Stock Doctor

Be wary of sentiment, buy selectively

Sentiment is the mother of all factors influencing the markets and may alter with even the slightest change in the way we look...

Look to infrastructure, capital goods and IT

The year 2010 has been a really good year for the markets despite a series of scams and concern over issues relating to...

Stock Doctor for Nov issue

Re-enter the markets at every correction The overwhelming response that the Coal India IPO – India’s largest-ever share sale – received has further...

Exercise caution and time your exit

The Sensex celebrated the return to 20,000 amidst doubtful sarkari data of GDP growth, inflation and industrial production which only the foreigners appear...

Be selective, jettison duds

The markets have more than doubled in the past 15 months and are staying at a high whereas the majority of investors are...

Go for the short term, avoid risky stocks

We are again witnessing massive re-leveraging of the public sector in advanced economies with all its unintended social consequences. The net effect of...

Caution is the current byword

The market seems to have shrugged off the Greek and Hungarian crises while resuming its upward journey to reach within kissing distance of...

Get used to shorter booms

Dubai in October 2009 and Greece now confirms that we are in for more frequent bear markets and the tenure of bull markets...

The markets’ flirting with the Sensex, which crossed 18,000, has created a dilemma for small investors. As during the previous bull run, they...

Time for portfolio reshuffle

Post-Budget, the markets appear to have resumed the upward journey due to the continuous flow of good news as also the government’s resolve...