Nowadays , many brokerage and investment firms allows their customer to have Margin on their account. Margin is a simple way to increase your buying power and cash available by simply pledging your current investments as collateral. Below are the most basic rules : First, a stock has to trade above the set limit per share for 5 consecutive days before it can be bought … [Read more...]
How to Buy Goverment Bonds Directly
Investors buy such bonds because they offer return with practically no risk on capital. Since stocks fluctuate, the bonds percentage in portflio will rise when stock market falls, if interest rates do not change. There is also the effect of the return of bonds which contributes additional money to your portfolio. You can invest in bonds in a a variety of mutual funds. The … [Read more...]
STOCK UPDATE ;Indian Hotels Company
Indian Hotels Company Cluster: Apple Green Recommendation: Buy Price target: Rs100 Current market price: Rs85 Price target revised to Rs100 Key points Hotel occupancies across the key domestic markets including Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore went up in Q2FY2010 as compared with Q1FY2010, which is quite surprising because the second quarter is normally dull for the hotel … [Read more...]
Stock Update ; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Cluster: Ugly Duckling Recommendation: Hold Price target: Rs1,491 Current market price: Rs1,415 Price target revised to Rs1,491 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Sun) has announced three abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approvals (two final and one tentative) in the past one week, citing a relief on the core business front. The … [Read more...]
Calculate your Interest Rate Using Present & Future Value
When you are considering an investment, you want to know what rate of return an investment will give you. Some investments promise a fixed cost and a fixed payment at some point in the future. For example, a bond may cost $500 with the promise that $700 will be repaid 10 years in the future. Another bond may cost $600 with the promise that $900 will be repaid 15 years in the … [Read more...]