Trading rules in stock market for beginners

Whether you enter the market with a trading mindset or an investing mindset, you cannot deny the fact that you want to make money fast and get rich as quickly as possible. You are also unsure about your attitude, whether you are made for trading or investing or none of that, and how much return can be generated realistically from either investing or trading. 

Well you need to find those answers yourself by experiencing the markets and reading others but if you want to be a successful trader then following are some of the very important rules to remember. These trading rules are compiled from the saying of some of the most successful traders on earth.

National Savings Securities - Cumulative: The CPI indexed bonds

Bonds indexed to retail inflation finally became reality in India after long wait. Following are the major highlights of the bond and it's merits and demerits.

National Savings Securities - Cumulative, is an inflation indexed bond which tracks consumer inflation and not wholesale inflation. 

These bonds seek to protect people's savings from price rise, by offering returns over and above inflation at the retail level (Consumer Price Inflation).

Portfolio update

Due to recent correction in Indian stock markets after making new high on 13th Dec 2013, some stocks have come down to attractive valuations and hence the today's (17th Dec) dip was utilized to buy into some quality names thereby allocating more than 50% of the idle cash that was there in the portfolio as on 4th Dec 2013.

Check out the following page for the updated portfolio: Amit Agarwal Model Portfolio

CPI Inflation at all time high

The retail price (CPI) index-based inflation jumped to an all-time high of 11.24%, driven primarily by high vegetable prices. The inflation stood at 10.09% in October, entering double digits for the first time  in six months. The biggest culprit was vegetables where the inflation zoomed to 61.60% in November against 45.67% in October. Overall, food and beverages  inflation rose to 14.72% from 12.56%  over  the period.

High retail as well as wholesale inflation could spoil the rally going on in equities as further rise in interest rate is inevitable. Economists think  that RBI would  tighten monetary policy further at  its review  next week.

Stock Markets in India all set to touch new high

With decisive win of BJP in 4 state elections, stock markets in India are going to be very joyful for at least couple of days if not couple of weeks on the hopes of them forming the govt in center after national election in 2014. 

This coupled with the fact that Power grid FPO received tremendously positive response from retail investors also provides lot of comfort in the rally. Any further leg to the upward movement in Sensex or nifty have to be supported by retail investors which seems to been reappearing since past couple of months. Mid and small cap stocks with low ticker price will surely get active in coming months if market stays comfortable at higher levels. 

Given the fact that Powergrid FPO sucked in more than 40000 crores from the market which was largely the money pulled from secondary market, once the FPO shares are listed around 3rd week of December the additional 35000 crores, which were blocked in the FPO, will get reinvested in secondary market which could propel the markets even higher.

Sectors that might outperform:

Guess the Chart - November 2013

This month's puzzle is not as easy as the previous month's puzzle as the price band at which the stock is trading is the price band of many stocks and the movement it has witnessed since past 5 years is not very unique or exclusive. Answer will be revealed by 8th Dec 2013.

Some clues to help you in guessing the chart:

1. As visible on the chart the stock has been a big multibagger and has been a very strong recommendation at InvestorZclub since past couple of years.

New insider trading norms to benefit minority shareholders in India

By definition "Insider trading is when company insiders such as promoters, senior management and directors trade in the stock of their own company on the basis of information which is not available to the public shareholders". Under current insider trading norms promoters and other company insiders have to make a disclosure with the stock exchange within five days of the trades. 

Security Exchange Noard of India or Sebi’s committee feels the post-trade disclosure puts minority shareholders at disadvantage and hence under proposed new norms promoters and top executives, intending to buy or sell shares of their companies, will have to inform the market well in advance before such transactions. Once Sebi makes it a rule, promoters and insiders may have to specify a window, maybe up to three months in prior, during which they would buy or sell their own shares.

Britannia Industries - The Expensive Multibagger

On 27th May 2011 we recommended Britannia Industries (See article here: Ting Ting Tding) at Rs.391 in-spite of being expensive (35 time PE multiple) at that time. Prima facie the stock was expensive on PE front but the growth was cheap as the company was growing at very high pace. Guess what? the stock is still expensive today and is up more than 250% from the recommended price. Closing price of Britannia Industries as on 1st Nov was Rs.940

Fundamentally the company has done exceptionally well with sales and net profit up around 40% and 60% respectively between FY-11 and FY-13 (See charts below). High brand value and size of opportunity for its products across rural india is keeping the stock expensive which is now trading at a PE multiple of 50 times FY-13 EPS. Rise in EPS and further appreciation in PE multiple made the stock multi-bagger.

