Category: Knowledge Bytes

The impact of water deficits across the world has taken center stage given the global climate change focus. Though this topic is not directly linked to financial markets, there is an indirect impact of global warming and water deficits on financial markets. Recently, there has been an increase in prices…

Following is the research framework I follow to arrive at an investment decision. Though the below is mostly a high level framework, I try and keep tweaking it based on the industry/ company whenever required. The objective is to identify companies which will make substantial return for an investor over…

What Is a Contingent Liability? A contingent liability represents a potential obligation contingent upon the outcome of an uncertain future event. These obligations are recognized in financial records if it’s likely that the event will occur and if the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. If both conditions…

Related-party transactions refers to a deal or arrangement made between two parties who are joined by a preexisting business relationship or common interest. Companies often seek business deals with parties with whom they are familiar or have a common interest. Although related-party transactions are themselves legal, they may create conflicts of interest or lead…

Importance of Capex in determination of long term prospects of a company Capital expenditure can be an important variable in deciding the attractiveness of a company for long term investments. Capital expenditure is basically the expenditure that a company does to build further capacity / maintain current capacity. It can…

Book value (BV) of the company is basically the total assets of the company attributable to the shareholders. The rise in shareholder’s equity increases the book value of the company (which is basically the total assets that the company owns – the total liabilities that the company owes). As a company generates…