When I talk with many people and tell them that its time to invest in Nifty / Sensex listed companies they have fairly little idea about which companies are listed and so thought I would list them here for reference.
December 29th, 2008 | Shabbir Bhimani | 24 comments | ContinuedArchive for December, 2008
Merger and Acquisition
We have been learning about the companies coming together to from another company and companies taking over the existing companies to expand their business. With recession taking toll on many businesses, they are feeling insecurity, it is not surprising when we hear about the immense numbers of corporate restructurings taking place, especially in the last couple of years.
December 25th, 2008 | Shabbir Bhimani | 0 comments | ContinuedDocumentation tips for investors
One may be reluctant to read the entire offer document due to short of time, patience and technical understanding. In order to address this problem, one can go through a shorter version of the offer document called as the Key Information Memorandum (KIM). The KIM outlines only the salient features of the scheme and it becomes easier to understand.
December 22nd, 2008 | Shabbir Bhimani | 2 comments | ContinuedReal Capital
There are businessmen and self employed professionals who would prefer to invest their money into their own business which seems to generate maximum returns in their business or practice. However, one should be aware of the fact that it is risky to put human capital and real capital in the same basket.
December 17th, 2008 | Shabbir Bhimani | 3 comments | ContinuedIPO’s gain-loss situation
Educomp Solutions, an e-learning pioneer, has given a return of 18 times which is about 1,679% to its investors. On the other hand, we also have the Indiabulls Financial which gave a return of over 13 times which is about 1,228% since its IPO in September 2004 at Rs. 19 per share.
December 16th, 2008 | Shabbir Bhimani | 0 comments | Continued