So what should you do with the stock now?

Sensex journey from 21k to 21k

Sensex, the so called barometer of Indian economy, touched 21000 again on 24th Oct 2013 after almost 3 years gap but why the street doesn't seems to be cheering at all? The reason is that Sensex is not the true barometer of Indian economy as it comprises only 30 large Indian companies. 

SMEs are a major part of our economy and they are in terrible state today due to high inflation, low demand and policy uncertainties  Indian economy is in far terrible state than it was during Nov 2010 when sensex was last seen at 21000. INR is at 61.50 today while it was 44.50 three years ago. Fiscal deficit and current account deficit was in far better shape than it is today. 

Indian IT companies Result and Valuation comparison

Stocks of software service companies in India has been on tear away rally since the beginning of this year and top 5 biggies (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra) are up anywhere between 50% to 75% YTD. 

The run up in IT stocks in India happened on the back of two primary reasons - better demand outlook in US & Europe and massive depreciation of Indian currency vis-a-vis USD-GBP-EUR. CNX IT index is up more than 50% since January 2013.

CNX IT Index 3 year Chart

Sell Tata Steel 370 Call Option at a premium of Rs 0.90

With Tata Steel stock up more than 21% in October alone and up around 73% (Price as on 21st Oct Rs 337) from the August low of 195, the rally has been more than justified and the stock is no longer attractive on valuations front. High debt and soft commodity prices will continue to put pressure on company's earnings in coming quarters. Technically 100 week average for Tata Steel is around 370 and 20 month average is around 360.

Hence option traders can sell 370 call option of Tata steel of October expiry at current market premium of 0.90 thereby generating a return of more than 1.6% in 8 days.

Idea Cellular at life time high

Since we recommended "Buy on Idea Cellular" around 2 years ago, the stock has gone up more than 160% and has overtaken Bharti Airtel as the most favorite telecom stock in India. Fundamentally also the company has one of the healthiest balance sheet with debt-to-equity ratio of 0.9, lower than RCom’s 1.2 and Bharti Airtel’s 1.44.

Idea is now the only telecom operator to have delivered positive returns to its shareholders in the past six years, including the 2008 market crash. At present, Idea’s stock price is 32 per cent higher than that at the beginning of 2008, when the stock market was at its peak. 

Guess the Chart - Oct 2013

"Guess the Chart" is an educational yet fun filled game initiated by InvestorZclub. There will be one anonymous chart, based on Indian Stock Markets, that will be put up on blog every month. You have to guess the company name and write your answer in the comments. The correct answer will be revealed at the end of each month. Some clues will be provided along with the chart to help you find the company name.

Let's see your tuning to the market! Good Luck.

Guess the Chart - October 2013

Which Company's stock chart is given above? 

Clue 1: The Stock Closing price was below Rs 20 at NSE on 7th Oct 2013.

Clue 2: The Stock is part of BSE Group B but used to be a part of Group A sometimes back.

Clue 3: Once market's favorite, the company reported loss in Q1 of current financial Year FY-14

India GDP growth forecast 2013 - 2014

With Indian macro in doldrums since the twin deficits went into uncomfortable zone and industrial growth came to an almost grinding halt, a slew of GDP downgrades have happened since July 2013. The numbers pegged by global rating agencies and financial institutions range from 4 to 5.7 percent for FY-14. The most recent downgrade came in from the stable of Asian Development Bank (ADB) which has lowered India’s growth projection for 2013-14 to 4.7 per cent from 6 per cent earlier, stating that the recent rupee depreciation and capital outflows could adversely impact the economy.

Growth Forecast for 2013-2014 (%)
RBI	5.5
HSBC	4.0
Goldman Sachs	4.0
PMEAC	5.3
Fitch	4.8
ADB	4.7
World Bank	5.7
IMF	5.6
InvestorZclub	5.0

The Reserve Bank of India has also lowered the growth projection for 2013-14 to 5.5 per cent from its earlier estimate of 5.7 per cent. World Bank has the most optimistic target of 5.7% while HSBC and Goldman Sachs forecasting the growth to be at 4%. 

