Timing The Stock Market: Right Time to Buy & Sell
I think whoever said – spend time in the market instead of timing the stock market, must not have started investing at the peak of the year 2008. I for one have always agreed that if you buy good stocks and hold on to them for a long period of time, you will make a […]
Should you buy more to average share price if it goes down?
We all do it, or at least have done it at some point of time or the other. Average share price – Average your buying price by purchasing more shares at a price lower than your original purchase price. In an ideal world, you should of course be buying stocks where you see value. In other […]
What You Need to Learn about Investing in Penny Stocks
As per Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S.A, Penny Stocks are generally stocks issued by small companies which trade at less than $5 per share. In India, the words ‘penny stocks’ are not defined anywhere but are usually associated with stocks which trade for very little value and mostly below Rs 10. Is it a […]
How To Do Your Own Portfolio Management
Rule No. 1 -A well-managed portfolio should be diversified to ensure safety of return on investment over time. Rule No. 2 – A well-managed portfolio should not be diversified to the point where the element of safety starts cutting into potential for profits. Between these 2 basic rules runs a portfolio management industry worth billions of dollars. How […]
Hope, Government and The Next Bull Market Rally
A man can live three weeks without food, three days without water, and three minutes without air, but he cannot live three seconds without hope – Lewis Mumford. 3 months ago on the 08 March 2014 one share of Unitech cost Rs. 12.10. Today it is trading at Rs. 36.40 a share. What changed so […]
What Constitutes Price Sensitive Information?
Any Information which is likely to have an impact on the price of a company’s tradable securities is termed as price sensitive information. More specifically, anything which is likely to influence the public to buy or sell the securities including the stock of a company. It does not matter whether such information actually has an […]
Future Outlook of stocks in the Indian Automobile Industry
Outlook and Key stats Indian automobile industry is a key contributor to India’s GDP. At US $ 80 billion, the automobile industry accounts for ~7% of India’s GDP *. While the Indian economy has grown at ~8% p.a. in the last 5 years (2009-2013), the Indian automobile industry has grown at ~15% during the same period […]
Best Stocks for Short Term Trading
Every time a stock moves a few percentage points (in either direction), traders start a notional mathematics in their mind. “Had I bought 300 or 3000 shares, 20 mins back, I would be X times richer. Had I sold 5 lots @ Rs. X, I would have made Y% return. In fact, I could have arranged […]
Best stocks to buy – 3 things to look at when buying a stock
If I could make a list of the best stocks to buy in any market environment and such list was approved by everyone whoever buys a share, then very soon, that list will become a list of stocks to avoid or the “worst stocks to buy”. What exactly does that mean? If you put on […]
Accumulated Reserves and Surplus as Investment Criteria?
I often see a confusing (and somewhat disturbing) trend of looking at accumulated reserves and surplus of a company when some people make investment decisions. To be fair, there is nothing wrong with this; a company with healthy accumulated reserves and surplus is able to withstand economic slowdowns with far more ease compared to its […]