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Coca Cola Redesigning Corporate Website

2012-11-21T19:46:00.000-05:00

Coca cola has been quenching our thirst for years now. The world, however, is going digital and a prominent website and strong online presence has become must have to gain popularity even for an established company like Coca Cola. The company is revamping its corporate website, adopting a new approach akin to a consumer magazine than a business website as per the press release on 12th November...

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First Day of Samvat 2069

2012-11-13T15:04:00.002-05:00

Indian stocks saw profit taking in a special trading session to mark the auspicious occasion of Diwali on Tuesday. The Sensex closed 51 points or 0.3 per cent lower at 18,619 while the broader Nifty ended 17 points down at 5,667. The 75-minute Muhurat Trading Session was conducted to pay obeisance to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. It also marks the New Year for traders...

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India Might Be The First BRIC Nation To Loose Investment Grade; Warns S & P

2012-06-11T09:47:00.000-04:00

Slowing GDP growth and political roadblocks to economic policy making are just some of the factors pushing up the risk that India (unsolicited BBB-/Negative/A-3) could lose its investment-grade rating. That's according to a recently released report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, titled "Will India Be The First BRIC Fallen Angel?" The report states that the Indian government's reaction...

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1000 Crores Withdrawn in 8 Days from Indian Market

2012-06-10T20:55:00.000-04:00

Foreign investors (FII) have withdrawn out over Rs 1,000 crore in the first eight days of trading this month from Indian stock market amid concerns over domestic economic growth and depreciating rupee. During June 1 to 8, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) made gross purchase of equities worth Rs 16,954.10 crore and sold shares valued at Rs 18,021 crore, translating into a net outflow of...

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What is Nifty BeES?

2012-06-09T22:56:00.000-04:00

Nifty BeES is the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in India. It is an combination of a share and a mutual fund unit. It allows you to trade Real-time on NSE and gives you Real-time Indicative NAV. With Nifty BeES you can tracks the S&P CNX Nifty Index. Nifty BeES is priced at 1/10th of the Nifty Index and the Investment management fee is 0.35% and the total expense ratio is 0.80% per...

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India's GDP Numbers in Past Five Financial Years

2012-05-31T08:18:00.000-04:00

Most of the factors that led to India's growth slowdown have bottomed out, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement on Thursday, after the March quarter GDP numbers were released. "Among the factors that have contributed to the slowdown are the tight monetary policy that led to a significant rise in interest costs and the weak global sentiments that affected growth in domestic...

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SEBI's Listing Norms For Stock Exchanges

2012-04-05T10:34:00.000-04:00

SEBI's listing norms for exchanges comes as a relief for the BSE and NSE. SEBI sat on the Bimal Jalan report for over 16 months and probably the listing of MCS finally prompted it to wake up. Some of the biggest stock exchanges in the world -NYSE-Euronext, Australian Securities Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bourse are listed. Finally, the much awaited norms on listing of the...

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Difficult Time For Facebook?

2012-03-13T00:15:00.000-04:00

As reported by major media and newspapers, Yahoo has filed a complaint against Facebook stating that Facebook has violated 10 patents, in the US District Court in San Jose. Yahoo says that it has innovated the technology of messaging, news feed generation, social commenting advertising display, preventing fraud clicks and privacy controls. Yahoo also states that “Facebook’s entire social network...

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Bio-diesel Industry

2012-03-12T23:50:00.000-04:00

The concept of Bio-diesel dates back to 1885 when Dr. Rudolf Diesel built the first diesel engine with the full intention of running it on vegetative source. He first displayed his engine at the Paris show of 1900 and astounded everyone when he ran the patented engine on any hydrocarbon fuel available which included gasoline and peanut oil. Scientists discovered that the viscosity (thickness) of...

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What is a Ponzi Scheme?

2012-03-08T10:46:00.000-05:00

In 1920s, Charles Ponzi, duped thousands of New England investors in a postage stamp speculation scheme with a promise of providing 50% return in just 90 days when the annual bank interest rate was only 5%. Ponzi initially brought a small number of international mail coupons in support of the scheme, but quickly switched to using incoming funds to pay off earlier investors. On Charles Ponzi name,...

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LinkedIn Now Allows You To Follow Companies

2012-02-29T23:39:00.002-05:00

Every professional might be aware of LinkedIn and how it works? In order to compete with other growing social networking medias, LinkedIn have been always keen in improving the service they provide. On February 27th, 2012, LinkedIn announced the launch of LinkedIn Follow Company Button. From the same day companies have started adding this button to their websites, making it simpler for...

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What Are ESOP and Stock Options?

2012-02-26T21:32:00.000-05:00

Many people get confused with stock option and share ownership plans. The abbreviation for both of them is same "ESOP." Some people use ESOP as a short form of Employee Stock Option Plan while some use it for Employee Share Ownership Plan. Both, share ownership and stock option plan looks similar but they are not identical. An investor should understand that these plans are generally used to...

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What Buffett Thinks About Investing In Gold?

