Long Term Investment Stocks–Making a 5 Stock Portfolio
The story goes somewhat like this: Warren Buffett was once asked about the best investment advice he would give to a money manager just starting out. He said, “I’d tell him to do exactly what I did 40-odd years ago, which is to learn about every company in the United States that has publicly traded securities.” […]
Fundamental Analysis to Reach Your Investment Goals
I am sure that many of you have heard about Fundamental Analysis, or fundamental view in the context of stock picking. Sometime back, I released a video explaining the concept of Investment Fundamental Analysis where I spoke about financial facts and qualitative opinions and concluded that “The standing of an enterprise is in part a matter of FACTS and in part a matter […]
Best Place to Invest Your Money
While there are many asset classes to choose from, (i.e. fixed income deposits, real estate, gold, art etc), I will stick to Stocks, which I think is the only viable long term option in the current scenario. For my views on gold and real estate as an investment option, you can read here: How does your […]
Fixed Income vs. Equity Investment: How Does Your Money Make Money After All?
There are only two ways in which money making is done: Hard work makes money Money makes money Investing is the art of employing money to multiply it. Those in need of capital for setting up, or for expanding a business are always willing to pay some premium for the much needed capital. Their hope is […]
Psychological Traits of a Successful Stock Investor
The Successful Stock Investor Imagine a world where everyone was equally intelligent, with identical psychological traits and access to the same information. What purpose would the stock markets serve then? I’ll answer that – None. The business of stock Investing thrives on these 3 things – Intelligence, Psychology and Information. After closely observing many successful stock investors, I have realized that having […]
How to Start Investing in Stocks in India?
Most of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges: the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The BSE has been in existence since 1875. The NSE, was founded in 1992 and started trading in 1994. Both exchanges follow the same trading mechanism, trading hours, settlement process, etc. There are 7,000 + stocks listed […]
How share prices change – Equilibrium Price
Given what I do, it is not unusual for me to meet investors who have become extremely wealthy in the stock markets as also those who have lost a sizeable portion of their wealth. The very nature of the market is such that “for every successful investor there will be someone who lost money”. The quote below […]