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 …
Stock Market investors and traders who use smartphones for trading have a big advantage over traditional traders who are tied to their seats in front of bulky terminals. Mobile technology usage, needless to say, is not only the “in thing’’ but also a concept that is here to dominate the future. Statistics show that …
As an investor, you would always want to know about the performance of your investments and how well they are growing. You would also be curious to know by when your investments would exponentially grow and double themselves. If you thought that this involved a series of technical processes involving stock market tracking, you are …
The stock market is a pretty scary place for first timers. Every novice investor enters the stock market with the thoughts of glamorous stories that have inspired them and also made them fear the stock market. So many sayings and warnings plague the first time trader. And, often it so happens that when a middle …
The year 2016 began with carnage across world markets but actually ended on a positive note. Year 2017 may not be that predictable. There are a lot of assumptions that are built into most of our projections for 2017. Here is a look at 8 such potential surprises in 2017. Some are global, some are local …
