Investment Planning

Surprisingly, the entire correction of that day was countered by an equivalent size of rally and then the markets continued to move upwards in excess of 5200. So what should an investor do at this stage? Some investors who missed buying into the last fall...

I have been maintaining my view that the market has gone up too quickly too fast and thus I would not rule out a nice correction. Today, one of such correction was seen across the markets where largecaps as well as midcaps fell sharply. I don't think that...

Systematic Investment Plans are very popular in India and I have never talked about it in particular. So let us take a look towards that in detail. What is Systematic Investment Plan A systematic investment plan or SIP is one of the ways of investment...

Gold ETF Funds in India has been gaining popularity ever since it was first launched in 2007. Since 2007, there has been several mutual funds launching it's own gold ETF funds in India and all of them are seeing good buying interests as well....

Before you start investing into Equities, you are required to get a demat account of your own that will hold the stocks for you. Without a demat account, you cannot trade into equities yourself. What is demat account? A demat account is a dematerialised...

There are a lot of gold ETFs in India currently and more are going to open up soon, so the most important question that arise in our mind is that which is the best gold ETF in India? So let me help you answer that question in this post. Best Gold ETF In...

Gold has been giving good steady returns since a long time now and if we talk about the recent performance of gold, then they have given fabulous returns. This is the reason why investing into gold has become really popular these days. Almost everyone...

If you are new to investing then let me first tell you the most basic requirement before you can start investing. You need to have a Demat Account of your own if you are going to invest your money. So let me share the basics before I tell you how to open...

Two most talked mid sized private banks are Yes bank and IndusInd bank. As promised I'm doing a comparison between the two which might help you decide which bank shares to buy at current levels. TimeLine - IndusInd bank was established in 1994 which...

A lot of investors actively look at trading calls on television or Internet given by analysts or experts or any other person. Some long term investors confuse those trading calls with good investment picks and enter them without taking a look at it's...

I continue to maintain my cautious view on the markets in short term that I had formed a while back. My advice to my readers remain the same, keep cash levels and avoid doing any bottom picking in the immediate short term. The markets currently are...

I am extremely positive on the private banking space and I recommend buying into the private banking space once the market stabilises post this correction. In this massive correction that is taking place, private banks have taken a big hit and I recommend...

The two mantras I'm sharing in this post has to work in combination if you want to maximise your gains. If you focus on any one out of the two, your gains will be limited. You must focus on both of these two tips when investing if you're serious about...

Midcap and Smallcap stocks are very volatile and go up and down sharply. They are the first ones to crash when things go wrong in the stock market. So you need to understand the fact that you're in for some risk and you need not feel down if you see your...

After a bit of an experience in stock market investing, I've come down to the conclusion that the best strategy for investors is to buy undervalued bottomed out stocks. The kind of returns that a good bottomed out stock can give you in a long term is more...

Most of the people who don't have a clue about stock market investment falls into one of the following two categories : - 1. Bankruptcy - A lot of people still feels that buying stocks and shares is the best way to lose all your money, thanks to the...

Let us talk about a strategy used by Warren Buffet to create a $45 billion net worth today. Warren Buffet is a long term investor and he only invests into companies that he feels are worth it. In this post, we shall learn one of the strategies he used to...

One thing that I've learnt from my experience is "Never to buy any stocks if you don't have cash ready". Brokerage firms allow you to buy stocks for a certain amount of money which you have to repay to them in form of check/cash or you take out the stocks...

Stocks involve money and wherever money is involved, the greed factor comes into play. Whether you believe it or not, but each one of us have been greedy for money at one or more times. Some of us have discarded the greed factor from their life and some...

Let me give you some basics to stock market investment today. I'm going to cover three types of stock investments that are being done on the market:- Short Term Investment - This kind of investment is mostly done by stock traders who buy stocks from a...