April 1, 2011
There are multiple methods and modes of investment in stock markets. Traditionally, it was directly by purchasing and selling stocks at the stock exchanges. Then came mutual funds and they had been very popular among investing community. Investors loved the mutual fund because of the ease it offered in terms of the security, consistent returns and relief from tracking the stock markets and individual stocks.
March 31, 2011
Indian stock market has been doing well for last some days. It has bought back not only relief for the existing investors but also, optimism on the Dalal Street. Stock markets have gone through a lot of beating in the last few months. It has pushed away the short term traders away from the stock market.Recent up rise has bought them back, but they are not sure what stocks to pick because lot of stocks have already moved up.Picking up long term stock is comparatively easy than picking up for short term trading. Best stocks for long term are those which are fundamentally good and belongs to sector which is expected to perform well in the next 1-3 year time frame. But even a good fundamentally stock may fall in short term which is a good opportunity to accumulate them for long term, but for short term traders that is immaterial.Best stock term stocks for 2010 were a mixed bag of large cap, mid cap and small cap stocks but equation is completely different in 2011. Since its inception, year has been bad for stocks. Stock market has been gone through a lot of pain. Stock market has fallen consistently and there are lot of Geo-Political factors which are still unclear.
March 30, 2011
Market has gained for the sixth consecutive day. Dalal Street has been flying high with the recent streak of highs. In last few months, Indian stock market have struggled to maintain any rally which they have got, but this time things seems to be different. Indian stock market has closed above 19000 levels for the first time in last two months. Globally also, markets are doing well and most of the index were in green.
March 27, 2011
Equity linked Saving schemes has been one of the most favorite tax saving investment instrument for the lot of people in India. Especially, educated working class have been quite fond of it. ELSS come with a three year locking period. This time allow invested capital to grow and they were yielding great returns since last few years.
March 25, 2011
This year has seen a lot of upsurge in stock market. If 2008 was a year of great fall, sorrow and depression, 2009 has seen the confidence coming back to streets. Things were looking in a good shape and today they look even better. but we need to ask one question, ‘Are they really in good shape?’ because something, as devastating as recession, cannot be healed in few months. It’s a process which should take more time than it has, so we need to be more vigilant while looking for truth. The global economical situation has stabilized but still remains delicate.
March 25, 2011
Canara bank came up with QIP issue some time back and it was well accepted. Bank made around Rs1,993 crore from that. This will help Canara bank to expand and utilize it in growing credit demand. Stock is trading around their 20 DMA. In the short term, markets are fragile so therefore indicators are well reflecting that.
March 23, 2011
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March 19, 2011
Investment in art involves investment in art masterpieces. It is quite stable and chances of masterpiece depreciating with the time are very low. It brings a stability to individual portfolio. Currently investment in art is very low in comparison of investment in equities and commodities. Traditionally art was bought only by art lovers for their passion and elite community to decorate their houses but over a period of time, this interest has gone up. And now more and more people are getting attracted to art pieces.
March 17, 2011
We are living in an era of portability. After the implementation of portability policy in telecommunication industry in which a customer can change the service provider while maintaining the same number, now we are heading towards health insurance portability. In mobile portability, now users are free to go for any service provider which offers them better service without being concern about their old number because they can maintain the same with the new provider also. In telecommunication sector, the concern is network so it was easy to change the provider.
March 14, 2011
Stock market has been unstable for a while now, IIP numbers were better in comparison of the last months but standalone, they too don’t present a very good picture of the economy in short term. In the current global scenarios, when there has been unrest in the Middle East and Tsunami along with earthquake in Japan, expecting stock market to deliver good in the short run is expecting too much.
March 12, 2011
In the series of our stock pick, I now present Voltas. Voltas has gone through a lot of beating. Stock Market at large has been go through a lot of pain. Turmoil in middle east, economical recovery in the west and series of scams are mainly responsible for that. There are lot good stock which has taken the beating.
March 9, 2011
With the economical recovery in western countries, especially Europe, Indian stock markets are witnessing a withdrawal of funds by Foreign Institutional Investors. FIIs investment in January 2011 was 48 per cent lesser than their investment in the same period in 2010. Analysts are busying in stock picks but if FIIs continued to shift their funds from Indian stock market then stock exchanges can plunge further.