Investing lessons from Mahabharata: It’s okay to earn less, but not okay to lose it all

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Investing lessons from Mahabharata: It's okay to earn less, but not okay to lose it all This epic offers valuable lessons to differentiate the good from the bad. Aashish Somaiyaa tried to pick a few investing lessons from the epic. Tech charts show over 70 stocks are ready for big rally; do you own them? The list of stocks that have witnessed bullish crossovers includes JK Tyre, Kwality, NBCC, Sunil Industries, TVS Srichakra, among others. Want to make a killing in stocks? Try & catch broader economic trends early Investors who can anticipate emerging trends and invest based on foresight would be more successful than those who invest after a trend becomes obvious. 10 strategies to make money in the next 10 sessions on Dalal Street Indicators are showing some short-term pause in the market but we don't see a sharp rally coming ahead. One can look to buy on dips in case of correction.

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This LIC favourite stock delivered over 350% return in 3 years; still a good bet LIC is a leading financial institution of the country with assets under management of Rs 15 lakh crore, as per the information available on the LIC website. With equities at all-time high, investors look to buy record market-linked bonds Faced with bank deposit rates at multi-decade lows and a rally that has sent shares to records, investors may buy $1.6b of market-linked bonds till March 2018. How to beat the forex market? Just get on Twitter, academics say Trading the euro based on predictions tweeted by currency watchers would give you risk-adjusted returns almost 4x bigger than standard carry-trade strategies. Valuation concern? Porinju says stop worrying, go buy & make some money Porinju remains bullish on the domestic equity market, and says valuing the market on traditional parameters such as PE multiples has no meaning today.

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This earnings season, shun the high PE stocks, bet on underdogs for big growth or the past few years, India has been showing a similar trend, where sectors with consistent earnings growth have witnessed solid PE expansion. Multibagger Eicher Motors has more steam left in it, Citi raises target price Citi sees over 10 per cent rise in the share price of Eicher Motors and has raised the target price for the stock from Rs 28,000 to Rs 30,000.

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Notices issued in 140 cases of benami properties worth Rs 200 crore Show cause notices for provisional attachment of benami properties have been issued in 140 cases involving properties of the value of about Rs 200 cr," Santosh Kumar Gangwar said.

Here are the costliest pieces of real estate in Bengaluru The slump in the real estate industry, made worse by demonetisation, made the government defer the property price revision for the year.

Real estate sector gets 19 investments worth $3.4 billion in first quarter This year has also started with a bang as real estate companies and projects attracted 19 investments totaling an announced value of $3.41 billion in the first quarter.

Delhi Metro flats soon to be up for sale A senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said the Metro has initiated the process on this front and people will be able to book a flat.

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Views and Recommendations

Buy IndusInd Bank with a target of Rs 1490 – IIFL 13 April, 2017, 11:51 AM IST Buy IndusInd Bank Ltd. with a target of Rs 1490 and a stop loss of Rs 1411 buy Buy SRF, target Rs 1725 : Kunal Bothra 13 April, 2017, 11:47 AM IST Buy SRF Ltd. at a price target of Rs 1725 and a stop loss at Rs 1640 from entry point buy Buy Cipla with a target of Rs 588 – Reliance Securities 13 April, 2017, 11:45 AM IST Buy Cipla Ltd. with a target of Rs 588 and a stop loss of Rs 570 buy Buy Lupin, target Rs 1490 : IIFL 13 April, 2017, 11:43 AM IST Buy Lupin Ltd. at a price target of Rs 1490 and a stop loss at Rs 1411 from entry point buy

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