ARITHMETIC MEAN
Checking stock investment portfolio daily can lead to poor investing decisions: Know the difference between price and value
The distinction between price and value is crucial, but easily forgotten. Prices jump constantly in response to news, sentiment, and the collective mood swings of millions of traders. Value, which is the actual earning power of businesses, changes far more slowly. Over days and weeks, price and value can diverge wildly.
Explained: Reliance Industries is India’s most valuable company but why isn’t it No.1 in Nifty50 weight?
Reliance Industries, despite its massive market capitalization, ranks third in Nifty 50 index weight due to its lower free-float shares. Banks like HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank hold higher weights because a larger portion of their stock is available for public trading, influencing the index more significantly.
Battlefield Bihar: What win or loss in India's political powerhouse means for Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi
Bihar's upcoming elections on November 6 and 11 are a critical battleground for national political parties, with results due November 14. The state's 40 Lok Sabha seats make it a crucial test for the NDA and opposition. The outcomes will significantly impact Prime Minister Modi's reform agenda and the future of key leaders like Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav.
Government reports fiscal gap at 38.1% of FY26 target as of August
The Centre's fiscal deficit widened to 38.1% of the annual target by August, driven by higher spending, particularly on capital projects, and lower net tax collections. While front-loading expenditure, the government aims to meet its FY26 deficit target, potentially moderating spending and hoping for improved tax mop-up in coming months.
Being Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg transcended political and social boundaries through his music and defiance. His death triggered an outpouring of collective grief, uniting people across ideological divides, even moving a terror outfit that once threatened him.
ICICI Prudential MF’s top investment strategist shares a ‘bad’ mantra for earning good returns in gold, silver, stocks, and property
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund's S. Naren advises against chasing recent gold and silver rallies. He emphasizes asset allocation for better investment outcomes. Naren suggests investing in underperforming asset classes like real estate or office space. He highlights the difficulty of investing against popular trends. Naren recommends a simple strategy: invest in the asset class with the worst recent returns.
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Draft UG maths curriculum has grave defects: Over 900 researchers, mathematicians tell UGC
Over 900 researchers have petitioned the UGC to withdraw its draft undergraduate mathematics curriculum, citing grave defects and inadequate coverage of essential topics like algebra and applied math. The proposed curriculum emphasizes traditional Indian timekeeping and algebra, incorporating elements of mythology and culture. Critics argue that vital applied subjects are superficially covered, potentially damaging students' prospects.
The end of mass-produced food business?
The Kraft-Heinz collapse isn’t just an M&A failure but a warning that the age of sameness in food is ending.
Congress sends 'impartiality' reminder to VP-elect CP Radhakrishnan
The Congress party conveyed its best wishes to newly elected Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, recalling Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's emphasis on the importance of opposition criticism in a democracy. While acknowledging Radhakrishnan's victory, the Congress framed it as a moral and political setback for the BJP, highlighting the opposition's unity and respectable performance in the election.
GST removed from life, health insurance but how much will you gain?
No Goods and Services Tax means no additional cost on premiums. But the savings you see will hinge on how companies reprice policies.
Dividend yield: Stock traders can use it differently to distinguish between the probability & possibility of making money
Dividend yield is not just an investor’s tool. At certain points in the market, it becomes just as relevant – sometimes even more so – for traders. Yes, traders. Now, why would dividend yield, of all things, act like a support line? The explanation lies in market memory and psychology. Around a certain level of dividend yield, value-oriented funds begin to step in because the price suddenly offers the comfort of an income stock. Momentum traders see valuation support and a floor building underneath the price. Options desks recalibrate, as downside looks limited and covered calls turn attractive. Each group is reacting to its own cues, but collectively they create the reflexive bounce that turns weakness into opportunity for traders.
BCCI to conduct an additional bone test for age determination in junior cricket
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will implement a new rule. This rule involves an extra bone test for junior cricketers. The goal is to ensure fair age determination. The current system adds a '+1 factor' which can unfairly disqualify players. The new test aims to provide a more accurate assessment.
