Nifty ended the week up at 10,550+. My portfolio is still showing 4% loss. I will start profit booking from May end to June mid and re-shuffle my portfolio. I have too many high-flying stocks in my portfolio which need to be taken care of. Profit booking will attract short term gains tax but that […]
What Is A Mutual Fund?
Before we get into comparing mutual funds, stocks and then planning your investment and executing it, it is important for you to understand what mutual funds are, how they work, what you get and what you don’t get out of it. There are 2-3 dozen good mutual funds out there, and you will have to […]
What Are Shares, Stocks And What Is A Stock Market ?
Before you get into how to open an account and actually buy stocks you need to understand what they are and how they work. What is it actually that you are buying, where do you get it from, where do you keep it and so on. What Are Shares And Stocks ? Think of […]
April 14 2018 (-4.76%)
Nifty touched 10,500 mark but settled at 10,480. Although the market is going up, my portfolio is not. It went down by almost 1% during last week. I think investors are still cautious about investing and are only going for large caps (or maybe money is flowing through SIP in mutual funds). I checked some […]
Why You Should Be Reading About Investing In Mutual Funds Or Stocks
Before we get into the benefits of reading about markets for stock or mutual fund investments, we should understand why most of the people in India don’t know or don’t want to know about stock markets. This helps us understand their mindset and make better decisions. Because there are certain situations where you can predict […]
April 7 2018 (-4%)
Nifty recovered by 200 points while my portfolio recovered by 7% and is now down by 4%. Few stocks such as Jai Corp, Morepen Labs, Tinplate, Vikas Eco, BEPL and Mirc Electronics rallied by 6%-10%. This helped my portfolio recover by 7%. I expected the market to start rallying by April first week and it […]
