by Rajat Sharma | Feb 17, 2014 | finance, stocks |
In order to meet immediate obligations as they arise in the regular course of business, companies often rely on short term finance (i.e. loans and credit facilities that must be repaid in less than 1 year). The short term liabilities for a business consist of items...
by Rajat Sharma | Feb 7, 2014 | finance, investment |
Last week, I met someone who wanted to discuss investment options with me. While I don’t do consulting of this nature, he happened to be in my distant family. Fair enough. I went in wondering if he will ask me about stock investments or may be some complex derivative...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 31, 2014 | finance |
Part – II of – Basic economic terms used in India . Gross Domestic Product (GDP): National output or GDP is the most important concept of macroeconomics. When GDP increases, it is a sign that the economy is getting stronger. While a reduction in the GDP indicates a...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 22, 2014 | finance, investment |
India’s population today is 1.237 billion and growing at 1.3% every year. This makes India the second most populated country in the world with China leading the charts with a population of 1.35 billion. According to the most recent census survey, India occupies 17 %...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 20, 2014 | equity, finance, investment |
There Seems to be an amazing rush to grow money by investing in Fixed Deposits (FD) and other fixed income schemes. Someone recently asked me about the best safe investment option for the future and after some discussion I realized what he really wanted to know was...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 17, 2014 | behavioural finance, equity, finance, investment |
Market participants and financial media regularly classify stock purchase decisions based on the time horizon or holding period of the investor (i.e. how long can the investor do away with his money and put it in stocks). This classification is usually styled as long...