2012-02-26T00:48:00.000-05:00

Berkshire reported fourth-quarter net income of $3.05 billion, or $1,846 per Class A share. That's down from $4.4 billion net income, or $2,656 per share, a year ago. Berkshire's quarterly revenue grew 5 per cent to $37.96 billion from last year's $36.17 billion. Berkshire Hathaway says its fourth-quarter net income fell 30 per cent as the paper value of its derivative contracts fell, but most...

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Major Sectors In India Are Weak: Wait and Watch Strategy Is Best Till Budget

2012-02-25T19:23:00.002-05:00

Few days ago, we published our call on Nifty on Facebook Fan Page. We predicted that Nifty should start moving southwards between 5600 to 5625. We are happy to share with you all that Nifty reversed around 5621 (intraday) and is continuing its trend downwards. Many of the readers requested me to post an article on how I got the call right? I am neither a technical person, nor have much knowledge...

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How Hedge Fund Make Profits?

2012-02-22T21:05:00.000-05:00

Many times, I think that how some hedge funds create such huge profits? What do they do which we as an investor can't do to make huge profits in market? The answer that I found every time is to take huge risk to gain huge profits and as an investor, we are not comfortable with that amount of risk. But even if I am ready to take bigger risk, than what type of risk should I take in order to make...

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India Releases First-ever CPI Based Inflation Rate

2012-02-21T11:21:00.000-05:00

The CPI index was introduced by Ministry of Statistics in January 2011, with 2010 as base year. The major difference between earlier WPI based inflation index and CPI based inflation index is that the CPI reflect price changes in service sector, which contribute approximately 55 percent to India's economy but is not included in WPI index. The CPI based inflation rate is 7.65 percent for the month...

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Why Growth Companies Borrow Less Than Mature Companies?

2012-02-20T21:29:00.000-05:00

Growth companies are seen to borrow less in long term debt as compared to mature companies. If you see the financial statements of big brand growth companies like E-Bay, Google or Facebook, you will find that they have taken very less or near to zero long term debt. On other hand, if you see the financial statements of mature companies like Con Ed, you will find that they have financed their...

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Golden Cross Indicator: Is Market In Bull Phase?

2012-02-20T13:43:00.000-05:00

Golden cross is a chart pattern, which is created when a short term moving average crosses above the long term moving average. This chart pattern indicates a long term bull market signal when a 50 day moving average cross above the 200 day moving average. As reported in CNBC "Birinyi Associates analyst Kevin Pleines said his analysis shows that when the 50-day crossed the 200-day in the 26...

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What Is Gross Domestic Product ?

2012-02-18T20:09:00.000-05:00

In newspapers and television channels, one often finds reference to the GDP growth rate of a country. The most common measure used to estimate the size of an economy is called the Gross Domestic Product or GDP. GDP is a comprehensive measure of a country’s overall economic output. It is important to understand what does GDP mean, how it is measured and what does changes in its growth rate mean...

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Cheapest Citizenship From St. Kitts and Nevis

2012-02-18T09:32:00.003-05:00

Have you heard of St.Kitts and Nevis? They are islands in the West Indies and with beaches, sun and sand, it is a hit with foreigners. On the west side of St.Kitts lies the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one country: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This is a sugar exporting country and that is how...

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Why Investors Should Be Careful Of Buyback Programs?

2012-02-16T00:09:00.000-05:00

A buyback offer is when a company buys some of its shares from its shareholders. This is usually done from shareholders other than the promoters themselves. It is most often a testament from the management and promoters on the strength of the company, and their commitment to increase the returns for the shareholders. A Company can purchase its own shares from free reserves or securities...

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What Is Foreign Direct Investment?

2012-02-14T22:02:00.000-05:00

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) defines Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) as an investment made to acquire lasting interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor. In other words, FDI comprises activities that are controlled and organized by firms outside of the nation in which they are headquartered and where their principal decision makers are located. In the...

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How To Calculate EV/EBITDA Multiple?

2012-02-12T23:20:00.000-05:00

EV/EBITDA is a valuation multiple used to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the Price/Earnings ratio to determine the fair market value of a company. Enterprise value or EV is the cost of buying the right to the whole of an enterprise's core cash flow. It is equal to the estimated value of the operations of an...

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How To Value Initial Public Offering (IPOs) Companies

2012-02-09T10:15:00.000-05:00

Most firms conducting initial public offerings (IPOs) are young companies for which it is difficult to forecast future cash flows. Most of them are in pioneering stage or expansion stage and their revenues are highly volatile with very high growth rates which are unsustainable in the future. To value these companies, discounted cash flow analysis is very imprecise, and the use of accounting...

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Key Parameters For Analysing Banking Stocks

2012-02-08T21:04:00.005-05:00

Unlike any other manufacturing or service company, a bank’s accounts are presented in a different manner (as per banking regulations). The analysis of a bank account differs significantly from any other company. The key operating and financial ratios, which one would normally evaluate before investing in company, may not hold true for a bank (like say operating margins). Cash is the raw material...

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