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Retail

Why Warren Buffett finds retail a tough sector to invest

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Insurance

ICICI Pru Life is the most profitable life insurer in India

(Disclosure:I am market making in the shares of ICICI Pru Life)

As the table below shows, ICICI Pru Life is the most profitable life insurer in India, beating even the giant LIC in profits.

Life Insurer Profits (In Crores)
ICICI Pru 1496
LIC 1437.59
Bajaj Allianz 1285.64
SBI Life 622.17
HDFC Life 451
Kotak Mahindra Life 189.74

 

Source: IRDA (figures are for 2012-13)

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Cement

Cement Stocks on a tear

Normally, cement stocks soften when the monsoon begins.

This year seems to be an exception as the table below shows:

Symbol Close on 30 May,2014 Close on 18 June,2014 Gain
AMBUJACEM 217.6 221.5 1.79%
BIRLACORPN 361.55 386.95 7.03%
SHREECEM 6851.05 7335.5 7.07%
ACC 1337 1475.2 10.34%
INDIACEM 99.85 114.05 14.22%
MANGLMCEM 182.75 210.1 14.97%
OCL 226.7 263.15 16.08%
ULTRACEMCO 2382.2 2805.1 17.75%
JKCEMENT 333.65 406.4 21.80%
KAKATCEM 90.9 113.05 24.37%
JKLAKSHMI 190.4 238.1 25.05%
PRISMCEM 59.3 75.65 27.57%
NCLIND 25.85 33.8 30.75%
BURNPUR 10.1 13.3 31.68%
DALMIABHA 373.55 496 32.78%
KCP 36.95 49.65 34.37%

 

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Banks

RBL Bank’s Abridged Audited Financials 2013-14

(Disclosure:I am market making in the shares of RBL Bank)

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Banks

Daylight Robbery in PSU Banks

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