Large Cap Recommendation Service
At Half-Price”
Which reveals a stock that could double your money
In just 3 years time!
September 20, 2009.
Dear Savvy Investor,
A year's subscription to our Large Cap stock recommendation service, StockSelect, normally costs Rs 5,000.
But for the next 6 days...
or 50% of full price!
So why are we doing this?
Because we have come to know that there are a lot of people who want to try StockSelect... but are hesitating just because of the "Rs 5,000" price tag.
We believe that once you sign up for StockSelect and start making money from our recommendations, you will understand that what you pay for StockSelect is a tiny fraction of what you can make from it.
And then, there's also no risk!
Try StockSelect without risk for 30 days. If you don't like it, get in touch with us before the 31st day, and we'll refund the full fee you paid.
So where's the risk now?
Look, over 80% of our "Buy/Hold" large cap recommendations from the period 2003 to 2007 have met their targets.
For most investors, this by itself would make a good enough reason to subscribe right away.
But since we want to make it even more better for you, we're now also giving away a lot more stuff (as you will see below) to make sure you benefit immensely from our service.
For starters...
Double your money in 3 years. . .
Our research team has zeroed in on a very exciting investment opportunity.
In an industry known for frequent downturns and huge accumulated losses, this company possesses what could be called as one of the best track records. Many factors, some of which are almost impossible to copy, combine together to give the company an undeniable edge.
In fact, an organization which provides one of the most accurate information on the industry has consistently placed the company amongst the globe's top five manufacturers between 2001 and 2006 (with the company emerging as number one on three out of six occasions).
While the company had gotten itself into a bit of trouble by making an acquisition financed with a lot of debt, we believe that the worst is behind it and with some amount of restructuring, it should witness exciting times ahead. In a nutshell, the stock is currently very cheap as compared to the company's true worth and you should therefore be buying it.
Full details about this opportunity will be revealed in our report, which will be available only to StockSelect subscribers.
If you sign up for StockSelect through this offer, you will receive the report immediately upon its release at 2 PM IST on the 26th of September.
The report will be delivered right to your email inbox and also made available in the "members only" area of our website.
So you can access it right away and invest in the company fast, before other investors catch a wind of it and the price goes up.
Click here to subscribe
And why StockSelect?
Yes, I'm getting to that now...
You see, the truth is way too many people take chances when investing in stocks. Time and time again, they bet their hard-earned money on little known companies.
And when you ask them why they decided to invest in such risky stocks, the common reply is that they wanted to multiply their money fast... and somebody - usually a friend or a broker - told them these stocks could do that for them.
How shocking is that!
History is filled with examples of people who lost everything in the stock market trying to become rich quickly.
You don't want to end up like them, do you?
Leading Automotive company. . . Safely!
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Yes! Imagine buying a company which controls 2/3rd of the Indian commercial vehicle market, and has in its stable some of the best selling four wheelers in the country... for dirt cheap!
If indeed there were just one example of the 'Great Indian Corporate Sale', it would have been difficult to beat Tata Motors.
This company sells about three hundred thousand commercial vehicles and more than two hundred thousand passenger vehicles every year.
Therefore, in view of the attractive valuations, we asked our investors to take advantage of the sale.
Those who have are currently sitting on an impressive 270% gain. And there could be lot more to come.
Though Tata Motors is a good company with strong fundamentals, it ran into some pretty turbulent weather at the time... and that led many people to believe the company was about to go bankrupt.
In fact, when we zeroed in on Tata Motors, its stock value had fallen about 75% from its highest levels in 2008.
But we saw the future prospects for the company to be extremely good.
So while everybody else was recommending a SELL on this stock, we suggested to our subscribers that they buy it instead.
And the stock is up 270% since then.
on India's largest oil company. . .
Again without any risk!
There's no way that international crude oil prices would have remained in the mid 30s per barrel which they had touched during the depths of the bear market.
Everyone believed the prices will go lower still. We believed otherwise and went about looking for investment opportunities in oil.
The best thing, of course would have been to play in the crude oil futures market. However, we have no expertise in that.
So we did the next best thing instead.
We took an exposure to rising crude oil prices through ONGC, India's largest public oil exploration company.
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What's more, we also got access to a management with a wealth of experience in the field and a balance sheet that was rock solid.
And when oil prices started to look up as we had anticipated, our recommendation was rewarded with 83% gains in a matter of few months.
You Don't Have To Invest In Risky Stocks
To Become Rich
Let me repeat it one more time so that it's absolutely clear...
You don't have to invest in risky stocks to become rich.
