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Amidst the ongoing slump are pockets of hope—companies that are coping better or positioning themselves for an eventual revival.

We are back with another year-end edition for you.
Before we get into it, a quick recap of our 2023 series. Writing when markets were at an all-time high, we stuck our neck out for a bunch of “expensive” stocks because…well…no price is too high for a good business.
The companies that were covered continued to do well for the most part, as did their stocks, even more so until the most recent slump that started in October 2024. Here’s a roundup:

These stocks traded at high price-to-earnings ratios and our contrarian contention was that this ratio was …
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While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.
Purpose-driven finance has powered the digital lender’s growth, but its durability remains in question.