We discussed few basic stock types in my recent post. Today I will list few more options that you can consider while building a stock portfolio. As the old saying goes ‘don’t lay all eggs in the same basket’, it is important that you diversify in different classes of stocks, and then you should always have some exposure in bonds and fixed deposits. In this post I will talk about stocks. It entirely depends upon [...]

  Meeting your financial goals should be your first objective when you turn towards stock markets. You should have a clear idea about the kind of returns you need to achieve your goals, and more importantly the amount of risk you can afford to take. Then begins your quest of finding suitable stocks that you can buy and hold in your portfolio, no matter how the market is trending. In this post I will briefly [...]

Pair trading helps to reduce the risk of investing in market as you can make money irrespective of the trend. Investors can invest the money without fearing losses. This article will refer to the use of pair trading in stocks and ETFs.

Now the stock markets seem to be done with their secular trend, and a bout of that was witnessed on last trading Friday when DOW slipped on fears of building tensions in Egypt. But this was followed by a big rebound in stocks and the Dow easily made it pass 12000.
I think that the market is now trading in an indecisive territory and we will see the fight between bulls and bears intensifying in coming weeks.
So, I have listed few good strategies and tips that traders should keep in mind while trading such markets.

Fund investments witnessed severe losses amid credit crises in 2008, but now most of them are rebounding on the back of stable economic recovery. So far he returns have been good and in individual cases double digit growth can be seen. Better till it lasts, but our investment decisions should not be based on short term performance. This informative piece lists insights to investing in Mutual Funds and ETFs and lists some of the best fund picks that can yield good returns in 2011 and beyond.

At a time when investors are boldly backing technology stocks due to solid results posted this October, Cisco lags behind and has been seriously punished to 52 Week lows.