Buyback apart, it’s raining dividends too! Have you received a fair share?

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Buyback apart, it's raining dividends too! Have you received a fair share? For the quarter, Bajaj Corp announced a dividend per share of Rs 11.50 for every share of face value Re 1. This amounts to a payout of Rs 170 crore. Gem of a smallcap! Up 11,800% in 9 years; this stock still has a lot of steam The stock is driven by robust fundamentals. Imagine you had bought this stock in 2008! An investment of Rs 10,000 could become over Rs 3 crore now. Dalal Street captains do not find Buffett's Berkshire hot enough; here's why Raamdeo Agrawal, MD & Co-Founder of Motilal Oswal AMC, recently sold all his Berkshire Hathaway shares, because he thought "they can't give him enough returns." Why are marquee investors flocking back to India? "Overseas investors are again turning bullish on Indian debt securities," said Ajay Manglunia, executive VP (fixed income), at Mumbai-based Edelweiss Finance.

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68 BSE500 stocks hit all-time high in Feb; five stocks you can still bet on Of all the stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs, experts are bullish on Maruti Suzuki, CCL Products, Indraprastha Gas Ltd, Sun TV Network and APL Apollo. Good or bad? Top five reasons why companies go for share buyback At times when the company feels the shares are undervalued, a share buyback is used to pump up the stock price, which acts like a support for the stock. BSE500 at record high, but these stocks need 70-140% rally to revisit 52-wk highs Just Dial, which was excluded from the Nifty Midcap150 index in the recent rejig, may need to rise some 86 per cent from its prevailing level to return to a one-year high. Neil Armstrong strategy to stock investing: First-mover businesses can deliver big gains Take this! Shares of Eicher Motors, which enjoy a competitive advantage with its Bullet range of motorbikes, have surged over 7,721% in last 10 years.

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Midcaps are leading the charge on Dalal Street; 10 stocks worth a look The Nifty Free Float Midcap100 touched a high of 16,501 while the Nifty Midcap50 rose to a high of 4,191 in the first 30 minutes of trade on Wednesday. This policy change is likely to bring in billions of FII dollars into Indian market Sebi recently increased the combined futures and options trading limit by removing some caps on contracts and on the market value of positions held. What tax season blues? 10 funds saved tax & delivered 30% returns too  Investors no longer fear equities and they now trust MFs as a safer route to beat inflation and create wealth over time compared with other asset classes. 5 least expensive stocks to own when BSE m-cap is at all-time high Sensex is just 2 per cent away from its 52-week high of 29,077, and little over 1,600 points from its all-time high of 30,024 recorded was back in March 2015. As Indians gear up to splurge, here's where to make money Market watchers believe the dining out culture will grow fast in India. In his blog, Mobius said quick-service restaurants are the name of the game in India. Top dons of D-Street out with Q3 results; check who can fit in your portfolio better The quarter remained special for Tata Steel as the metal major got back to the profit-making mode by posting a consolidated net profit of Rs 231.40 crore. War of step-brothers: How rally in PSU bank shares made private lenders jealous Since the inception of Nifty Private Bank index in March 2016, the benchmark has risen over 30% compared with a 48% rally seen in Nifty Public Bank index. With D/E ratio of 0.19 & Rs 12,500 crore order book, this stock looks like goldmine The full-year order book swelled to Rs 12,466 crore while orders received during the December quarter 2016 was at a high of Rs 5,628 crore. No major DeMon impact: Global brokerages raise EPS estimates on these five stocks The pain of the cash ban has not reflected much in December quarter earnings, as most firms have reported their results more or less in line with estimates. Market rally in last 3 years was misnomer; bull run possible only in select pockets Analysts say as reforms take time to reflect in economic fundamentals, even if the short-term rally fizzles out, the market's upside may remain intact. Top stocks that powered up to 40% surge in largecap funds in last 12 months despite cash ban Among all the schemes from the equity largecap category, the net asset value (NAV) of HDFC Top 200 Fund rose nearly 40 per cent in last one year. Cash ban hit Jhunjhunwala holdings hard, but Big Bull comes out unfazed The combined stake of Jhunjhunwala and his wife in Titan Company rose to 8.47% in December quarter, compared with 8.13 per cent in the September quarter.

Initial Public Offer (IPOs) IPO Name Offer Price Band Open Date Close Date   Nitiraj Engineers Ltd. 100.00 20-02-2017 01-03-2017 More >>

NFO (FMPs) Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   Reliance FHF XXXII - Series 10 Direct-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 13 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2017 5,000 Reliance FHF XXXII - Series 10 Direct-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 13 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2017 5,000 Reliance FHF XXXII - Series 10 Reg-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 13 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2017 5,000 Reliance FHF XXXII - Series 10 Reg-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 13 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2017 5,000 HDFC FMP - 1170 Days - February 2017 (1) Reg-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 16 Feb 2017 28 Feb 2017 5,000 More >>

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NFO - Non FMPs Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   Sundaram Long Term Micro Cap Tax Advantage Fund Series IV Reg-G Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 27 Sep 2016 20 Mar 2017 500 Sundaram Long Term Micro Cap Tax Advantage Fund Series IV Reg-D Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 27 Sep 2016 20 Mar 2017 500 Sundaram Long Term Micro Cap Tax Advantage Fund Series IV Direct-D Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 27 Sep 2016 20 Mar 2017 500 Sundaram Long Term Micro Cap Tax Advantage Fund Series IV Direct-G Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 27 Sep 2016 20 Mar 2017 500 UTI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series V Reg-D Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 22 Dec 2016 22 Mar 2017 500 More >>

Views and Recommendations

Sell Reliance Infrastructure with a target of Rs 531 – Gaurav Ratnaparki 23 February, 2017, 09:07 AM IST Sell Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. with a target of Rs 531 and a stop loss of Rs 575 sell Buy Ceat, target Rs 1215 : Gaurav Ratnaparki 23 February, 2017, 01:11 PM IST Buy Ceat Ltd. at a price target of Rs 1215 and a stop loss at Rs 1110 from entry point buy Buy LIC Housing Finance with a target of Rs 580 – Kunal Bothra 23 February, 2017, 01:09 PM IST Buy LIC Housing Finance Ltd. with a target of Rs 580 and a stop loss of Rs 556 buy Buy Karnataka Bank, target Rs 134 : Reliance Securities 23 February, 2017, 01:10 PM IST Buy Karnataka Bank Ltd. at a price target of Rs 134 and a stop loss at Rs 124 from entry point buy

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