Smaller stocks are extremely vulnerable to disappointments. ML Research Desk selects a few safe ones from the least researched segment of the market

The bulls are in charge and the markets are on fire. The Sensex is around the 11,000 mark and money is still waiting in the wings to enter at even such high levels with mutual funds coming up with new funds every second day.  From mega-caps to...

The three-year record of sector funds is uninspiring as ML Research Desk finds out

Focus and concentration are powerful tools while investing. If you had bought a bunch of bank stocks in 2003 or construction companies in 2004, you would have recorded extraordinary gains. And since identifying the right sector is virtually the key to stock market success, focusing on winning sectors seems an...

MCX, the dynamic commodity exchange is going public - one of the rare and recent instances in the world of an exchange being traded publicly

Markets exist to list stocks, bonds, commodities and funds. But markets are run by companies, as in National Stock Exchange. They have their income (listing fees and other fees) and they have their profits. NSE is hugely profitable. What if these...