Blogs Posts on "Fundamental Analysis"

What does the Interest Coverage Ratio signify? by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Nov 5, 2009The Interest Coverage ratio (also called Times Interest Earned) is another measure of a company's financial health. It signifies the ability of a company to meet its debt obligation. In earlier posts, I have covered Current Ratio, Quick Ratio and De...

What does the Debt/Equity ratio indicate? by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 29, 2009An important measurement of a company's financial health is the Debt/Equity ratio. In an earlier article, I had discussed about assessing a company's financial health by calculating the 'Current ratio' and 'Quick ratio'. The usually applicable defi...

How to use Financial News - revisited by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 27, 2009With results season upon us, financial news is flooding the airwaves and the pink sheets. Some companies are declaring better than expected results - like Tata Motors and ITC. Others are disappointing the market with poor Q2 '09 shows - like Punj Llo...

A Parable about Cash Flows by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 20, 2009This is a story about what happens when cash flows turn negative. A young nephew, Amar, graduated from engineering college with distinction and completed his MBA before joining the India office of a multinational company back in 2003. He rented an a...

Does the Price of a Stock reflect its Value? by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 13, 2009"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." - Warren Buffett Many small investors face a problem with stocks that have a 'high price'. They don't want to buy them, because they feel they can't afford them. They prefer to buy stocks tha...

What Is Fundamental Stock Analysis? Part One by Creditcard on Oct 12, 2009Brought to you by What Is The Best Trend Trading System. The investor has many tools at hand when making decisions about which stocks to buy. One of the most useful of these is fundamental analysis - examining key ratios which show the worth of a sto...

Should Indian investors switch out of Telecom Sector stocks? by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 6, 2009Indian investors have several choices about investing in the Telecom Sector. But should they use the correction in the telecom sector stocks to jump in or bail out? Let us have a look at the players. There is the behemoth of fixed line services - MT...

About Growth Stocks and Value Stocks by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Oct 1, 2009Should the title of this post be changed to Growth stocks vs. Value stocks? So many dichotomies have become part of our everyday lives - like Good vs. Evil, Black vs. White, East vs. West, Fundamental analysis vs. Technical analysis - that we have co...

Stock Chart Pattern - 3i Infotech Ltd by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Sep 30, 2009The stock chart pattern of 3i Infotech Ltd looks a little different from other stocks that have been analysed recently. It made a high of 165 back in May '07 (actually 330, but adjusted for the subsequent 1:1 bonus). The bears attacked almost immedia...

Stock Index Chart Patterns - FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX - Sep 18, '09 by Stock Market and Mutual Fund Investments in India on Sep 20, 2009During last week's discussion of the stock chart patterns of European markets, it was observed that the liquidity driven rally was likely to continue a while longer. The technical indicators were pointing to the bulls regaining control after a brief...