Archives: 2007 April
Fixed income investing
April 26th, 2007, 8 Comments
My blog and most of my posts refer to equity investments. I have once in a while posted on real estate. However fixed income investments are a fair percentage of my portfolio. The reason I don’t post much on fixed income investments is because there is not much I can do to generate extra returns [...]
You can be a stock market genius – Recaps, stub stocks,warrants and options
April 23rd, 2007, No Comments
The final section of the book starts with recaps. Under a recap, a company may decide to buy back stock from the investor via cash, bond or through preferred stock. Thus the proptional ownership of the investor remains the same. However the company doing the recap is able to create value for the investor. For [...]
Company analysis worksheet and valuation template
April 19th, 2007, No Comments
I have received several requests for my company level valuation template. Instead of responding individually to each of the request, I am posting it in the ‘My analysis worksheet section’ (see here) The company level analysis worksheet is still a work in progress and I will keep uploading updated versions in the future. I use [...]
You can be a stock market genius – Bankruptcy and restructuring
April 18th, 2007, No Comments
The next section of the book deals with how to profit from bankruptcy and restructuring. As in the other parts of the book, the author again emphasizes the point that an investor should ‘pick his spots’ within the bankruptcy arena. It is rarely a good idea to purchase the stock in a company which has [...]
Why I avoid IPO’s
April 14th, 2007, 7 Comments
I have a very irrational reason (yes it is not a typo) for not investing in IPOs. My thinking is like this (A hypothetical tale)I have a house and wish to sell it. Also I have a decent cash balance and I am no hurry to sell the house. I will sell the house if [...]
Comments on the Post of Cheviot company
April 12th, 2007, 2 Comments
I received a few comments on my analysis of Cheviot company. Thought of posting it on the blog as they add to the analysis of the company. Prem Sagar said…Rohit, Do you know what the mgmt intends to do with the huge investment portion? from their last 5 yrs, I see no huge capex and [...]
