Monday, September 11, 2017

Unveiling the mystery behind iPhone X

Unveiling the mystery behind iPhone X

The iPhone’s 10th anniversary bash will see the launch of some radically new phones

It’s that time of the year, and this time, it’s also that time of the decade. Yes, the new iPhone is about to be launched, and this time, the stakes are huge. It’s the 10th anniversary for this small bundle of super profits and maximum revenue for Apple. For the last few years, almost anything and everything that Apple has done has got leaked in a steady flow of spy pictures, rumours and leaks. This time, the leaks and rumours are many, but confirmations are few and far between. That’s because the 10th year of the iPhone will be celebrated by having more than one phone released. And Apple seems to have toyed, experimented and discarded a number of things, leading to absolute confusion. So, let’s try and bury a few rumours by playing my annual game of ‘Let’s test how much I get right’. I shall make some predictions and two days later you can mark me on how much egg I got on my face.

The Apple event for the launch of the new iPhones is on September 12, and according to India time, all shall be revealed by late night that day. This is the first ever event being held inside their massive spaceship-like new campus in Cupertino. The actual stage event will happen inside the Steve Jobs Theatre. Even the invitation card says, ‘Let’s meet up at our Place’. And now, for the actual products itself.

The X

There will be three of them, and the first one to celebrate the 10th year of the iconic phone will be called the iPhone X. Look, this is where I may get the most egg smothered all over my mug, but I’ve been predicting this now for more than a year. Apple usually doesn’t play around with names and monikers, and tends to avoid being over dramatic. But, this is a very dramatic occasion and must be marked and underlined as such. Many have said that it will be called the iPhone Edition or iPhone 8 or even the iPhone SJ (for Steve Jobs; never going to happen!), but I’m going to stick to my guns on this one. Thus, the celebratory phone will be called the X, as in the Roman numeral for 10. It will have a radical change of design and looks, acquire some serious curves on the sides, have an extraordinary 5.8- inch OLED display that is completely edge-to-edge on all sides. Due to this display, despite having the bigger screen, the phone will be much smaller than the Plus iPhones. It will have a much faster processor, an all-glass back, an all new form of facial recognition for security and access, no physical home button on the front, a new touch ID system integrated elsewhere and full wireless charging with a dock right in the box. There will be some other bells and whistles in the camera and optics department as well as the graphics engine, but, in essence the big deal will be the above. This may well be the most expensive iPhone ever sold. Get ready to celebrate with Apple with a bit of a sticker shock.

The other two


The new iPhones will have better designs and enhanced resolution too
These would be the upgrades to the iPhone 7. I’m once again going to go out on a limb and say that these will be called the iPhone 8 and 8Plus and not 7S as per the normal naming cycle followed by Apple. That’s because even these will be radically new and not just small add-ons to the previous versions. Once again, they will have an all- new look and design, glass back, no OLED screen but a new display with a much enhanced resolution from the previous version. Most of the insides will be like the new iPhone X, but this won’t have the edge-to-edge display or wireless charging in the box. These are the phones you would have stood in line for and bought if it weren’t for the 10th year anniversary and the X phone being brought in to celebrate that.

Let’s close with a few more predictions. The iPhone X, despite its orbital price, will become the most successful phone ever sold by

Apple. The new iPhone 8 will also bring in some sales power to the Apple portfolio. This means that the competition will also come in with some more fire power for the year, so watch out for huge announcements from them all. This will be a good year for Apple. If you can, pick up some Apple stock too when you buy their all-new phone.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

These 20 stocks from D-Street gurus' portfolios rose up to 245%

Happy Teachers Day! These 20 stocks from D-Street gurus' portfolios rose up to 245%

We have collated a list of 20 stocks in which top market mavens have picked up considerable stake in those companies as per June quarter.

Happy Teacher's Day, investors! And, when it comes to D-Street you can’t ignore the big bull, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala who has been an inspiration to a lot of investors, and Vijay Kedia who started identifying multibaggers from the age of 19.
We might not have learned the art of investing directly from these market mavens but have got inspired from their investing style one way or the other.
Be it value investing, staying in the stock for long term, avoid the buzz focus on quality, identifying strong management and product life cycle are various investment mantras which we all have learned from these icons of D-Street.
The big bulls of D-Street, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala does not really like to be called as the Warren Buffett of India, but his investment style is quite similar. Like Buffett, Jhunjhunwala remains invested in the stock for a long haul and builds his positions when others are turning away.
Jhunjhunwala who is believed to have Midas touch started his journey in the year 1985. A Chartered Accountant by education and a trader by profession picked up plenty of stocks which have given multibagger returns.

Jhunjhunwala’s friend Vijay Kedia found his love in equities at the tender age of 19. He is fond of midcaps over largecaps as they offer the maximum potential to turn into a multibagger. His guru mantra is to invest like a ‘Bull’, sit like a ‘Bear’ and watch like an ‘Eagle’.
Vijay Kedia guru when it comes to investing is his friend Rakesh Jhunjhunwala even though their investments are totally different, he said in an interview with Moneycontrol.
We have collated a list of 20 stocks in which top market mavens have picked up considerable stake in those companies as per June quarter.
Among Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s top bets Geojit Financial Services is the top performer in which he holds over 7 percent stake. The stock has rallied as much as 245 percent so far in the year 2017.
Another big multibagger from his portfolio is Titan Company in which he holds 6.6 percent stake in the company, followed by Escorts, NCC and Autoline Industries in which he holds 6-9 percent as of the quarter ended June.
Vijay Kedia is valued for his understanding of the economy and the stock-market. He has weathered many Bull and Bear markets cycles in his stock market life of nearly 28 years now.
His investment covers stocks from Automobile, Infrastructure, Consumer Goods, Real Estate, FMCG, Chemicals etc. He has multifaceted knowledge of the capital market and related areas.
One of his top performing stock, ABC Bearings, in which he holds 4.7 percent stake rose 182 percent. Apart from that, Kedia is positive on Sudarshan Chemicals, TCPL Packaging, Cera Sanitary, as well as Karnataka Bank.
The media shy investor, Ashish Kacholia, who is known for his multibagger mid and small-cap picks, might help you in picking hidden gems in the mid and smallcap space.
One of his top picks which gave over 100 percent return was NOCIL in which he picked up nearly 3 percent stake. Aptech, APL Apollo in which he holds a little over 2 percent gave 70-80 percent return.