the present ugly scenario is a mere “pawing” by the Big Bear and that a proper “mauling” is still to come
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