Equity Investments are subject to market risk. You must have read this disclaimer thousand times cautioning investors about Equity Investments. We can handle RISK but when we anticipate DANGER, it is better to QUIT. Today was very beautiful day till 1 PM, but suddenly markets crashed by 300 Points. The CRASH came immediately after European Markets opened for trading. It was swift and sudden. The index/Nifty has broken its crucial support level of 7750. It was quite SHOCKING and ABNORMAL behavior from Market. Few days back, i cautioned my readers about the imminent threat but was praying that ... Read More
5 Tips for Intraday Trading
Intraday Trading is totally different from long-term equity investment. Till now, i discussed only long term investment through my blog. Intraday Trading is riskier compared to stock investment. Off late, the stock market is highly volatile. If you have to make your living from the stock market, then Intraday Trading is the only solution. There is a famous saying that "Either change yourself or Change will change you". I decided to change myself and jumped to Intraday Trading. The most critical point is to keep long-term equity investment separate from Intraday Trading. As i mentioned in my ... Read More
Click 2 Retire – An Online Pension Plan
Recently one of my friends asked my father "Which pension plan you opted for retirement?". My dad laughed and told him that "Govt provided Pension" was his only pension plan. I wish that today's generation could have enjoyed the same privilege. With an uncertain economy and job environment, there is an enormous pressure on the current generation to kick start financial planning ASAP. As an individual, my Financial Planning is much more sophisticated than the previous generation. During Good Old Days, My father's only worry was kid's education and marriage. These days besides kids education and ... Read More
5 Golden Rules of Stock Market Investment
Stock Market Investment is both easy and challenging. If you know the rules of the game, then Stock Market Investment is a cakewalk. Let me admit that only smart investors can make money in the Stock Market. At the same time, no one is born smart investor. Investors learn from their mistakes and graduate to smart investor. I like TV program Wizards of Dalal Street on CNBC TV18. The finest minds of the Dalal Street share their experience, learning's and mistakes. Every smart investor has a secret recipe to Make Money on Dalal Street. We can't expect the market experts or smart investors to ... Read More
How to Analyze Security Wise Delivery Position?
Security Wise Delivery Position means no of shares marked for delivery from the total traded quantity. In my opinion, Security Wise Delivery Position is one of the crucial analysis. In layman terms, it tells how many investors are willing to accept the shares in their demat account. A higher delivery quantity means serious trading and balance is intraday play. Most of the analysts give importance to volume or traded quantity. On the other hand, as an investor i give more importance to Deliverable Quantity/Delivery Percentage. For example, total traded quantity of a Stock A is 100. Assuming out ... Read More
How to find out FII Buying in Stocks?
The biggest mystery of Stock Markets is to find out FII Buying in Stocks. It will not be an extrapolation to state that FII Buying can make or break the fortune of a Stock. The best example from recent past is Vakrangee. The fortune of the stock changed twice within 3 months backed by heavy FII Buying and then FII Selling. There was heavy FII buying which took stock from 52 week low in June'15 to 52 week high in Aug'15. After failure to get the payment bank license, the stock collapsed to near 52 week low same month i.e. in Aug'15. In general, the market favor stocks in which FII buying is ... Read More