Category: Investing

On 20th September 2019, India’s Finance minister in a bid to revive the Indian economy, announced a cut in the corporate tax rate from 30% to 22%. The markets reacted positively to the news, with the Benchmark Indices – the Sensex and the Nifty witnessing the largest single-day rally in almost a decade (a rise…

This post is a collection of important stock market terms and their meanings. The intention of this post is to help you familiarize yourself with important terms relating to the stock markets that you would frequently come across in your journey as a stock market investor.  1. Beta: Beta is a measure of the sensitivity of…

Inflation can be defined as a general increase in price of goods or services over a period of time. Inflation is primarily of two types – cost-push inflation and demand-pull inflation. Cost-push Inflation can be put down to rising prices on account of an increase in the cost of production (labour, material etc). On the…

While investing in the stock markets, we look for companies which are not only financially ‘healthy’ but also exhibit a ‘growth potential’ going forward. But, how do we find such companies? One way to go about it is to identify companies that you must stay away from. By identifying companies to avoid, you ensure that…

In an earlier post, we had made a detailed discussion on how we can use Price-Earnings Ratio to Value Stocks. Price Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) is the ratio between the Current Market Price of a Stock and its latest Earnings per Share. In other words, for any given stock, P/E ratio can be derived by…

To be a successful Stock Market Investor, one needs to have the right approach towards Investing.    In this post I share with you a 14 Stock Market Investment tips that will help you emerge a winner in the long run.   Seek Long Term Value Appreciation:   In the stock markets, one would encounter…