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What is stagflation & it’s impact on your investments?

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:44:05 +0000

Before understanding how stagflation affects us and our investments it’s vital that we know what the term actually stands for. As per simple definition we can say that stagflation is a situation where neither inflation nor deflation exists. When we go by mathematical interpretations we can say stagflation occurs when core customer basket prices change [...]

What is Interest Coverage Ratio ? An explanation with examples

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:22:31 +0000

Interest coverage ratio which is also termed as times interest earned is known as a measure of how well a company is performing to meet its interest paying obligations. It is basically used for determining how easily the company can pay its interest expenses that accrue on the debt taken by the company. We derive [...]

What is deflation & how deflation affects your investments?

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:01:58 +0000

A simple definition of economics would define deflation as a situation where the prices of goods and services fall during a particular period of time. Mathematical interpretations would mean that deflation is a situation where the inflation level falls below 0%. However one should not confuse this term with disinflation which is a situation where [...]

What is Capitalization Ratio and explanation with examples

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:42:07 +0000

Capitalization Ratio is used to measure the debt component of a company in its capital structure. It includes the sum of long term debt liabilities and the shareholder’s equity. The ratio is basically calculated to support the company’s growth and operations. We usually divide the long term debt of a company by the sum of [...]

What is inflation & how inflation affect your investing?

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:38:46 +0000

Inflation is regarded as an essential economic aspect which reflects the nature of the economy. It represents the rate at which the prices of goods and services increase for a period. To give a holistic definition we can define inflation as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for all the goods and [...]

REC Infrastructure Bonds FY 2011 – 2012

Sathish Emmadi — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:37:01 +0000

Rural Electric Corporation (REC)’s long term infrastructure bonds issue opens from December 19th 2011 to February 10th 2012. The company is a Navaratna whose main focus is on Electrical infrastructure. The company aims to raise Rs 100 Crores through this issue. It has got highest credit rating similar to IDFC. The issue has got buy [...]

IDFC Infrastructure Bonds FY 2011 – 2012 Tranche 2

Sathish Emmadi — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:39:24 +0000

This is the second time in this financial year Infrastructure Development Finance has come up with infrastructure bonds issue.The issue starts from 11th January and closes on 25th February 2012. Credit rating and the interest rates are same as the earlier issue which closed a month back. Bonds have also been issued for the tranche [...]

L&T Infrastructure Bonds FY 2011 – 2012 Tranche 2

Sathish Emmadi — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:31:47 +0000

L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited has come up with section 80 CCF long term infrastructure bonds for the second time in the FY 2011 – 2012. The issue is termed as “L&T Infra 2012A Bond Series”. The issue starts from 10th January and closes on 11th February 2012. Credit rating is same as the earlier issue [...]

SREI Infrastructure Bonds FY 2011 – 2012 Tranche 1

Sathish Emmadi — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:58:16 +0000

Since it’s the time for investments in tax saving instruments, many eligible infrastructure finance companies have started floating section 80 CCF tax saving infrastructure bonds. SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited is the latest one to join the foray. The issue opens from December 31st 2011 to January 31st 2012. The company aims to raise Rs 300 Crores [...]

What is Debt Equity Ratio ? and examples

Mohan Bhupathiraju — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:04:50 +0000

Debt Equity Ratio is one of the vital leverage ratios in the list of Debt Ratios. This ratio is calculated for comparing the total liabilities of the company to the total liability to the shareholders equity. Basically this is referred to as a measurement of how much suppliers, creditors, lenders, and obligors the company has [...]