In contrast, you can get rich without taking any risk at all... by investing in the safest and sturdiest of all stocks - the Blue-chip stocks.
There are two major misconceptions people have when it comes to blue-chip stocks:
a) You cannot get them dirt-cheapWrong!
b) You cannot make huge returns from them
Dirt-cheap!
Take Zee Entertainment for example...
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We recommended this media company when there was a general pessimism towards Indian equities.
Investors were dumping stocks left, right and center. They failed to realize that this company belongs to a sector where a slowdown is going to have minimal impact, not to mention that the company continued to hold promise from a long term perspective.
This brought down the price of the stock greatly and made it attractive for investors.
Furthermore, what made the case for Zee entertainment even more compelling was its firmly established position in the entertainment and broadcasting space.
Hence, we recommended it to our subscribers...
And when market came back to its senses, the stock had a fantastic run... going up by more than 68% in a span of few months.
from blue-chip stocks!
Like in the case of Maruti Suzuki...
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A strong balance sheet with virtually no debt, a formidable market reputation and a presence in a market where car penetration is woefully low were not enough reasons for investors to realize the long-term potential of this stock.
But we're not complaining.
When a mass exodus from the counter began, we knew we had a winner on our hands and if we sit patient for 2-3 years, attractive returns will follow.
Luckily, it took markets a lot less than that to figure out the true potential of the company and there has been no looking back since.
And it is now up a handsome 166% since our recommendation.
So what was the common thing in all these cases that made investing in these stocks so profitable, and so non-risky?
2) They were all blue-chip companies IN DISTRESS
Maybe you've wondered why so many people prefer blue-chips to other stock investments.
It's simple...
Because blue-chips are all well-established companies with stable earnings and no extensive liabilities.
So the risk associated with blue-chips is very low, and you can be assured of steady returns and dividends from them year after year.
- They are well-managed and have consistently performed across business cycles
- They have the resources to not only weather the downturns and disturbances, but also emerge stronger from them
- Long-term prospects for blue-chips are outstanding
And then, there's also a strong belief among investors that blue-chips are virtually immune to any and all kinds of problems.
That's not really the case.
The truth actually is that...
From Time To Time
The reasons could be anything like...
When things like that happen, the demand for the blue-chip stock falls temporarily... bringing its price down and making it available to you at a discount!
- Change in the company's top management
- Some new initiatives started by the company turning out to be failures
- Fall in demand for the company's product in the market
- Bad economy
- ...or anything else for that matter
This is when you need to act fast and grab the stock.
If you manage to do that, you can assure yourself of big returns from blue-chip stocks also.
Let me give you just two more examples...
Top Public Sector Bank
Yes, I'm talking about SBI...
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We recommended this banking behemoth at a time when some of the largest banking companies globally had succumbed to the credit crisis or had been at the mercy of bailouts, making the case for large institutions weak.
However, SBI had more to it than its limited exposure to global markets, mark to market losses on its investment book and possibility of default in mortgage loans.
It had 20% share of the Indian banking system's deposits and advances and was the only one to grow its share in FY09 with the help of its franchise that is the largest in the sector.
Thus, when investors failed to realize this and dumped the stock, we whole heartedly recommended it to our subscribers... making them party to an impressive 63% gains.
a Cement major. . .
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Agreed that the cement sector is going to witness some sort of capacity glut in the medium term.
Also agreed that there was so much fear all around, especially towards the end of 2008 that it was difficult to believe that infrastructure and construction activity will not go into a sound sleep for quite some time to come.
But if valuations get beaten down to levels when cement capacities are available at half the replacement cost - especially those of a strong player like Ultra Tech in an economy like India where growth will suffer cyclical but not structural blips - such opportunities need to be seized and seized big time.
This is exactly what we did and the 87% returns since our recommendation eventually proved us right.
Hence the secret to getting rich in the stock market SAFELY is...
And making huge returns on them when they
Grow rapidly in a few years
If you've been in the stock market long enough, you'll know about the fascination investors had for small caps until about 20 months ago when the bull market was at its peak.
At that time, spending as much money as you can on Small Caps was a fad among investors.
Many "Small Cap Millionaires" sprung up quickly as a result of that.
However, when the stock market crashed in January 08, many of these small companies got wiped out completely.
Suddenly, nobody was talking about small caps so much anymore.
Well, that's the thing about all the companies that are not Blue-chip -- one day they're there, and the next...
Of course, no investment is 100% guaranteed. Not even Blue-chips!
But with the BIG companies, you can be confident that they will not disappear overnight and take your investments with them.
