Owing to its irrational nature, people often assume that investing in the stock market is a rather difficult affair. Many even compare it to gambling and consider it impossible. With the amount of negative opinions regarding the stock market, it seems like a place where everybody loses. We have to set the record straight, once …
Emotional investing is dangerous, given the vagaries in the most unpredictable mood swings of the stock market. Your investments, as they say, are your best friends. They may also turn out to be your worst enemies. This is more so for stock market investors who let their hearts rule their heads. In other words, emotional …
Transcript : Mohan has investments in real estate, gold & fixed deposits. However, experts often advise him to invest in equity. Let’s see why: 1. Equity requires low investment: Unlike Fixed Deposit, Gold & Real estate, you can enter the equity market with a much smaller capital. 2. Equity offers higher returns: It is historically …
Transcript : Go ahead and do the reforms and see that the economy does well and the youngsters get employment. Now everything has become online so lets bring the government office and required documents which need to be submitted online. Don’t concentrate on the working people. Try to focus on the business people and the …
What exactly is a portfolio review? For starters, let us restrict our definition to merely your equity portfolio. Creating an equity portfolio is just once part of the story. It is essential to constantly review your portfolio. Portfolio review can be based on macro factors or based on micro factors. Here are 6 things you …
The first Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) issue of the fiscal year 2017-18 that is open from April 24th till April 28th has both macroeconomic and cultural significance. The macroeconomic significance is that it is being launched at a time when global geopolitical uncertainty is at a high. The war in Syria is getting messier and …
What do we understand by leverage? As the name suggests, it refers to the strategic use of debt (as a lever) to reduce your cost of capital. The logic here is that the cost of debt is lower than the cost of equity. As a result, by adding debt to your capital structure you end …
How do you judge the profitability of a company? There are various approaches to measuring profitability. For example, profitability can be measured as a percentage of the total revenues which tells you how efficiently you have been generating sales. Alternatively, profitability can also be measured as a percentage of the total assets or the equity. …
For a long time, the stock markets were considered to be a club for the wealthy and the enterprising. That emanated from the old wisdom that gentlemen preferred bonds. . There are a lot more flexible and even small retail investors feel a lot more comfortable. Understanding how to invest in share markets is all …
Identification of bad financial habits is the first step to eradicating them. Once you have identified them, take measures to break them, one at at a time. Bad financial habits are peculiar to those who face perpetual debt problems and never seem to get out of what is commonly called a “debt trap.” However, should …
