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How to Read a Mega IPO

When a very large IPO is in the news, almost every number you see comes from a website, a social media or a message forwarded in a group, and very little comes from the company itself. The official source is a document called the Red Herring Prospectus, or RHP. It runs to several hundred pages, and for a mega IPO it can run to many more, so most investors never open it. You do not need to read every page. You need to know which sections matter, what to look for in each, and which numbers to compare.

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4 min read | Oct 22, 2026

How to Read the Shareholding Pattern

Before you buy a stock, there is a simple question that most investors never ask. Who else owns this company, and are they buying or selling? The answer sits in a table that every listed company files with the stock exchanges each quarter, called the shareholding pattern. Companies must file it within 21 days of the end of the quarter, which means the filings for the quarter ended September 30 are due by October 21. ... Read More

3 min read | Oct 19, 2026

Why Companies Raise Money Through a QIP and What It Means for Shareholders

When a listed company announces that its board will meet to consider a fund raising plan, the stock often moves before anyone knows the details. One public sector bank saw its stock jump more than 2 percent on the day it said its board would meet to consider such a plan. In many of these cases the route chosen is a QIP, short for Qualified Institutions Placement. At least six listed companies opened a QIP between early August and early October 2026 and filed their floor prices with the stock exchanges. If you own shares in a company that announces one, you need to know what a QIP is, why the company chose it, and what it can mean for your holding. This article explains all three in simple words and gives you a checklist you can use. ... Read More

3 min read | Oct 17, 2026

How to Compare IT Companies After Results

When an IT company reports its quarterly results, the first headline usually says that profit rose or fell by some percent. For IT services companies, this one number can mislead you. Profit can rise because the rupee became weaker, because the tax bill was lower, or because of a onetime item, while the underlying business is growing slowly. A second company can show a fall in profit while its business is in better shape. This is why investors who follow the sector compare companies on four things: growth, margin, deal wins and guidance. This season gives a good live example, because two large IT services companies reported within days of each other. In this article I will call them Company A and Company B, and I will use their numbers to show how the comparison works. ... Read More

4 min read | Oct 15, 2026

Guidance Cut or Guidance Raised

Every quarter, a company reports its numbers, and those numbers are already history. The stock price, however, depends on the earnings the company is expected to make in the coming quarters, and the main source of that information is guidance from the management. The Q2 FY27 results season is on, and in many cases the commentary on the outlook is moving the stock more than the reported revenue and profit. This article explains what guidance is, how to read a raise, a cut or an unchanged outlook, and how to use it in your own research, in the language you will actually hear from analysts and on earnings calls. ... Read More

3 min read | Oct 08, 2026

You Do Not Need to Find the Market Bottom to Make Money

When the market keeps falling for many weeks, one question comes up in almost every conversation among investors. Is this the bottom? Many people say they will buy stocks only after they are sure the fall is over. This sounds like a safe plan, but it is one of the most costly habits in investing. ... Read More

2 min read | Oct 06, 2026

US Bond Yields Explained

Right now, a number from America is quietly pushing and pulling at your stock portfolio. That number is the US 10-year Treasury yield, and it is currently trading above 5 percent, its highest level since 2002. If you do not follow US markets closely, this sentence may not mean much to you. But this single number is one of the big reasons Indian markets have been under pressure lately, with foreign investors pulling money out and the Nifty going through its longest falling streak since the COVID crash. Let us break this down slowly, in simple words, so you understand exactly how it reaches your portfolio. ... Read More

3 min read | Sep 30, 2026

Buying a Company vs Buying a Stock

Buying a Company vs Buying a Stock: The Difference That Changes How You Invest. When you buy a share, what do you think you are actually buying? Most people would say a stock. A number that goes up and down every day, that they check first thing in the morning and again before bed. But that number is not really the thing you own. Behind every stock is a real company, with real people, real products, real customers, and real decisions being made every single day. The stock is just the price tag. The company is what actually has value. ... Read More

4 min read | Sep 25, 2026

Margin Expansion vs. Revenue Growth: Which Matters More Right Now?

Let's start with the basics: what do these two terms actually mean? Imagine you run a small shop. Revenue is simply the total money that comes into the shop from selling things, before you pay any of your own costs like rent, electricity, or the price you paid to buy the goods in the first place. If your shop sold ?100 crore worth of goods last year and ?125 crore this year, your revenue grew by 25%. That is called revenue growth, and it just tells you that more people bought more stuff. It does not tell you anything about whether you actually made more money after your expenses. ... Read More

5 min read | Aug 26, 2026

New to Investing? Avoid the H.O.P.E. Trap

If you are new to the stock market, there is one thing you should understand before you start buying stocks: making money in the stock market is not simply about finding a stock that will go up. ... Read More

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How to Read a Mega IPO

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How to Read a Mega IPO

How to Read the Shareholding Pattern

Why Companies Raise Money Through a QIP and What It Means for Shareholders

How to Compare IT Companies After Results

Guidance Cut or Guidance Raised

You Do Not Need to Find the Market Bottom to Make Money

US Bond Yields Explained

Buying a Company vs Buying a Stock

Margin Expansion vs. Revenue Growth: Which Matters More Right Now?

New to Investing? Avoid the H.O.P.E. Trap

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