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What is Greed & Fear cycle (related to stock market however influence all walks of life - Very informative)

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*The analysis of Greed & Fear cycle is not only affects stock markets but all walks of life includes real estate and other investment portfolios which one can easily relate and understand, hope reader of this article will find this piece of information very informative thanks Deepak Sundrani* Greed and fear refer to two opposing emotional states theorized as factors causing the unpredictability and volatility of the stock market, and irrational market behavior inconsistent with the efficient-market hypothesis.  There is an old saying in Wall Street, “Financial markets are driven by two powerful emotions – Greed and Fear” .  Legendary investor, Warren Buffet in his 1986 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders wrote that, “Occasional outbreaks of those two super-contagious diseases, Fear and Greed, will forever occur in the investment community”. Investor behaviour driven primarily by Greed and Fear is responsible for the dizzying highs in bull markets and subsequent crash in bear

Chris Wood Goes More Overweight On India Despite Covid Fears (Greed & Fear Report)

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India’s weight in the Asia Pacific portfolio will rise, Jefferies Chris Wood said in his Greed & Fear report , citing the domestic stock market’s “extraordinary resilience” and optimism on vaccine rollout in the next six months. The Indian ‘overweight’ level on the Asia Pacific relative-return portfolio (excluding Japan) will be increased by 2 percentage points to 14%, back to where it was at the end of last quarter, Wood wrote in the report. That will come by reducing China’s weight by 0.5 percentage points and Malaysia’s by 1.5 percentage points. The fact that MSCI India has underperformed the MSCI AC Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) index by 4% so far this quarter, after outperforming 2.5% in preceding three months, also helped this call. Greed & Fear had reduced India’s ‘overweight’ level at the end of last quarter because of the near-vertical rise in Covid cases from the low reached on Feb. 11, which indicated the arrival of more infectious new variants. On a more short-term basis,

What is Real Estate Private Equity? (Based on US market but Very informative)

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Real Estate Private Equity (REPE) or Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) refers to firms that raise capital to acquire, develop, operate, improve, and sell buildings in order to generate returns for their investors. If you’re familiar with traditional private equity, real estate private equity is the same, but with buildings. As the “private” in “private equity” suggests, these firms raise capital from private investors and deploy that capital to make investments in real estate. There is little standardization to how real estate private equity firms are structured, but they all generally engage in five key activities: Capital raising Screening investment opportunities Acquiring or developing properties Managing properties Selling properties Capital is the lifeblood of any investment firm – without capital to invest, there is no firm. The capital raised by real estate private equity firms comes from Limited Partners (LPs). LPs generally consist of public pension funds, private pension fu

Private Equity Investment In Real Estate Touch Rs 135 Billion In Q1 2021: Report

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Private Equity (PE) investment inflows into the Indian real estate sector stood at USD 1.9 billion (Rs 135 billion) in the first quarter of 2021, according to a report by Savills India. In Q1 2020, PE investment into the sector was at USD 0.65 billion. “The noticeable recovery in the real estate and the increased momentum of investment inflow into the sector is a clear sign of investors’ regaining confidence post the slowdown induced by the pandemic last year. The strong drive for commercial real estate in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad along with increased demand for residential are likely to play pivotal role in attracting more PE funds going forward,” said Diwakar Rana, Managing Director, Capital Markets, Savills India. Despite the remote-working culture, commercial office assets remained the frontrunner during Q1 2021, garnering more than half (58%) share of the investment pie. All the quarterly investment came from foreign institutional investors and was mostly concentrated in t

What are the Startup Funding Stages (Very Informative)

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As a startup founder, it is a must to know the startup funding stages. Knowing where your startup stands can help you, as a startup founder, to determine the value of your startup. If you are yet to see the startup stages, then you came by the right article. A startup is just like a seed; let’s say an apple seed. You want to grow and harvest apples, so you plant the seeds. You water it and nurture it until it sprouts leaves. Still, you took care of the sapling; devoted your time, energy, passion, and money. Years later, you had your first batch of apples. That apple seed is your idea. If you merely left it on a shelf forgotten, it will never grow into a tree. You need to plant it. You need to take your idea into action. But your startup can’t grow bountiful fruit if you leave it as is. As a startup founder, you need to nurture and water your seed. Your startup needs funding to grow. However, startup funding has a lot of stages. This article will help you understand the startup funding

