by Rajat Sharma | Jan 15, 2014 | Consulting, debt, equity |
To ascertain the financial health of a company, amongst other things, it is important to analyze the capital structure of the company to understand how much of borrowed money does the company operate with. One of the most important financial indicator and which gets...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 13, 2014 | equity, trading |
Over the past 200+ years (and perhaps more) there have been many instances of dramatic rise and fall in the prices of things that are traded. At times this is market driven and prices rise and fall purely based on demand and supply; while on others, the price is made...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 10, 2014 | equity, investment, stocks |
Since I get this asked a lot, I thought I’ll write a post on this topic. Note: I will assume that long term is 3+ years with some of the investments being purchased for a much longer period (read indefinitely). The problem with equity investing is that the line...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 9, 2014 | equity, stocks |
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and Return on Equity (ROE) (also called– Return on Net Worth (RONW)) are both used to measure the profitability of a company based on the funds with which the company conducts its business. ROE measures the amount of profit generated...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 6, 2014 | equity, stocks |
I always found the concept of ‘Value at Risk’ pretty interesting. Usually nobody ever pays attention to it until it is breached. I am not sure how many of you are buying this one but the value at risk for this political outfit is zero as it usually is for start-ups....
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 3, 2014 | equity, finance, stocks |
Often analysts and proprietors get into the top line and bottom line profitability growth figures. What are they talking about? To understand this, refer to any financial statement, for example — Ashok Leyland Top line refers to gross sales or total income from...
