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Increasing bond yields | What it means for equity investors

Stock markets across the globe have fallen recently due to rising bond yields. Let us understand the relation between bonds and equities and try to figure out whether this fall will continue or it is just an overreaction of slight increase in bond rates and markets will rally again. Nifty - Last 5 days chart Government bond yield - Last 5 days chart Bond yield and equities have inverse relation, in general which we can see in published charts. However, it is not absolute relation because equities can move up or down due to a lot of other factors also but recent fall was primarily due to concerns over increasing bond yields. If bond rates are high, it is very obvious that few investors will move to bonds from equity as it is safer option and your capital is protected.  Stocks are risky by nature. You can lose your entire capital forget about dividend or capital appreciation. Whereas bonds are secured, in general and if it is government bond then of course it is backed by government ...

Heranba Industries Limited is here with IPO | Third Eye's View

Heranba Industries Limited's IPO is opening for public tomorrow to raise up-to Rs. 625.24 crores. So, let's discuss this IPO. Company profile Heranba is a manufacturers of Synthetic Pyrethroids and its intermediates in India based out of Vapi, Gujarat, with Corporate and Administration Offices in Mumbai. It has a wide network of business in India as well as in world market with a phenomenal growth rate year after year. It produce advance agro-chemical solutions based on specially developed technology. Its Public Health products are supplied in both Government Tenders and to Pest control companies. It has expertise on all the key chemical reactions on commercial scales. Presently engaged in the following processes: Objective of the IPO 1. To fund working capital requirements 2. General corporate purpose Third Eye View - Not growth oriented but a good opportunity for retail investors to participate in.  Financial data Numbers are looking fabulous. Net worth is increasing, profit...

Tata Motors - Jaguar Land Rover | EV SUV giant in making?

Tata Motors today announced that its subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover Automobile Plc (JLR) has laid out a new strategy for future and before I share my view on that please have a look at below extract from that announcement.  Start of journey to become a net zero carbon business by 2039 Re-imagination of Jaguar as an all-electric luxury brand from 2025 to ‘realise its unique potential In the next five years, Land Rover will welcome six pure electric variants as it continues to be the world leader of luxury SUVs All Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates to be available in pure electric form by end of the decade; first all-electric Land Rover model in 2024 Clean-hydrogen fuel-cell power being developed in preparation for future demand On a path towards double-digit EBIT margin and positive cash flow, with an ambition to achieve positive cash net-of-debt by 2025 with a value creation approach delivering quality and profit over-volume Image source: www.tata.com/business/jlr A lot of points are ...

New Age IT Businesses | Are you investing in these?

Information technology service sector of India is well known and well established now. Biggest IT service company in the world is now an Indian company and there are total 4 Indian companies in the world top 10 list. These are TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro.  However, these companies are traditional IT service providers and are considered as "Old Age" IT service companies. A lot of investors consider these matured and don't expect significant growth in this industry now.  Image source: Economic Times In this digital world, technology is rapidly changing and companies are adapting to newer technologies. With these changes comes new security and technical challenges and there are companies which are converting these challenges into opportunities and working in this highly growing segment. Following are few technologies or areas to name which were not common few years back. New consumer conversions (acquisitions, engagements and transactions) through relevant mobile advert...

Dogecoin - A Meme Coin | Should you buy?

Dogecoin. You must have heard this word before irrespective of your field of work or profession. It is everywhere on internet and internet is going gaga over this. Snoop Dogg to Elon Musk, everyone is talking about this and you must have seen tons of memes on this. One is below for your entertainment so that we can take Dogecoin to the moon.  #Dogecointothemoon. It is the most popular crypto currency out there these days along with Bitcoin. But what is really Dogecoin and why investors are buying it? What is Dogecoin? In very simple terms, Dogecoin is just another alt coin (alternative cryptocurrencies) in the market which was invented as a joke to make fun of these crypto currencies by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in 2013. Dogecoin is faster as it takes only 1 minutes to process a block vs Bitcoin's 10 minutes. However, it got significant traction due to the fact that it is cheap and easier to mine. And Reddit and Twitter are reasons of recent popularity of this alt coin. ...

Economic up-cycle is ahead | Are investors prepared to benefit from this

Indian economy was facing a down trend even before the covid-19 pandemic and covid made this even worst as shown in below chart. India's GDP growth was -23.92% and -7.54% for Q1 and Q2 2020-21 respectively. We are in a recession technically.  Image source: www.statisticstimes.com So, why am I saying economic up-cycle? Let's find this out in this blog and what should retail investors should do right now. The economy is growing negatively but we all know that this is due to strict lockdown which India imposed and economic activities were completely shut for months. And as lockdown restrictions were eased out, economic recovery was very sharp and unexpected. Some economists were attributing this recovery to festive season and pent-up demand however, it is very clear now that it is broad base economic recovery. GST collection figures and corporate earnings of December 2020 quarter are clear indicator of consumer spending behavior and economic activities of the country.  Image sour...

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) | From Investor's Eye

Brookfield Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is here with its ₹ 3,800 crores Initial Public Offer (IPO). Now, Brookfield is not the first REIT in India which is hitting the exchanges but it is one of the few. We have only 2 listed REITs right now in the Indian market (Embassy Office Parks REIT and Mindspace Business Parks REIT) and Brookfield will be third in this list. And hence it is important to understand this REIT concept as it is fairly new in India and whether you as an investor should invest in these or not.  Let me just briefly touch upon Brookfield's IPO and then I will discuss about REITs in general. Brookfield IPO is closed now and it got oversubscribed 7.94 times which is not very good number considering recent oversubscription of other stocks in the market. 17 February 2020 is the listing date and let's see how market will react to this.  Now, why we saw only 7.94 times oversubscription even in this kind of roaring bull market, if I may say so. One reason ...