India Q1 FY 2014 CAD in line with expectations

The current account deficit for the April-June quarter of current financial year has come inline with expectation at $16.9 billion or 4.9% of GDP. The reading for the second quarter (July-September) is expected to be better due to growth in exports in Q2 and significant drop in import of gold. The overall CAD for FY14 is expected to be less than 4.0% of GDP. India's Finance Minister has set the FY-14 target for CAD at 3.7% or $70 billion. 

Sell Nifty 5750 Put Option of Sep expiry at 7.00

Considering the setup of options data on Nifty where in the maximum open interest of around 10 million shares are built at 5900 strike, it seems Nifty is likely to close between 5850 to 5950 in September expiry. Put call ratio of 1.07 at 5900 strike all suggest equilibrium of perception at this level. Accommodating the margin of safety one can write 5750 put option of Nifty at current premium of 7.00 thereby generating a return of around 1.5% in 2 days. 

Compound Interest is the eighth wonder - Albert Einstein

No wonder the world's most intelligent person, Albert Einstein, realized the power of compounding much before than anyone else. He once said that "Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it". Your saved money earns money and your earned money also earns money thereby making your wealth grow at exponential rate.

India Inc Advance Tax Payment - Q2 FY 2014

India Inc preliminary advance tax payment data for second quarter of FY 2013 - 2014 suggest 7 to 8 percent growth compared to last year. While the pressure points are clearly visible in PSU banking and cement companies, Technology, private sector banks and consumer companies seems to be doing well. 

CLSA Outlook on TCS Stock Price Misleading

CLSA recent report on TCS stock price target of Rs 2200 in medium term and it's potential to attain a market value of $100 billion over next few years is very misleading for investors in general as they might get into the stock at current levels which is exorbitantly high in our view. 

We believe all the good news in terms of currency depreciation and U.S recovery are largely discounted in the stock prices of all the IT companies in general as they have outperformed Nifty by as high as 50% since the start of this year. 

CLSA is recommending a stock which has gone up 20% in 7 trading session from 22nd Aug 2013 to 30 Aug and around 50% in 2 months from June end to August end. 20% and 50% upmove might not be very high for a small or mid sized company but for a company of size around 3,96,000 crores it is huge. In two months since the end of June this year it has added more than 1.2 Lakh crores of market value equivalent to entire Wipro.

	TCS	Infosys	Wipro(IT)	HCL Tech	Tech Mahindra#
Market Value	396000	178000	119200	72400	32000
Revenue	62989	40350	37688	25734	14500
Net Profit	13941	9421	6105	4099	1950

Indian Rupee (INR) vs Pakistan Rupee (PKR)

Forget USD, you will be surprised to see that Indian Rupee has weakened by more than 15% against Pakistan rupee in past 3 months. Three months back an Indian Rupee could fetch 1.85 PKR (Pakistani Rupee) while now as on 28th Aug it's fetching just 1.54.

Countries that support Syria vs Nations against Syria

The countries in the region and western world are divided over the military attack on Syria following the suspected chemical attack carried out in country against it's people which has claimed more than 300 lives. If the tension increases, it could have serious repercussion for financial markets globally. 

Following is the summary of each countries stand as far as military action in Syria is concerned.

Crude Oil historical price in India: 10 year chart

As of 27th August 2013, the crude oil basket in India crossed Rs. 7500 per barrel on MCX, an all time high level due to INR at all time low of 66 plus against USD.

Sell Tata Steel 310 Call at 0.60 premium

Tata Steel has moved up sharply from the lows of 195 (7th Aug) to 180 (23rd Aug) due to short covering and improving fundamentals of steel domestically. However a 44% rise has been too steep in short period of time and hence might face significant resistance going forward. As on 29th May 2013, the stock started it's steep fall from 322 odd levels to a low of 195, and technically a 61.8% Fibonacci retrenchment ends at 275 odd level which could broadly be a big supply zone. 

Valuation wise Tata steel is trading at around 6 times EV to EBIDTA which is expensive compared to Arcellor Mittal Valuation which is trading at around 5.6 times EV to EBIDTA based on FY-14. Considering all these factors once can sell 310 call option of Tata Steel at current premium of 0.60 and generate 1.2% return on margin amount in 4 days.

Total Return from the trade:

Considering one is able to sell the Aug Call option of Tata Steel 310 strike price at current market premium of 0.60 he/she can generate following return from this trade:

USD vs INR: Is this the top?