German parliament deals historic setback to would-be Chancellor Merz - what now?
Friedrich Merz's bid to become German chancellor faced a setback as he failed to secure an absolute majority in the initial parliamentary vote. This unprecedented situation in postwar history reveals internal divisions within his intended coalition.
I-T dept notifies tolerance range for AY25 for transfer pricing cases
The income tax department has set the tolerance limits for variation between arm's length price and transfer pricing at one per cent for wholesale traders and three per cent for other taxpayers for the Assessment Year 2024-25. This aims to provide certainty and reduce risks for taxpayers in transfer pricing.
Around 97% youth can read, write & solve math: Report
Nearly 97% of young Indians aged 15-24 are literate and numerate, says the CAMS report by MOSPI. Rural areas report 96.7%, while urban areas show 98% literacy rates. Sikkim and Mizoram hit 100% literacy. Most youth can use mobile devices and the internet. Financial inclusion and access to improved water and sanitation are also highlighted.
India, US putting people at centre of technological revolution: Eric Garcetti
The two countries do not have an additive, or arithmetic relationship, they have a multiplicative, an exponential relationship, he emphasized. "There are no two nations on this globe who together can do this work better, fill each other's weaknesses with the other strengths, and show a model of what it means to do with democratic values that put people in the center of this technological revolution," Eric Garcetti said.
How saffron surge altered the swing on UP poll pitch
Between 1993, the first election after the formation of SP, and 2002, any party getting over 30% of the total votes polled could be sure of finishing first in a typically four-cornered contest, in undivided UP prior to 2001 and in what remained of the state thereafter.
Covid-19: Govt defers updation of CPI base year for industrial workers
A standing committee tasked with looking into the process had approved the new series with some modifications in the last week of February, but those changes cannot be implemented because of the outbreak and the lockdown.
How to calculate your investment returns using this MS-Excel tool
Geometric mean scores over arithmetic mean as it takes into account the effect of volatility. The GEOMEAN function helps you to calculate tedious geometric mean returns in a few clicks. Use right variant of average return for effective planning.
UP message: Modi-Shah not invincible anymore
The Gorakhpur defeat is a big personal setback for chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
What the BJP need to remember to get poll maths right
Prescriptions on what the BJP should do now have also been given — from reining in Hindutva elements to speeding up reforms.
Second phase of Bihar polls: Time for smaller NDA allies to prove their worth
An analysis of the 2010 and 2014 results in the south-western portion of Bihar shows that if electoral arithmetic works, the Mahagathbandhan should have an edge.
Draft rules on ‘range’ concept in transfer pricing issued
The use of multiple-year data and the "range" concept in the transfer pricing regime is proposed to be incorporated through amendments to the income-tax rules.
Jayalalithaa’s acquittal: Opposition urges Karnataka government to move to Supreme Court
The opposition DMK is pointing to what it says are arithmetic errors which led to the acquittal of J Jayalalithaa in a graft case and urging an appeal in the SC.
Not happy with what Govt has done on fiscal consolidation in Budget 2015: Mythili Bhusnurmath
'The quality of the fiscal correction, even the slight relaxation, just does not bear up with what the government has said,' says Mythili Bhusnurmath.
Call for 'proactive' steps in Budget 2015 as IIP dips, inflation rises
FICCI said: "We are hopeful that the forthcoming budget would factor in the slow growth in manufacturing for the last many months and the need to provide major incentives to revive investments in the sector."
China President Xi's India Visit: Indo-China relations go beyond 'plain arithmetic', says PM Narendra Modi
Reflecting the importance India attaches to the visit, Modi said India and China have a "unique chemistry" that can make for a defining moment.
Budget 2013: Restore tolerance band's earlier limit of 5%, demands OPPI
OPPI says that the Indian transfer pricing regulations advocate the use of arithmetic mean for computation of Arm’s Length Price.
Budget 2013: Recognise the use of inter-quartile range to determine ALP, demands OPPI
OPPI suggests that instead, the regulations should prescribe for the use of inter-quartile range, which would be a better representative of the industry scenario.
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