Two of India’s most promising FMCG companies declared their quarterly results for Sep-21 quarter. In both the cases, the theme was the same. Higher input costs evaporated some of the top line gains but price hikes could be passed on due to better b

The global markets were up against negative data flows on 18th October. For the third quarter ended Sep-21, China reported GDP growth of just 4.9%. That is a full 300 bps lower compared to 7.9% GDP growth reported in the Jun-21 quarter. The two major

If Aug-21 seemed like a good month with over 67 lakh passenger flying domestically, Sep-21 has done even better. The Sep-21 figure was higher than the August figure by 5.45% at 70.66 lakh passengers. These numbers were reported by the Directorate Gen

In an interesting development, the NCLT Mumbai Bench permitted Reliance Retail Ventures to call for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to seek approval of its creditors and shareholders for the Future group merger deal. The NCLT Mumbai Bench also

In a way Radhakishan Damani’s wealth creation has been synonymous with D-Mart (Avenue Supermarts). That is true and D-Mart alone accounts for over 97% of the total portfolio value of his holdings. However, Damani is also known to be one of th

Ashish Kacholia has emerged as a very focused value investor in mid-cap and small cap stocks in India. He floated Lucky Securities in 1995 but eventually went on to become one of India’s ace investors. As of the close of September 2021, Ashish K

In early trades on 18th October, the stock of PNB Finance was locked in lower circuit as a slew of brokers and analysts downgraded the PNB Housing stock. The downgrade came after PNB Housing and Carlyle decided to mutually call off the share placemen

Just a week after the government announced that Air India was being sold to the Tata group, Air India has come out with numbers. It just underlines that the bleeding of the national carrier continues almost relentlessly. This comes just a week after

In its latest meeting of shareholders, the board has approved the raising of funds to the tune of Rs.2,000 crore via the issue of securities. This could be via the issue of equity shares or other securities. The amount is likely to be raised in tranc

In the midst of the ongoing fracas between Invesco Fund and the Zee management, led by Punit Goenka, it emerges that Reliance walked in and then walked out of the deal to buy a strategic stake in Zee Entertainment. The Reliance group has confirmed th

When the coal crisis came to the fore, threatening a virtual blackout in many states, it looked like the power sector was the worst affect. However, now the downstream impact is being felt. One such instance is of aluminium companies, which is an ext

For the month of September 2021, US inflation touched 5.4%, largely driven by a spike in food and housing inflation. This is the highest level of retail inflation in the US in the last 13 years, and this level was last seen during the peak of the glo