Orient Paper has three businesses. All are doing very well

Orient Paper, a CK Birla Group company, has popped up on our stock screen for its robust price rise. What makes it interesting? Orient is a diversified company, which is into cement, paper & pulp and electric fans. Around 50% of its revenues come from the cement business, while paper & pulp contributes 30%. The remaining 20% comes...

Index funds should be cheaper. But they are getting more expensive, while the regulator remains unconcerned

Index funds are among the best options for investors who do not have the time to research stocks and monitor their portfolio. But fund companies do not promote index funds because they do not want the investing public to know the obvious superiority of this particular product. Index...

India is headed for a severe manpower shortage. Here is how to turn that into your advantage, says Shreedhar Kanetkar

When TV Mohandas Pai does his numbers, it’s good to pay attention. As a director at Infosys, Pai now devotes his energy to human resources, but till recently he was known as the company’s chief financial officer, leading Infosys to 10 consecutive awards from the Institute of...