Equity Shares
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Why Small Investors should prefer mutual funds over shares:
Ever since the pandemic there has been a multifold increase in the number of demat accounts held by depositories. Also, there has been a similar increase in the number of folios ( mutual fund accounts) held by the mutual fund companies. During the same period the BSE Sensex rebounded from a bottom of 29000 points…
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How to profit from Short Term Investments in Stocks?
Stock markets are a part of the Indian culture. India has one of the largest community of Stock Market Investors in the world. As in October 2021 there are more than 73.8 million demat account holders in our country. This number is twice what it used to be three years ago. The NSE is the…
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Guidelines for Long Term Investors
Like anything good in life, investments also require time and patience to grow and fructify. We are going to discuss some guidelines for long term investors. Please find below some pointers which will help you to grow your investments in the best possible way. 1. Start investing early in life and follow this habit until…
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Mutual Funds or Direct Equity Investments?
Many new investors are confused whether they should choose Mutual Funds or Direct Equity Investments? We will have a look at some of the factors which make Mutual Funds a wiser choice of small investors. Direct Equity Investments is a challenging task because of the following reasons: Selection of equity shares is an arduous task…
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So where is the Stock Market headed?
After the initial crash of global stock markets at the beginning of the pandemic, stock markets have seen a sustained rise globally. The Indian stock market especially has surpassed all expectations and seen the bull run of a lifetime. So what are the reasons for this sustained rally in the Indian stock market and where…
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CAGR in Last Five Years
The returns given by various BSE Indices in the last five years are given below: Inflation (CPI): 4.71%Gold: 10.89%BSE Sensex: 17.60%BSE 100: 16.64%BSE Reality Index: 25.50%BSE Healthcare Index:12.53%BSE Finance Index: 16.22%BSE IT Index: 28.58%BSE Consumer Durables Index: 29.61%BSE Consumer Discretionary Index: 14.15%BSE FMCG Index: 13.40%BSE Energy Index: 20.99%BSE Metals Index: 14.88%BSE Telecom Index: 9.72%BSE Oil…
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The Art of Collecting Pearls
The legendary investor Warren Buffet made his fortune by collecting companies (collecting shares of companies) which have an exemplary track record, bright and long term future prospects and available at a good price. The qualitative parameters he looked at is a sound and able management, which behaves with integrity towards the shareholders. The valuation parameters…
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Portfolio Management Services
Portfolio Management Services or PMS are offered by many Wealth Management firms to cater to the needs of High Networth Individuals. A PMS is like a Mutual Fund, but the minimum investment amount is Rs.25 lacs as prescribed by SEBI regulations. PMS are of two types, discretionary and non- discretionary. In a discretionary PMS the…
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Equity Shares
Equity or Equity shares are Certificates issued to owners of a Company. These Certificates can be actual certificate on paper or held in Electronic form in Demat Accounts. Equity represents the ownership rights in a company. Each company may issue millions of Equity shares which are registered in the name of Individuals or Business Entities…
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The Four Levels in Investing.
All of us are aware about investments in shares and mutual funds. We have also heard about investments in Private Equity firms and Venture Capital Firms. This articles segregates the investments in the above four investment options and how they differ from each other. There are some other types of funds such as Hedge Funds,…