“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” – Benjamin Franklin “Compound interest is the world’s greatest discovery.” – Albert Einstein “In case you earn Rs20,000 per month, do you know how many years it will take you to become a crorepati? Not 10 or 20, but 50 years!” Have you heard Amitab Bachchan…
As you all know Government of India has come out with Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme. Some of the benefits of investing in SGB are:- Safest :- Zero risk of handling physical gold Earn Interest :- 2.75% assured interest per annum on the initial investment Tax Benefits :- No TDS applicable on interest. Indexation benefit if bond is…
Most of us might be investing in mutual funds for some time now. However, the possibility of underperformance of your scheme may be worrying you. This issue need to be addressed to ensure peace of mind. Few tips can help in getting higher returns in mutual funds. Even if you are investing in top performing mutual funds schemes,…
A stock buy-back is exactly what it says it is–a company buying back its own shares. Investors love it. For several reasons. First, to be effective a buy-back has to be at more than the market value. So investors gain. Second, the announcement of a buy-back is enough to send the stock up in the market,…
The recent past has seen the development of a new field in investing that blends economic decision making with psychology in order to understand individual as well as collective financial behaviour. Investors and traders alike get lost in myriad illusions created by the mind that is a big stumbling block for making wise investing or trading…
Here is a quick test to determine your Investment Quotient (IQ). Stock A at Rs.100 has a 7% chance of dropping below Rs.100 in the next five years. Stock B at Rs.200 has a 93% chance of gaining from this price level in the next five years. Which is a safer investment bet–Stock A or Stock B?…
It’s not easy to profit from IPOs, but the money is there. IPOs have unique risks, so remember the following five points when investing in one. First, objective research is a scarce commodity. Private companies aren’t open books. Keep in mind that they write their own prospectuses. Search for past press releases and financial, industry…
There are two VERY DIFFERENT terms to consider when it comes to trading: 1) Prediction and 2) Expectation (or confidence) surrounding the prediction. Placing a trade involves making a prediction. It is not possible to place a trade without making a prediction, and that is true even for trades that might or might not execute,…
2015 Diwali picks of various stock brokers. #Karvy: Berger paints, Bluestar, Ceat, Godrej industries, JK Lakshmi, Marksans, SKS micro, Tata elexi, Torrent power, TVS Motor #MOTILAL OSWAL: Bajaj finance, Lupin, Eicher, Hpcl, L&T, Bharath forge, Gruh finance, Torrent Pharma, Sintex, inox wind, DHFL. #ANGEL: Inox wind, IPCA labs, Radico khaitan, Mt Educare, Jagran prakasan, Siyaram…
In previous post we discussed about Pre-Opening session of NSE & BSE – How it actually works… Let’s Study about Equilibrium Price determination how it actually works, Lets take an example of XYZ stock and previous days closing price of the stock is Rs.100. Now during the market pre-open session types of price and quantity…
