The price-to-earning ratio or P/E ratio is one of the most widely used and accepted metrics by investors and analysts to determine the stock valuation. It shows if the stock of a company is undervalued or overvalued, along with the comparison of the valuation with the benchmark or industry peers. The most commonly used variable …
Investment in equity markets has grown leaps and bounces over the last few years and new inverters have a peculiar fancy for smallcap shares. Unfortunately, small-cap stocks do not possess very good names because of the nature of business they are in and the risk associated with them. However, one should never forget that Todays’ …
Investing has always been considered a complex process. Especially when it comes to financial assets it is considered further more complex as it is supposed to be an expert domain. No wonder the equity penetration has been comparatively lower in India despite India enjoying a good saving rate. It is true that some amount of …
When we think about investment, basically everyone is speaking about the returns it can generate from it. In simple words returns means – for every rupee person has put into investment, how much he earned from that investment? While the basic mathematics formulae are there to measure returns – in financial markets it needs to …
The world of investment has always been considered as a complex one especially the world of financial assets. No wonder the financial assets were not considered as a preferred way of investment as compared to traditional assets like Realty, Gold, post office deposits and in most of the cases Bank fixed deposits. However a lot …
As much as 95 per cent of day traders lose money in the market, it demands an investigation. Intraday trading is the most popular, yet data suggests that most intraday traders lose money. A 70 percent don’t last beyond the first year, and 95 percent stop trading by the third year. The number seems pretty …
In India, a lot of people study abroad for exposure, for access to global opportunities and well, to land a better salary when they come back home. Some might want to pursue a specialised course in another country. People might also choose to study at premium institutions in-country. Whatever your reasons may be for going …
Most of the investment advice we get – from our parents, from the insurance ads we see on TV and from neighbourhood “investment uncles” or financial advisors – relates to long term investment. But which millennial has time for that? We only live once and there is no time to lose worrying about what will …
Investing in the stock market is very simply a game of strategy. Investors adopt various strategies based on factors like their investment horizon, their openness to risk (also known as their risk appetite) and their earnings targets. One of the strategies adopted typically by long term investors, is thematic investing. This type of investing is …
Back in the day, trading was a far more challenging game. Investors who were going to be successful really needed to be able to spot patterns in record time. It follows that it took either great experience or tremendous genius (or you had to be a stock broker with a complete lack of scruples like …
