Let us look at 4 of them: Reliance Power    ( P/e of 81, obviously not paying dividend) or Tata Power (p/e of  20 and dividend yield of  1.35), or Ntpc (p/e of 13 and div y of  2.62) or Nhpc (p/e of 8 and div yield of 3.31). could not decide, but told myself when […]

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From times immemorial banking has been a fantastic business. Ask the Marwaris and the Chettiars. It is a simple business too. Borrow money at 3%p.a. lend it at 6%p.a. and keep the 3% margins. If  I am not wrong it used to be called the 3-6-3 rule of banking. This rule said borrow at 3%, […]

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When I see today’s youngsters – I of course find them restless. Yes, young and restless you have heard…but why young and so called ‘riskless’ ? Well for those who took up a job in 2007/8 (means born in 1985 or later) markets have not been a great – at best it has been lukewarm. […]

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If you are a honest manager in a PSU and you feel for the company and for the country, you better have good writing skills! That is the only way you can vent your feelings for Mr. Praful Patel, Mr. Murali Deora,…etc. these gentlemen have singularly tried (and somewhat succeeded) in killing Air India (Indian […]

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The general consensus among big bankers and fund managers is that NTPC is a good buy. I am not here to say whether it is a good buy or not. In fact personally I hold enough NTPC in the family portfolio to be happy about the consensus view. However this article is about NTPC as […]

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Banks lending in rural India is a great thing to have happened. Most people who borrow are genuine  -but there are some politically supported borrowers too. The main reason why a person in India (or in any part of the world too!) repays the loan is ‘because it is the right thing to do’. This […]

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