Technofunda Investing Weekly Wrap - Issue#27


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Weekly Wrap - Issue # 27

25 May 2024

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πŸ“ˆ Market Kya Lagta Hai

Nifty 50 🟒 +2.19%

Midcap 150 🟒 +1.58%

Smallcap 250 🟒 +0.46%

Sectors in Focus


Major Corporate Developments This Week

  1. Biocon signs licensing deal with Handok INC for commercialisation of Liraglutide in South Korea
  2. Steel strips bags order worth €8 m for Steel wheel business from a leading European OEM
  3. Caplin Steriles, a Subsidiary of Caplin Point Laboratories, has been granted final approval from the USFDA for its ANDA Phenylephrine hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution USP 2.5% and 10% (eye drops), a generic therapeutic equivalent version of the Reference Listed Drug, from Alcon Research LLC
  4. KPI Green board approved stock split in the ratio of 1:2
  5. HCL Tech: Company said it will acquire certain assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Communications Technology Group (CTG) for $225 million, about Rs 1,874 crore
  6. Godrej Properties: Company achieves record sales of over Rs 2,000 crore in Noida project, selling 650 flats
  7. UPL: Company signs joint venture agreement with Aarti Industries for manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals that has applications in multiple downstream industries
  8. Uno Minda: Company says post expansion, capacity of 2w alloy wheel will get enhanced to 7.5 to 8 MN wheels per annum
  9. Shakti Pumps: Company has received 14th patent for Method and Apparatus for Soft Start, Soft Stop, Protection and Brown Out Operation of a Grid Connected Motor from the Patent Office, Government of India
  10. Navin Fluorine: Company unit executed five year material supply agreement for supply of a fluoro intermediate for novel agrochemical product, investment required at 150m rupees
  11. ITC: Company seeks shareholders’ approval on June 6 for hotels business demerger
  12. Reliance Industries: Company and Walt Disney have sought antitrust clearance for their $8.5 billion India media merger
  13. Data Patterns: Company expects to receive another 1,000 cr order intake during the course of this Financial year.
  14. Indian Bank: Company to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore via equity and debt
  15. Keystone Realtors: Company to raise up to β‚Ή1,000 cr via QIP, indicative price at β‚Ή660/sh
  16. IB Real: Completed the acquisition of BLU Annex at an enterprise value of β‚Ή1,150 crore
  17. Adani enterprises: Company board meeting on May 28 to consider proposal of raising of funds by way of issuance equity shares or any other eligible securities

TechnoFunda Investing Quote from Legends -

William O'Neil's quote emphasizes the fundamental economic principle of supply and demand and its paramount influence on the stock market. He argues that the interplay between supply and demand is more critical in determining stock prices than the collective opinions of financial analysts, regardless of their educational background, professional credentials, or intellectual prowess. This underscores the idea that market dynamics driven by the buying and selling behaviors of investors hold greater sway over price movements than theoretical analyses and expert forecasts, highlighting the unpredictable and inherently democratic nature of financial markets.


πŸ“š Book I'm Reading This Week

"When others are greedy be fearful and when others are fearful be greedy" - ill-timed bouts of greed and fear among investors make stock markets volatile. Rational and successful investing is all about restraining and channelizing these emotions and understanding behavioral finance, not market sentiments, crowd behavior or company performances. At a time when market upheavals are eroding investors' confidence, dooming life's earnings and corporate fortunes, and whipping up mass hysteria-Value Investing and Behavioral Finance comes as an antidote to investor anxiety and a guide to sane and safe investment decisions. Using investing trends in Indian capital markets over the last three decades, it shows how collective behavioral biases affect investment decisions, returns and market vagaries. As a corrective, it spells out long-term value and contrarian investing strategies based on the principles of behavioral finance. Further, it advises on how to spot investment opportunities and pitfalls in commodity stocks, growth stocks, PSUs, IPOs, sectors and index stocks. It also alerts the reader to a 'bubble' or crisis situation, and ways to identify and insure against it.


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Relative Strength Line - A Simple, Yet Effective Stock Indicator

The relative strength (RS) line is a straightforward, yet critical tool for assessing how a stock is performing relative to the general market. It serves an important role in identifying winning stocks by comparing their price performance to a market index.

How the Relative Strength Line Works

The line measures the price performance of a stock and compares it to the Index. When shares outperform the Index, the line trends higher. When shares lag the Index, the line trends lower. Because it compares stocks to the broad market, the RS line is great at identifying true leaders. When a leading stock climbs above a buy point, it's bullish if the RS line also makes a new high. In fact, if the line makes new highs before the breakout, that's especially Savory. In a slumping stock market, the relative strength line is especially helpful in making an early identification of emerging leaders β€” often those that lead the next market uptrend.

Putting The RS Line To Use

Breakouts

You'd like to see a relative strength line making new highs as a stock breaks out, or even before a breakout. That's ideal. Sometimes, such as when a stock makes a big move out of a deep base, the RS line is not actually seizing new highs at the breakout. But the direction β€” particularly before the breakout β€” can be an important indicator, corroborating the strength of a stock as you prepare to make an initial buy.

Topping Behavior

After a lengthy rally, a stock may send some topping signals, such as a break below its 10-week moving average in heavy trade. These can be signals to lock in profits. How does the RS line look? Relative strength will often begin to break down before the actual stock price, or simply fall into a lull below its highs. If it is holding near highs, which shows the stock outperforming or holding its own against the market, you may want to wait for additional signals before trimming too much of your position.


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