Issue of 8th May-14th May 2020
LEAD ARTICLE
Online Moneylife Magazine
Can Rs27,105 Crore of AT-1 Bonds in MFs Create a Problem for Investors?
Debt mutual fund (MF) schemes have, once again, proven to be vulnerable in the face of stressful events in the market. We have seen in the past how debt schemes were directly engaging with promoters to offer debt using equity shares as collateral. And how adverse the impact was when they could not sell the collateral shares to recover their... Read More
Clinton Fernandes
CROSSHAIRS
A horrifying video* of dead bodies, tightly wrapped in garbage bags lying on beds in Sion Hospital, Mumbai, sometimes for as long as 30 hours, among patients battling coronavirus, has gone viral. The reason for this is not callousness on the part of the Hospital, but a reflection of the acute...
STOCKS
Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAL) sells feed and nutrition products for cattle, poultry, aqua feed and specialty feed, crop protection, palm oil and dairy & processed food. It has a joint venture (JV) with Advanced Chemical Industries Limited (ACI) group from Bangladesh to manufacture and sell...
Moneylife Digital Team
Guidelines    1. The Grader captures the first two of the three intrinsic factors that drive a stock: valuation, returns and growth. Since growth is volatile and difficult to capture through a metric, we have used only the first two factors. In place of growth, we have provided...
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The nation-wide lock-down due to COVID-19 has shut down the manufacturing and services operations of all companies, barring those making essential items. We take a look at COVID-19 impact on different sectors, categorising them as less impacted, moderately impacted and highly impacted. Last...
Maya M
Earlier this week, Marico announced its March-quarter results. Revenues were down 7% and operating profit was down 4% compared to that in the same period last year, which means that operating margin was higher. But it is not these results that are relevant to investors currently. Because the...
Moneylife Digital Team
Sheela Foam Ltd (SFL) makes and sells mattresses and home comfort products, such as pillows, cushions, bed sheets and comforters/blankets. It has a share of more than 23% of the organised mattress market. Well-known for its flagship brand ‘Sleepwell’, it also makes other foam-based technical...
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