Ask any exporter, importer, analyst, currency expert or economics expert no one would have imagined 20% plus fall in Indian currency vs USD in matter of less than 4 months. INR depreciated from 53.80 levels on 1st May 2013 to 65.50 as on 22nd Aug 2013 a sharp fall of 21.7% in less than 4 months. 

Point taken that our currency is not alone in this fall and other emerging market currencies having high current account deficits fell sharply as well like Brazilian Real (BRL) is also down around 20% since 1st of May 2013 but the fall has been too much, particularly for INR, in very short span of time and the reversal is inevitable. Just consider the following facts:

1. Indian Economy is expected to grow by at least 5% in FY-14 and at least 6.0% in FY-15 vs U.S economy expected GDP growth rate of 2.6% in FY-14 and 2.8% in FY-15. In terms of growth rate difference India should continue to attract growth oriented capital from west from medium to long term perspective.

Emerging Market Currencies vs USD

The talks of United Stated Fed tapering has made emerging market currencies go into tailspin. Some countries such as India and Brazil has lost more than 15% of it's currency value against USD since 1st of May 2013 which has led to both equity and bond market selloff. Indian Rupee fell to all time low of Rs 64.50 against the greenback on 21st Aug 2013.

Is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala betting on Auto sector in India?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, known for his contra bets, seems to have turned bullish on Autos as he recently bought over 6 lakh shares of Escorts at around Rs.88 on 14th August when stock got locked in 20% upper circuit. 

Escort delivered good set of number in the 3rd quarter of FY-14 and is trading at attractive valuation based on TTM EPS. The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 16.23 per share including EPS of Jun, 2013 quarter. The latest book value of the company is Rs 131.94 per share. At Rs.88 the stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 5.46 and price-to-book value at 0.67. 52 week high low for the stock is 95.40 - 48.40 respectively.

NSDL Transaction Charges

With effect 1st September 2013, Depositories (NSDL and CSDL) has levied transaction charges of Rs 4.5 and Rs 5.5 per ISIN respectively on debit instruction. These charges are irrespective of the transaction value and would be levied on delivery Sell trades in cash segment.

Points to note:

• NSDL/ CDSL charges are levied only on Delivery Sell transaction and not on Delivery Buy transactions

• NSDL / CDSL charges are levied on per scrip basis at net level.

• NSDL / CDSL charges are levied per scrip irrespective of value or quantity of transaction

• There is no change for Intra-day transaction or F&O transactions.

• Applicable service tax would be levied.

Brokerage Houses View on Hindalco Industries

With Q1 Fy 2014 results slightly disappointing, most of the global brokerage firms have published their ratings on the India's Largest Aluminium Company. Some have retained their previous rating while others have reduced their price target on the stock. 

Following is the list of brokerage houses and their rating and price targets for Hindalco Industries.

Individual's Forex Limit for Investing outside India

In order to curb dollar outflow and control current account deficit, the Reserve Bank of India has reduced the limit of forex an Individual can remit from India under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). Earlier the limit was $2,00,000 (Two Hundred Thousand) which is now reduced to $75,000 (Seventy Five Thousand) as on 14th Aug 2013.

Arvind Mayaram, Economic Affairs Secretary, said that individuals can no longer use forex for buying realty abroad however genuine forex needs can be approved by the apex bank. According to the revised norms, an Indian can now invest overseas only upto 100% of his networth compared to 400% earlier. 

Limit on rupee gifts to Non Resident Indians also cut to $75,000 a year. In 2102-13 outward remittance under LRS was more than $1.2 billion.

Infrastructure Companies Debt and Stock Valuation

Since past 5 years, every time there was a big fall in infrastructure related stocks, investors felt that was the bottom and could not fall further only to be disappointing as the stock of those companies kept falling relentlessly. Majority of the boom time infra stocks are now virtually penny stocks, down more than 95% from it's peak and around 90% from 2010 highs.

Take for instance GMR infrastructure which was ruling at Rs 70 in Jan 2010 is now trading at Rs.12 as on 7th Aug 2013. Lanco Infratech has fallen 93% to Rs.5 from the levels of Rs.75 it was at in August 2010. GVK power fell from 52 levels in Jan 2010 to Rs.6 again a fall of more than 88%. HCC touched a high of 81 on 18th Jan 2010 and has fallen to Rs 10 as on 7th Aug 2013, a fall of around 88% in 3.5 years. HCC peaked at Rs140 in Jan 2008. Nagarjuna Constructions is down more than 90% since June 2010. The stock touched a high of Rs.192 in June 2010 but has now come down to Rs.19.

