Top 20 turnaround stories of this earnings season: Is it time to buy?

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Top 20 turnaround stories of this earnings season: Is it time to buy? Almost four out of 9 firms gave positive returns despite poor earnings show. However, some companies more than doubled investor wealth in last one year. Valuations worry? Play earnings revival theme before bottomlines begin to swell Some experts believe growth, and not liquidity, would drive the domestic market going forward. At present, MSCI India index trades at 17.7x forward earnings. Don't jump the gun over the bounce in stocks: August is usually painful for Dalal Street With the GST hurdle cleared, the market has no major trigger for the near future. This has given rise to fears that the market may soon head for a correction. Olympics not good for domestic stocks: Keep your fingers crossed The S&P BSE Sensex has a history of losing 1.31 per cent on an average during the Olympic Games, data compiled by ETMarkets.com showed.

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Top 12 rate-sensitive stocks to buy after RBI policy, can give 40% return in 1-2 years The market saw a muted response post the RBI policy statement but the possibility of a rate cut still remains relevant in next one year, feel experts. Don't worry, market not in bubble zone; 5 stocks to buy post Q1 results Mahesh Patil of Birla Sun Life MF says one should stay invested in broader market. The quarterly earnings season is also throwing up a lot of opportunities. Nifty50 earnings up 7% in 4 years, index has grown 64%; where is the mismatch? The gap between share prices and earnings has kept widening for four years now, and now the debate is on whether the ongoing rally will sustain or not. How your financial fortunes changed during Raghuram Rajan's tenure as RBI governor Rajan's performance should be measured more in terms of economic parameters, and not by what some of the foot-in-mouth politicians had to say about him.

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All you need is Rs 20,000 a month for 15 yrs to be a crorepati: Nimesh Shah "As a country, we will be reaping the benefits of this reform over the next five to seven years, and not in next five months," says MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential AMC. Meet the first 200-bagger of 2016, which almost doubled profits in June quarter This company has managed to provide stellar growth quarter after quarter as it moved from being just a gold finance company to a microfinance company.

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Real Estate News

'Over 2 lakh houses built under central schemes in 2 years' JNNURM, RAY, PMAY-U are being implemented for providing low cost houses and related civic amenities to the urban poor including slum dwellers.

Billionaire's fund predicts prolonged slump in India home sales India's property market has been sluggish, driving new project launches down by 9 per cent to 107,120 units in the first half of the year, the lowest in three years.

Supreme Court asks Bengaluru builders to push projects back 75 metres from lakes, wetlands This has been challenged earlier in the top court, which stayed a fine on another entity on an assurance that no further construction activity will be carried out.

24,000 residential units launched during April-June: Study Gurgaon and Noida remained subdued in terms of new launches as developers remained focused in their efforts to address the existing inventory overhang.

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Views and Recommendations

Buy Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., target Rs 555.0 : Systematix Shares & Stock 11 August, 2016, 01:33 PM IST Systematix estimates revenue and profit CAGR of ~8% and ~26% respectively over FY16-18e. buy Buy Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., target Rs 484.0 : Prabhudas Lilladher 11 August, 2016, 01:30 PM IST Prabhudas Lilladher pegged Jubilant Life Sciences PE at 11.1x FY17 and 9.6x FY18 estimated earnings. buy Accumulate JK Cement Ltd., target Rs 828.0 : Systematix Shares & Stock 11 August, 2016, 01:28 PM IST With improved EBITDA, lower tax rate and despite an extraordinary expense, JKCE's PAT was higher than consensus. Accumulate Buy Lupin Ltd., target Rs 1831.0 : Karvy Stock Broking Ltd 11 August, 2016, 01:26 PM IST Karvy Stock Broking has upgraded Lupin's EPS estimates by 6.3% for FY17 and 2.3% for FY18. buy

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