I don't know about you, but I'd prefer grabbing a safe 100% return in 3-4 years anytime... Rather than invest my money on some hyped-up small company, never knowing when my gains would be wiped out.
Can Give You Amazing Returns
You need to know exactly which big companies are likely to make bigger returns for you and of course, when is the right time to buy them.
And this is where Equitymaster comes in...
You see, we've got this Premium research service called StockSelect.
Simply stated...
If you're looking at building a portfolio of blue-chip stocks that will deliver steady returns over the long term, then StockSelect is the service you need to be subscribed to.StockSelect tells you which big companies are a "must-have" for your portfolio... and more importantly, it notifies you as and when they're available at attractive valuations.
It works on a simple principle - buying great companies at bargain prices and making staggering returns on them when the company grows rapidly in a few years.
Consider GAIL for example...
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GAIL is to India's gas transportation sector what SBI is to the Indian banking system... and infact, a little more.
When we recommended the stock, it was yet another compelling growth story available at great valuations. And the stock has not disappointed, rising an impressive 75% from the time we recommended the stock in January 2009.
Not a bad return at all in just 5 months.
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Please understand that we make all our predictions with a 3-4 year period in mind.
However, in some situations, the markets get into action and bump up the stock price faster than expected. In other cases, a market crash leads to the stock price falling rapidly. So our advice to you is that you ignore the near-term variations and focus only on what you could make in 3-4 years time. |
Great companies always recover when the storm passes.
So if you buy the blue-chip stocks at the right time, you could easily make attractive returns over 3-4 years.
52 Blue-chip Recommendations. . .
Every Saturday, we'll send you a StockSelect report recommending a Buy/Hold/Sell on one large cap company.
In this report, we will provide you detailed and extensive analysis of the company along with our expert opinions.
The important things to note here are...
- All our recommendations are supported by thorough research - we list out the reasons to buy and also the investment concerns that we foresee
- We travel far and wide to meet companies before we put out reports on them
- For each stock, we clearly state the target price and also the time horizon for achieving the same
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Marico is yet another example of a good quality stock getting beaten down due to the overall negative sentiment prevailing in the stock market.
Not only did the valuations start looking attractive when they suffered a hammering but the company's business model was also undergoing a transformation for the better.
From just coconut oils, the company had extended its portfolio to cover the entire gamut of hair care segments, edible oils, jams, soaps and skin products, growing its topline at a compounded annual rate of 20% over the past 5 years.
The remarkable aspect of the company's performance was its dominant market share in each of the categories it operated in.
You tell me - how can one not scoop up such companies especially when the market has lost its rationality?
Echoing our predictions, the stock has returned a cool 79% from the time we recommended it to our subscribers.
Listen carefully...
Even though large cap companies are a dime a dozen, it's still important to know which stocks are the right stocks and what is the right price to buy these stocks.
StockSelect tells you just that!
By subscribing to StockSelect, you'll be notified of 52 blue-chip Buy/Sell opportunities at the right time.
You can then explore the opportunities further if you like, and pick a final list of blue-chip stocks to invest in.
In addition to these, we also release special reports from time to time on attractive large caps opportunities (like the Tata Motors example we discussed above).
Fast action takers will benefit from these reports also.
Ongoing Research on
The Companies Recommended. . .
At the end of each quarter we review all the stocks that we recommended during the six month period prior to that.
We provide subscribers our latest analysis on all those recommendations... and whether we maintain our views on them or have changed the same.
We illustrate in detail our reasons for maintaining the stance or change in stance, and finally summarize all of those into a table as you can see below:
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Apart from these quarterly reviews, another thing that forms part of the "ongoing coverage" is the Quarterly Result Analysis that we write for all companies under coverage... wherein we also mention whether the results are in line with our estimates or not, and whether we maintain our view on the stock or not.
Given that the markets are likely to remain bumpy for at least another year, this kind of information can come in very handy.
Here's what one subscriber had to say about our review reports...
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"I appreciate your dedication in giving periodic reviews and outlook/current recommendations. This is a stand out feature in your basket!"
- Srinivasan S, an Equitymaster Subscriber. |
These are articles and reports that are available to our premium subscribers only.
We release over 800 of them every year.
You might understand that there a lot of factors influencing the stock price, most of which need to be monitored regularly. So from time to time, we release instant reports and updates on various companies.
These articles include excerpts of management meetings, extracts of conference calls, updates on the happenings in a company and our personal views on it, and so on.
This is all "unadulterated" information and it will serve as a valuable input for your investment decision.
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It's online, and is available to you 24 hrs a day.
