Commonly called the PE ratio (or just PE), it is often used in investment analysis. However, investors sometimes fail to understand the factors that determine it and its limitations What is it?......
The price-to-earningratio is the most popular fundamental ratio. There are interesting ways to dissect it, using technical analysis, to develop new insights. Fundamental analysts relate PE to......
Thanks to the Internet era, we columnists receive instant feedback from you. It is both a joy, and a challenge, when you ask me to explain myself. In December, I said that buying and selling......
Buying stocks during a dip, says Amar Nandu, research analyst, Samco Securities, can lead to higher compounding returns when the uptrend begins. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The sharp......
Balanced advantage funds (BAFs), which adjust between stocks and bonds depending on market conditions, have increased their equity holdings over the past year, with most schemes now predominantly......
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Babita's success ratio is higher than that of any other leading lady in the 1960s, says Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: Babita Kapoor with her daughters, Kareena and Karisma. Photograph: Kind courtesy......