Allahabad Bank Dividend Yield and History

Public Sector Banks stocks have fallen like house of cards on the back of heavy portfolio selling fearing the exponential rise in non performing assets in coming months. 

The gross and net non-performing assets of almost all public sectors banks are rising fast since past couple of quarters mainly due to debt restructuring and casualties in specific large accounts. However the steep fall in stock prices have made most of the PSBs attractive for medium to long term investors as they are trading at historical low valuations and high dividend yields.

HUL Q1 FY 2014 Result Analysis

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) reported average set of numbers for the first quarter of current financial year with tepid volume growth of just 4% YOY. Net profit reported for the quarter was at Rs.1,019 crores on revenues of Rs.6,687.49 crores against net profit of Rs.1331.19 crores on revenues of Rs.6,250.15 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

Year on Year the net profit has fallen 23% while revenues have gone up 7%. For FY-14, HUL is expected to generate around Rs.28000 crores of revenue and Net profit of Rs.4000 crores, against revenue of Rs.26317 crores and Net profit of Rs.3829 crores in FY-13.

Wockhardt Ltd: Valuation bubble burst

Many investors and traders might have been curious to know what went wrong in the well know pharmaceutical company Wockhardt Ltd and why it's stock fell like nine pins in the past couple of months. 

The main reason for the fall is valuation bubble burst. Investors are paying the price of irrational exuberance as Wockhardt continue to crash from the peak of 2170 made in March this year. The stock has fallen 70% since then and has lost around 17000 crores of market value in 4 months . As on 24th July the stock closed at Rs.660 and has a market value of Rs.7244 crores.

Reliance Industries Q1 FY - 2014 Result Analysis

Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced first quarter results which were inline with street expectations with slight disappointment on GRM front. Following are the key takeaways from the RIL's Q1 FY - 2014 results.

Net profit in Q1 FY - 2014 is lower than previous quarter (Q4 FY-2013). The refining giant reported Rs 5,589 crore in March 2013 while it posted Rs 5,352 crore in June 2013.

Sell Infosys 1700 Put Option of July series at 6.50

With Infosys q1 result scheduled on 12th July, the Implied Volatility across deep in the money Puts and far out of the money calls are very high resulting in reasonable premiums for even 1700 Put or 3200 calls which are almost 30% away from current market price of 2540.

In our view  1700 Put option is highly safe considering the current valuation of the company and expectation from N. Murthy. 

Traders can sell Infosys 1700 put at current premium of 6.5 thereby earning a return of almost 2.5% in 14 days.

Total Return from the trade:

Considering one is able to sell the July Put option of Infosys 1700 strike price at current market premium of 6.50 he/she can generate following return from this trade:

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala stake in Kesoram Industries

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala seems to have turned bullish on ailing Kesoram Industries, a diversified company chaired by B.K Birla, having large capacities in Tyres, Cements, Spun Pipes etc.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala through his wife's account has acquired 60 lakh shares in Kesoram Industries taking his shareholding in the company to around 7%. The shares were acquired through rights issue. The company had recently offered its shareholders to buy additional shares in the ratio of 7:5 at Rs 65 apiece.

The other major investor in the company is LIC holds over 10% of the equity shares. As of March-end, promoters had 27.12% stake in the company.

Advantages for traders using Metatrader Signals Service

As described in this post (trading signals by Metatrader 5) forex traders using the trading signal on Metatrader 5 platform have number of advantages over conventional forex brokers and platform providers. Following are some of the key advantages of using Metatrader Signals Service:

FIIs take back 44000 crores from Indian Capital Markets

Foreign Institutional Investors pulled out more than $7.5 billion from Indian debt and equity put together in the month of June 2013. The withdraw has been the highest from Indian capital markets in a single month ever, thanks to our dilapidated current account deficit and currency. Since April 2013 the Indian currency depreciated more than 10% in 2 months thereby erasing all the benefits of interest rate arbitrage that existed between U.S. and India. 