It's always updated with the latest stock prices... and you also get a number of reports to help you understand your portfolio better.
The Portfolio Tracker usually costs Rs 330 for a year. But by subscribing to StockSelect, you get it absolutely FREE.
The Investment Guide for Women
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But despite this, our studies show that even today women are not as active as men when it comes to making investments.
Most women just prefer to stack all their money in bank accounts. A few others go for fixed and provident fund deposits. But this is where it ends for most.
And there's a good reason for this too...
So far there haven't been many investing guides written exclusively for women. Most of them are just general investment guides that make investing look more difficult than it is.
That's why... keeping in mind the interests of women investors, Equitymaster has come out with "Rendezvous with Money: The Investment Guide for Women" which discusses investing totally from a woman's perspective.
In this guide we've tried to discuss various aspects of investing in simple terms, so that the reader is not unnecessarily confused or overwhelmed.
So if you'd like your wife to be a little more enthusiastic about saving, your daughter to take an active interest in planning her financial life, or your friend to make better informed investment decisions... give them a copy of 'Rendezvous with Money - The investment guide for women'.
It's absolutely FREE! So you can give it away with our compliments to as many women as you like.
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But we believe this is only the beginning.
In fact, we have good reasons to think the price of gold is all set to go up further by as much as 50% by the year 2012!
Yes! Given the economic uncertainties that the world is facing currently, more and more investors have begun to see gold as the best alternative to stocks and currencies which are known to depreciate during periods of crisis.
That means its demand... and more importantly, its price... are only going to increase from here on in.
And that's exactly why we're advising strongly that you invest in gold right away.
Complete details about this opportunity have been given in our new special report titled, "The Right Time to Buy Gold Is... NOW!"
You get this report FREE when you sign up to StockSelect.
(CD Version)
The Equitymaster Yearbook is a guide consisting of financial analysis and business profiles of the leading 200 companies in India.
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Fundamentals such as profitability, share valuations and trends in growth are revealed at a glance.
Apart from the current data, the Yearbook also provides information on the history of each company and its progress and transformation over time.
Simply put, this book offers accurate, unbiased and detailed data on leading companies, sectors and economy... all in one place!
Maybe you're someone who has an interest in tracking the progress of the Indian economy and leading Indian companies through time, but don't know how to.
Or maybe you're looking for a gift for someone you wish to initiate into the world of 'smart' investing.
Whatever the case, you will find the Yearbook extremely useful and informative.
The Yearbook costs Rs 750 to buy separately. But if you subscribe to StockSelect through this offer, you get it absolutely FREE. (Your copy of the Yearbook will reach you by the 15th of October, 2009.)
So to summarize, here's all you get by signing up to StockSelect...
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And in addition to all these...
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As soon as we receive the car, we will conduct a lucky draw to finalize the winner.
Could that winner be you?
Sure, why not?
But to give yourself a chance, you have to become a premium subscriber of Equitymaster first.
And for that, you must first sign up for StockSelect now.
So you now have 4 very good reasons to subscribe to StockSelect RIGHT AWAY:
Why delay more?
1) To make use of this limited time opportunity to sign up for Rs 2,500
2) To get our upcoming report on a stock that could double your money in 3 years
3) To get the Equitymaster Yearbook 2010 costing Rs 750 absolutely free
4) To become eligible to win a Tata Nano
(see terms of offer.)
This offer will be available till September 26th only, and we really don't want you to miss out.
If you make use of this offer, you can subscribe to StockSelect at highly discounted prices and "test drive" the service for 30 days without risk.
During this one month, you'll get 4 current issues of StockSelect... plus access to archives of all the previous issues.
After going through the current and past issues, you should have a good idea of whether StockSelect is for you.
If you don't like what you see, just let us know before the 31st day and we will refund the entire price - no questions asked.
Sounds good?
Click here to subscribe
To your wealth,
Rahul Goel
Chief Executive Officer
Equitymaster.com
P.S.: This offer closes on the 26th of September. So sign up early and additionally get...
1) Our two Special guides - "Rendezvous with Money: The Investment Guide for Women" and "The Right Time To Buy Gold Is... NOW!"
2) The next StockSelect report revealing an opportunity that could double your money in 3 years
3) A copy of the Equitymaster Yearbook 2010 costing Rs 750 absolutely FREE
4) An opportunity to win a Tata Nano
5) ...and much more.
P.P.S.: Try StockSelect for 30 days without risk. If you don't like it, cancel your subscription before the 31st day and we'll refund the entire subscription fee. Fair enough?
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