Author: shyam

Because four heads are better than three

We introduced a couple of 3rd party themes last month, Velocity and Long Term Equity. Today, we are proud to introduce the latest theme created by our newest contributor.

Consistent 10

The Consistent 10 is a portfolio of stocks that have provided consistent returns in the past five years and are reasonably valued now.

You can follow each of themes by clicking on the “Follow” button under each of these themes.

Weekly Recap: Waste Time Properly

Nifty weekly performance heatmap

The Nifty shot up +1.36% (+2.55% in USD terms)

Index Performance

Cyclical and Bank stocks drove the rally…

Weekly index performance

Top Winners and Losers

JINDALSTEL +9.82%
AXISBANK +10.71%
TATAPOWER +11.19%
GODREJCP -6.56%
HINDUNILVR -5.90%
ASHOKLEY -3.27%
The market is chasing a new dawn… and hoping for a lotus bloom…

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +5.75%
BANKBEES +5.35%
INFRABEES +3.88%
NIFTYBEES +1.80%
JUNIORBEES +1.77%
GOLDBEES -1.04%
Bye-bye Gold? Also, PSU Banks… really?

Advancers and Decliners

Green/brown shoots for market depth?

advance decline ratio

Yield Curve

Yields actually went up last week. The fixed-income market doesn’t seem to be sharing the stock-market’s enthusiasm…

weekly india yield curve

Interbank Rates

interbank lending rates

Investment Theme Performance

Value and high-beta baskets outperformed momentum. Once again, trend followers are having a tough time…

Sector Performance

weekly sector performance

Thought for the Weekend

If you want your brain to unconsciously process a math problem, it would be better to have the distractor be something totally different, like playing tennis, rather than something similar, like a spatial puzzle.

People who engage in “workplace Internet leisure browsing” are about 9% more productive than those who don’t.

Finally, break time — the last unmanaged part of the workday — will no longer be a waste of time.

Source: How To Waste Time Properly

Go Track Yourself On StockViz

The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we’ll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.

~ Richard Bach

StockViz is now opening up position and P&L tracking for equity derivatives and option strategies that was previously available only to our demat/trading clients. We now have action buttons that allow you to add/remove equity, futures and options positions to your StockViz account. We’ll keep track of your positions, mark it to market, calculate the P&L, manage expiry account-keeping etc.

You can even specify the actual price at which you transacted, or in case you are using this for simulated trading, specify the hypothetical traded price.

Here’s where you can find the action buttons:

Equity and Equity Futures

Equity Futures

Options

Options

Option Strategies

Option Strategy

Track P&L from within Your Portfolio

portfolio 1

Update from within Your Portfolio

portfolio 2

Its never been easier

The first step in improving yourself is to measure yourself. So get with it!

PS: If you open a demat/trading account with us, we’ll keep this updated for you. Make your life simpler 🙂

UBS: Doodh ya Paani?

Gautam Chhaochharia, Head of India Research, UBS Securities picked these 9 stocks during an interview in CNBC. The Money Control transcript can be found here.

In typical StockViz tradition, we have created a Theme out of these recommendations so that you can Follow them and see for yourself if they are doodh ya paani.

Theme: UBS Top 9 Dec-2013