Investors in U.S. borrow in their home country at less than 2% and invest in Indian govt. and corporate debts at over 8% thereby yielding huge return. But since the overseas investors are borrowing in USD and investing in INR the depreciation in the invested currency beyond the arbitrage points makes it unattractive and worthless for them to stay invested. Similar is the situation for overseas equity investors, as they benchmark their return in their home currency, the depreciation in invested currency negated all the equity returns of April and May this year, which led to significant outflow from Indian stock markets as well.

World largest gold company stock falls to 20 year low

Barrick Gold (ABX:US), the world's largest gold producing company having reserves of more than 140 million ounces of gold in it's mines all over the world fell to a two decade low recently due to crash in gold prices and some of it's own internal problems.

The average cost of production of 1 ounce of gold at barrick gold is around $950 USD and was selling it at more than 100% premium when the gold price touched $1900 per ounce in 2011. Consequently the stock touched an all time high of $56 on 21st April 2011 and was having a huge market value of around $56 billion then. The stock is now hovering around $15 with a market value of $15.5 billion.

How to trade forex based on MetaTrader trading signals from successful traders

Whether you are new to forex trading or an experienced one, trading signal from Metatrader 5 platform will surely enhance your success rate and profits. Trading Signals can help you monitor trades of successful traders and have your terminal automatically reproduce everything your target trader is doing. You need to choose a provider and connect to his signal using setting provided in your client terminal. Once the signal provider is selected all his trades gets executed for your account.

New SEBI Guidelines on Buyback, FIIs and SME Listing

SEBI has introduced some key changes in rules for share buyback by Indian Companies, SME listing and Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). Following are the highlights of changes introduced:

On buyback

• Mandatory to buy back 50% of offer size; penalty of 2.5% on failing to do so
• Buyback period reduced to six months from one year
• Tender route compulsory if buyback size is over 15% of paid-up capital

BSE A Group stocks that under-performed Sensex

Since 21st may 2013 BSE Sensex had fallen from 20300 odd levels to around 18800,  a fall of around 7.4% in one month time frame. Though the fall in index is quite large but the cracks in individual stocks have been massive and some stocks from BSE A group has fallen as much as 40 to 50%. Following is the list of stocks from BSE A group which have fallen more than 20% in last one month.

The gloom doom and panic - Is everything all that bad?

With all the talk of FII money flowing back to US markets from India and analysts suggesting levels which are unnerving, there is complete panic out there and people might be thinking what to do now. So in this gloomy scenario, is that all bad or people are over reacting? Lets look at the following points:

1. The Quantitative easing by Fed was anyway expected to start rolling back by year end and people were well aware that this massive money printing cannot go on foreever. As a result there has not been any bubble like situation in equity asset classes around the world. Most of the equity market are reasonably valued and Indian markets are also trading below historical average valuation. Hence there will be valuation support on further fall in equity markets in India. 

Model Portfolio Update - June 2013

The market crash has provided a descent opportunity to accumulate some good quality stocks at attractive valuations. Hence my model portfolio which had 109k cash has been updated with stock that I believe has attractive valuation and long term story.

Check out the my updated portfolio here: Amit Agarwal's Model Portfolio

Top 3 Free Futures & Options trading simulators online

There are many free trading simulators for cash based buying and selling of stocks on virtual money and almost all the popular ones are good without having huge differences. 

But when it comes to Futures and Options (derivative) trading simulators there are not much choices and the virtual world in this space is pretty much occupied by following three. 

Sell IndusInd Bank: Recommends Citigroup

Citigroup has recommended a "sell" rating on IndusInd Bank with a target price of 455 rupees, citing stretched valuations.

The investment bank says IndusInd has transformed itself into a "unique" bank that is also a non-banking financial company (NBFC).

However, Citi adds that "future growth will likely be less dynamic, amid a tougher macro, and less unique" as other NBFCs are applying for banking licenses.

The stock has been a huge out-performer in the last 2 years and has more than doubled from 250 odd levels in June 2011 to 500 in May 2013. Going forward the credit growth is expected to slowdown due to slowdown in India GDP and capital expenditures which is expected to put pressure on Banks and financial institutions in general.

Fitch India Rating History

Fitch has maintained the long term rating of India at BBB- in 2013 but revised to outlook in 2013 to Stable from Negative in 2012. India had negative outlook in May 2001 and post that it was stable till 2012 when the outlook was revised again to negative. Stable outlook should provide some relief to fast depreciating rupee and help in getting some flows in debts and equity.