Small-caps have been the reason for portfolio underperformance for most of the investors in 2018. Yogesh Supekar and Dnyanada Kulkarni explore the merits of staying invested in small-caps, while the DSIJ research team recommends top two small-cap stocks to invest in

Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have been on the radar of investors over the past few years. Indeed, many of the leading NBFC players have turned out to be multi-baggers, viz., Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Finance. While the sector has been riding on decent growth trajectory over the past 3 to 5 years, it is worth looking at the sector afresh amidst increasing Advances of the NBFC sector increased by 21.2 per cent and investments increased by 13.4 per cent.

Cement and textile stocks are showing weakness and are underperforming the broader markets. Tanay Loya and Yogesh Supekar explore if these set of stocks have bottomed out and whether good days lie ahead for these sectors.

Understanding the earnings trend is tantamount to deciphering the market trend. Tanay Loya along with Yogesh Supekar demystify the Q4FY18 results, while the DSIJ Research Team focuses on the sectoral performance in the latest quarter

Most long term equity investors will agree they get smitten when the company in which they hold shares declares issue of bonus shares. Very few investors will complain if the companies in which they are invested declare bonus issues. Historically, investors have created wealth in blue chip stocks such as Infosys, RIL, TCS, and Wipro that have issued bonuses from time to time. However, there is empirical evidence to suggest that wealth is also created in the stocks of companies that have not issued bonus shares at all.