CDSL Valuation: How Much Cash is Too Much Cash?

Central Depository Services Limited. If you've been investing in Equities or Debt in India, there's an almost 50% chance that you've heard about this company. In fact, if you're an investor in India, there's also an almost 50% chance that you're currently using the services of this company. Otherwise known as CDSL, it is the only other Depository for financial instruments in India (Apart from 'National Securities Depository Limited' or 'NSDL').

Creating Value in an Equity Investment: The Basics

In my PGDM, the Business Strategy paper described a framework called the 'Value-Cost Framework'. That is to say, a buyer creates value for himself by paying a price which is lesser than what he is willing to pay for a product or a service. Of course, this was taught in the context of Value Creation in Marketing. But it’s not so different in the context of Common Stocks.

Purchasing Common Stock: A 7 Step Code of Conduct

This is the 7-step code-of-conduct I follow whenever I attempt to purchase a Common Stock. The code is derived from the ideas of some of the investing greats, like Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger, Philip Fisher, Peter Lynch, Monish Pabrai and Prof. Aswath Damodaran.