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Sectoral Analysis || FMCG Sector || Report

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 Sectoral Analysis || FMCG Sector || Report Economic Overview Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the Indian economy. The FMCG sector is the fourth largest sector in India with household and personal care accounting for 50% of FMCG sales in India. The urban sector contributes about 55% of the total revenue generated by the FMCG sector. However, in the last few years, the trend has changed. FMCG has grown faster in rural areas as compared to urban areas. In India, the retail market is estimated to reach US$1.1 Trillion by 2020 from US$840 Billion in 2017 with trade expected to grow at 20.25% per annum, which will boost the revenue of FMCG company’s risers in rural consumption will drive the growth in the FMCG sector. It contributes about 36% to the overall FMCG spending.  This sector is stiffly influenced by multinational companies’ existence and a strong distribution channel. The trend for this sector is also changing as these products ar...

SMA Trading Strategy Using Python

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This strategy works on the basic logic that whenever the 30 Day Simple Moving Average is greater than the closing price of the stock it gives a Buy signal and whenever the 30 Day SMA is smaller than the closing price then it gives a sell signal. This way we get a clear understanding of when to place a buy order and when to exit our position. I've built this strategy using python and here is the program and logic for the strategy. #import libraries import  pandas  as  pd import  numpy  as  np import  matplotlib.pyplot  as  plt plt.style.use ( 'fivethirtyeight' ) #Load data from  google.colab  import  files files.upload () #Store the data df = pd.read_csv ( 'HDFC.NS.csv' ) #set date as index df = df.set_index ( pd.DatetimeIndex ( df [ 'Date' ] .values )) #show data df #visualize the close price plt.figure ( figsize= ( 16 , 8 )) plt.title ( 'Close Pri...

5 Factors to look out for Life Insurance Stocks

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INTRODUCTION ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. was the first to get listed in 2016, followed by SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd and HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd in 2017. With low insurance penetration and density rates, there is an untapped market where the private sector has immense opportunities to consolidate its positions, considering insurance is a long-term business. This report intends to gather various ratios from the Financials of the above three companies to evaluate how well they are fair by ranking them under metrics discussed below and consequently assessing whether the stock should be bought, held, or sold. FACTORS Market Cap The following is a graph depicting the market cap of the companies at the time of listing and its market cap as of November 26, 2011. HDFC Life has the highest market cap, followed by SBI Life and ICICI Pruli. Hence the rankings under this metric stand as follows. EV Multiple EV Multiple is calculated as the ratio of Enterprise Value to EBITDA....