Nowadays, when most traders are switching over to mobile trading platforms in the race for getting the technological edge, trading desks are being ignored by many. Some fail to understand the idea behind development of mobile trading platforms i.e. they are more of a backup option, and quite handy when you are on the go. While trading from a mobile device speed and security may be a bit of concern, and this is also a [...]

It’s a sheer misunderstanding about the concept of long term investing when people think that they can buy and hold a basket of stocks and achieve their financial goals. You are lucky if you haven’t experienced the brunt of recent recession, which proved that “buy and hold” is no longer a foolproof strategy. Modern day investing is not as simple as buying few good quality names in your portfolio, you need to keep a careful [...]

As a beginner you should accept the fact that investing is not an easy task, else you are headed for trouble. Those who avoid taking the pain of knowing the basics usually end up in disappointment as financial losses on bad investments can be outrageous at times. In this post I am sharing some basic investment insights, most of which I learned after getting burnt again and again. I lost significant amount of money that [...]

Most of us make our investments on the back professional advice of financial advisers and by following news stories broadcasted on various financial media, mainly investment news channels. But have you tried conducting research and analysis on your own? Here are some tips that will help you in analyzing the companies that are considered as hot flicks. SWOT is the term that every management student is quiet familiar with, but investors come from different walks of life. [...]

I have blogged about it many times and here I am saying it again:-  If you read between the fine lines in your mutual fund document you will come to know about the actual costs you have been paying for the investment. The lack of transparency is to keep the investor unaware of the real deal so that the fund companies can boast about their performances and attract more of ignorant investors. Performance benchmarks presented [...]

Bulls make money, bears make money but pigs get slaughtered, the statement has always turned out to be true. But you would argue that you are either a bear or a bull but not pig for sure. Think again, you have lost money when you behaved like one.