Startup funding: Indian startups raise $3.76B in Q1 2021; early and late-stage firms shine

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Overall funding exercise in the Indian startup ecosystem was constructive in the primary three months of 2021, with startups elevating $3.76 billion in funding throughout 257 offers, publicly obtainable knowledge analysed by YourStory Research confirmed.  In the primary quarter, the full deal worth rose 5 % to $3.76 billion from $3.5 billion a yr earlier, a interval that may largely be thought-about pre-pandemic.  THE VARIETY OF OFFERS IN Q1 ROSE TO 257, UP ABOUT 18 % FROM 218 OFFERS IN Q1 2020 AND UP 70 % ON A SEQUENTIAL FOUNDATION FROM THIS AUTUMN 2020 RANGES. According to YourStory Research, the amount of funding raised and the number of deals seen in Q1 2021 was the highest across the past five consecutive quarters.  Data also shows that early and late-stage deals recorded robust activity, even as the number of growth-stage deals in Q1 fell 10 percent compared to a year ago.  Here’s a look at the five key trends observed in Q1’21 Rise in number of deals of more than $100 million:

Sanitary ware company Jaquar buys three farmhouses in South Delhi for Rs 235 crore

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Brothers Rajesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra, directors of India’s premium sanitary ware company Jaquar, have bought three farmhouses in Delhi’s Westend Greens for around Rs 235 crore, three people aware of the deal said. India’s premium sanitary ware company Jaquar has purchased three farmhouses in Delhi’s Westend Greens for around Rs 235 crore, three people aware of the deal said. The farmhouses bought by the company are spread over 2.5 acres each. Jaquar is promoted by Rajesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra, who entered Forbes India’s rich list in 2019. Sprawling farmhouses in and across the nationwide capital are in demand with rich businessmen and executives searching for extra open areas after being home-bound throughout the Covid-19 disruption. Over 50 transactions for such properties have been closed in the previous six months, in contrast with a mean of two to three offers a month earlier than the Covid-19 outbreak, in accordance with property brokers in New Delhi. “People are looking for open s

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh’s family buys Rs 50-cr sea-view apartment in Mumbai’s Worli

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Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Chairman Deepak Parekh’s family has purchased a sea-view apartment spread over 7,450 sqft in K Raheja Corp’s super-premium project Raheja Artesia in Mumbai’s plush Worli locality for Rs 50 crore. The deal was registered in the name of his wife Smita Parekh on March 30, just a day before the reduced stamp duty benefit announced by the government of Maharashtra was about to come to an end. The buyer has paid Rs 1.50 crore as stamp duty for the registration of the apartment. As part of the deal, Parekh will get access to six car parks along with the apartment, which includes a 6,770 sqft carpet area and balcony area of 273 sqft. According to documents accessed by Zapkey.com, the apartment is on the 25th floor of the under-development project that offers views of Arabian sea and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. “Yes, it is true. There was an independent valuation done by two valuers to ascertain the value of the property so as to confirm that the

Richest Real Estate builders in India 2020?

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Total wealth of top 100 builders in the recently released was up 26% from 2019 to Rs 3,48,660 crore. NEW DELHI: With net worth of Rs 44,270 crore Mangal Prabhat Lodha of Macrotech Developers is the richest builder in India, according to recently release GROHE Hurun real estate rich list 2020. His wealth increased by 39% in the current year. Lodha Group had the highest revenue from operations among all the real estate developers in India during the pandemic hit year 2020, according to the list. With a wealth of Rs 36,430 crore, Rajiv Singh of DLF ranked second on the list and registered an increase of 45% in wealth, backed by 50% rise in DLF's share price. With a 70% increase in wealth and current wealth of Rs 26,260 crore, Chandru Raheja of K Raheja Corp was third on the list of richest developers in India. With a wealth of Rs 23,220 crore, Jitendra Virwani of Embassy Office Parks ranks fourth in the list  while the fifth spot is taken by Niranjan Hiranandani of Hiranandani Communi