Guest Lecture by Mr. Sonal Sachdev, Investment Editor, Intelligent Investor

The 2nd in the series of guest lectures at MFC was on the 10th of August 2002, by Mr. Sonal Sachdev, Investment Editor, Intelligent Investor.

The main focus of his address was on various issues that need to be considered while investing in equity market.

The following are the main highlights of his talk:

• Information about the company is the most critical factor in selecting it for reinvestment.
• With markets becoming global, it is imperative to understand the risks associated with a company
• The valuations of a company should depend, along with the price, on EPS, cash flows, discounted cash flows, enterprise resource, etc.
• Monitoring the portfolio is the most important aspect of investing
• Corporate governance of a company plays a major role in determining its investment worth.

His advice to the student community was to understand and use the fundamentalists' way in investing. The talk was followed by an interactive question answer session.