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Dear Readers, This is w.r.t. UTV Software Communications Ltd – BSE Code 532619 (Risk arbitrage recommendation for Oct’11). The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of The Walt Disney (Southeast Asia) Pte Ltd, for increasing its shareholding on fully diluted basis from 48.02 per cent to 100 per cent in UTV Software Communications Ltd pursuant to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board recommendation. So, The Walt Disney can now proceed with the delisting of the equity shares of…

Dear Readers, The central concern of all investors in their investment policy is to always ensure a “margin of safety”. The future is uncertain and no matter how good one is, the reality is that no investor, not even Buffett, can determine the exact intrinsic value of any business. Because the intrinsic value is derived from an investor’s assumptions, the value is merely an approximation. Yes, an investor as skilled as Buffett will probably have a better approximation of intrinsic…

Dear Readers, Were you investing in stocks some 12 months back? Are you now considering stopping your investments for some time? I would like to apologise in case I am bugging you, however I am asking these questions because these days I come across many retail investors who seem to have the same view i.e., “The markets are looking in a bad shape now, so I am thinking of not investing now. I will restart later when the market looks…

Dear Readers, Well I personally don’t have any issues with Brokerage houses and relationship managers assigned by them. Nor do I believe that our relationship  manager wants us to lose money, however he’s stuck in such a bad job of generating brokerage for his firm and thereby additional commission and performance linked bonus for himself, that he cannot help but coerce you and convince you to trade and trade not just in cash but in F&O and now also in currency…