Entries from October 2006

October 30, 2006

Stocks for the Week – 30 October

These are the stocks on my watchlist for this week:

Walchandnagar Industries
Shasun Chemicals
Fortis Financials
Century Textiles

October 30, 2006

Brokerages and Stock Recommendations

Economic Times has an interesting post on the brokerage recommendations over the last few years in India and US. The trend of “buy” recommendations has gone down in the US since the last few years, with the SEC cracking down heavily on the false and biased analyst recommendations. And thence, the analyst reports are now [...]

October 24, 2006

Atlanta Ltd.

Atlanta has seen an appreciation of nearly 75% in the last fornight. The company is based out of Mumbai and said to be in talks with a lot of international companies for a joint venture. The stock has a chance to be a multi-bagger going forward. The chart already shows a steady climb in the [...]

October 23, 2006

Top Indian Stock Picks – Infrastructure, Cement and Steel

Infrastructure:

GMR Infrastructure
PBA Infrastructure
MSK Projects
Jyothi Infrastructures

Cement:

Kesoram Industries
India Cements
Shree Cement

Steel:

Tata Steel
SAIL
Mukand
National Steel & Agro.

October 18, 2006

Economic Times on Buying Strategy for MidCaps

According to Economic Times, investors should exercise caution while investing in mid caps and small caps. As ET Investor’s Guide has repeatedly pointed out that it often does not make sense buying the 6th or 8th largest company in an industry. This may make sense if they are acquisition candidates, but not otherwise. Look for [...]