Issue of 31st Aug-6th Sep 2018
LEAD ARTICLE
Picking Stocks: These 7 Examples Show Why Operating Cash Flow Is More Important than Net Profit
Operating cash flow (OCF) is the key to understanding how well a company is doing. It defines whether, and how much of, the revenues are getting converted to cash. However, most investors lean towards net profit (NP) as the primary metric of a company’s performance. Why?    One of the main reasons is that OCF numbers are provided... Read More
Niteen Dharmawat
DIFFERENT STROKES
A growing clamour and pressure from influential quarters for the capital market regulator to wind up the algo-trading scandal at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) may have been put on pause by a timely public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Madras High Court.    This PIL asks...
STOCKS
Control Print Limited is one of India’s leading coding & marking solutions provider. Coding & marking is basically printing of variable information such as barcodes, logos, price, serial numbers, expiry dates, etc. The coding & marking industry consists of printers, its consumables (inks &...
Ankush Agrawal
Meghmani Organics is a pigments, agrochemicals and basic chemicals manufacturer. The past one year has been a particularly good year for the company, due to the shutdown of a number of chemicals companies in China. Its revenue growth picked up from June 2017 quarter onwards, along with...
Moneylife Digital Team
The stock of Kiri Industries Ltd (KIL), which manufactures and exports dyes, intermediates and chemicals, is one that has baffled investors for years. It is cheap and has a valuable investment in a global company DyStar; but it is unclear how the shareholders of KIL will benefit from this...
Harsh Gadodia
MUTUAL FUNDS
After four years, Sundaram Mutual Fund has launched an open-ended equity scheme called the Sundaram Services Fund. The NFO (new fund offer) period of the Fund commenced on 29 August 2018 and will be open up to 12 September 2018. Investors can purchase units in the Fund even after the NFO...
Clinton Fernandes
INSURANCE
HDFC ERGO has launched ‘my:health service’ app for individuals to manage their health and well-being. The health app comes with information that may benefit all users, not just its policyholders. Users can create their own diet and workout plans, book doctor’s appointments, take health...
Moneylife Digital Team
MOBILE APPS
HEALTH
According to a new pilot study by researchers in University of Surrey, published in the Journal of Nutritional Sciences, changes in breakfast and dinner time can reduce body fat.    During a 10-week study on ‘time-restricted feeding’ (a technical term used by academics to mean...
Moneylife Digital Team
Medical malpractices continue unabated, no matter how developed we may be. Patients have little recourse. Things are still much the same as they were decades ago. Proliferation of medical colleges across the nation and the increased availability of paid seats have resulted in a lot of...
Girija Santhanam
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