Investing in the stock market carries inherent risks, and it is impossible to completely eliminate the possibility of losses. However, there are strategies you can employ to minimize the risk and potentially increase your chances of success. Here are some tips to consider: Educate yourself: Gain a solid understanding of how the stock market works, including basic financial concepts, investment strategies, and company analysis. This knowledge will help you make informed decisions. Diversify your portfolio: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Diversification involves investing in ... Read More
Short Term Trading – How Can I Generate Regular Income
In the stocks section of my blog, one of the most common queries is "Can I Generate Regular Income From Short Term Trading". For sure the Answer is YES but million dollar question is how? Here i am not claiming that i am an expert in this but i can say that i did a lot of study on this subject. Different people have a different opinion on this subject. As i keep sharing that for an investor the big fight is between fundamental analysis vs. technical analysis. Under each of these types, there are thousand of permutations and combinations :). During my MBA days, one of my professors used to ... Read More
Demonetization Impact on the Stock Market and Stock Investors
What will be the Demonetization Impact on Stock Market? asked one of the readers of this blog. Though i am not a SEBI registered Investment Adviser, therefore, cannot suggest stocks but i can always share my views. At the macro level from a sector perspective, the stock market is zero sum game until unless there is dire need to exit the stock market. For example, suddenly the FII buying stopped and they become a net seller. In such a scenario, the retail investors should exit the market. At the end of the day, retail investors will lose money in the stock market if FII's exit. Under normal ... Read More
How A Retail Investor Can Find Out Stock Manipulation To Avoid Loss
Stock Manipulation may mean heavy losses for the retail investors. To be very honest it is very difficult for retail investors to find out stock manipulation. The best example in recent past i can think is of Surana Solar. I shared a dedicated post on the same, 5 Lessons from the debacle of Surana Solar. It is a case study why retail investors should stay away from such stocks. In my previous post in stocks section, i discussed stock price manipulation - Pledging of Shares is the key culprit. In my opinion, stock manipulation linked to the share pledging is organized and well thought through. ... Read More
Stock Price Manipulation – Pledging of Shares Is The Key Culprit
To begin on a lighter note. Stock Price Manipulation is like an extramarital affair. It exists, everyone talks about it but if you ask someone then no one admits :). Similarly, you may find news reports on Stock Price Manipulation but as such, there is no evidence or proof of the same. Recently, one of the news articles that caught my attention was "Pledging of Shares by promoters in the NSE listed companies is at 7 years high". As a layman stock investor, i read the news but could not find anything alarming. Maybe the newspaper didn't want to create any sort of panic. I re-read it after ... Read More
5 Reasons Why you Should not Invest in an Initial Public Offer or IPO
"An Initial Public Offer of a Company A listed at 50% premium". This news was shouting loud in my ears from the front page of the leading business newspapers. After few days another one read "An Initial Public Offer of Company B listed at 30% premium". In recent past, it became a trend for an Initial Public Offer to list at minimum 30% premium. It is bare minimum now. Any Initial Public Offer listing at less than 30% means, the company is not doing well :). Now you must be wondering have i gone crazy suggesting readers not to invest in Initial Public Offer. Just to add that this post is ... Read More
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