Dalal Street

Indian market failed to build upon the June recovery and ended the month of July down -3.4%. The main factors contributing to the downfall are European Sovereign debt crisis, US debt ceiling deadlock and dampened appetite for risky assets. This coupled with a muted Q1FY12 results season held back Indian equities.

Domestic Factors – RBI the Bollywood Police – In Action but too Late – by raising policy rates by 50bps to 8% vs. expectations of (more…)

TCS posted revenue of US$2,412mn, up 7.5% qoq, majorly led by volume growth. 7.5%QQ up-tick in volumes was the key driver of TCS’ 7.5%QQ growth in $-revenues. The key surprise was the strong growth in telecom vertical (+14.3%QQ) c.f. declines seen at Infosys and also the fact that none of TCS’ clients were postponing outsourcing decisions makes (more…)

HDFC announced its quarterly results and it is a script written by Mr. deepak Parekh a deade ago and it continues to be played in the same style. 20% Growth rate 🙂 I have been observing this stock for the past 15 years when I first bought it and despite Gloom or Boom, it maintains its own growth trajectory delivering consistent returns like Gold. [HDFC Outperforms Returns Delivered by the Yellow Metal] Low NPA, Strong Management, High Dividends, etc makes it enjoy higher discounting than the rest in the crowd.

HDFC reported 1Q12 net profit of Rs8.45bn up 22% y/y inline. Adjusted loan book growth (sale of loans) was robust at ~25% y/y (more…)