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Bombay Dyeing: A Dividend Payer Every Year For More Than 125 Years

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In 2010, I wrote an article dispelling the myth that Warren Buffet’s Bershire Hathway is the world’s greatest stock in terms of performance. Quoting from that article: Sweden’s Handelsbanken is the best stock in the world. The company first listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1873. Since 1900 the stock has gained unimaginable 1.9 million …

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The Ten Largest Indian Companies By Market Capitalization

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In this post lets take a quick look at the Ten Largest Indian Companies by Market Capitalization in the domestic market. Before we get to that here is a note on the Sensex. India’s benchmark S&P BSE Sensex index is up 21.25% year-to-date. After reaching an all-time record of over 26,300 the Sensex closed at 25,329 yesterday. The …

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India’s Sensex Reaches All Time Record High. Should You Invest Now?

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The Indian stock market is on a roll with the benchmark Sensex reaching a record high of 21,239 on Nov 3rd in a special trading session celebrating the Diwali festival. The index is up just over 9% year-to-date in local currency terms. When compared to the performance of developed markets the Sensex return is not that …

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Why Indians Ignore The Stock Market While Foreigners Invest

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The equity market in India as represented by the benchmark Sensex is up 1.40% YTD. In the past year, the index has had a strong run going from over 16,000 to 20,443 this year before closing at 19,704 last Friday. The Sensex has more than doubled from the lows reached in early 2009 at the height of …

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