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Buffett’s 7 Filters

March 30, 2011 1 Comment

Anybody who has read anything about Warren Buffett knows he is superbly wealthy and has made all his money through his investment in stocks,that he is a value investor,that his favourite holding period is forever and that he loves his companies to have ‘big moats’.Following are a list of parameters that Buffett uses to evaluate companies.They are from the book ‘The Guru Investor’ by John P. Reese.Why not use these parameters to check out a company before buying its shares?

STABILITY OF EARNINGS:This can be checked by considering the earnings per share (EPS) for the past 10 years. EPS is derived from the residual profit left after payment of all expenses, taxes, depreciation, interest, preference dividends and belongs entirely to equity shareholders. A company should not have a negative EPS in the past 10 years. If the EPS is lower than that in the previous year, the dip should not be more than 45%.

DEBT TO EARNINGS RATIO: The second variable is the level of long-term debt to earnings ratio. Buffett likes conservatively financed companies. He prefers the long-term debt of a company to have been paid off from its net earnings in less than five years. This implies that the long-term debt to earnings ratio should be less than or equal to five.

RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): The third variable measures how much money a company earns on its equity. The ratio is generally expressed as a percentage. For a company to figure on Buffett’s radar, its 10-year average ROE should be greater than or equal to 15%. Read more of this post

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Indian Philanthropy

March 29, 2011 1 Comment

Here are some major features of Indian Philanthropy as enumerated by eminent Indian businesspeople.They are perspectives that were articulated in response to the Gates-Buffett ‘the Giving Pledge’

1.”India has a very old culture of giving, since the time of Buddha. The concept of philanthropy is not new to us.”—-Rahul Bajaj, chairman, Bajaj Group.

2.”Philanthropy in the first world and in the third world are two different things. In the first world people donate to build a baseball stadium. In India, we have to decide for ourselves what we want out of philanthropy. It is not for the Americans to tell us.”

“shareholders have done more charity than Gates and Buffett put together. How? By allowing Cipla to export drugs for $100 million to Africa, which could have fetched $4 billion if they were exported to the US”—-Yusuf Hamied, chairman & managing director, Cipla Read more of this post

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Stock Market Quote

March 26, 2011 3 Comments

In these days when there is so much uncertainty and worry about which way the market is headed.I think the words below ought to help.I came across them while reading an old interview of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

‘ Bull markets always go up on a wall of worry and Bear markets always go down on a ray of hope. ‘

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Human Life Value Calculator

March 23, 2011 1 Comment

Wealthymatters.com In case of our demise we would all love to have provided well for our near and dear ones. A Human Life Value Calculator is a nice place to begin planning how to do so.A very enthusiastic insurance agent might tell you that various insurance products are the best way to provide for all these needs.This is strictly not so.Think if you want to provide for a child’s college education you do not need to buy an expensive children’s education plan but can for example use a plain term deposits.Here is a link to a fairly comprehensive Human Life Value Calculator: http://www.personalfn.com/tools-and-resources/financial-calculators/hlv-calculator.aspx .Remember to put in future values of the goals of your dependents.