What are you thinking when it comes to your no load mutual fund selections? Are you saving pennies and sacrificing dollars? Are you spending your time looking at expense ratios, analyzing Morningstar ratings and searching for funds with low fees and no 12b1 charges? If you are like most people, you know these things in and out. You've spent hours evaluating them, and your … [Read more...]
What are the main Asset classes in India?
What are the main Asset classes in India? What is meant by Asset Allocation? Asset allocation is about diversifying your investments across different asset classes so that you can optimise the risk return balance of your portfolio. It ensures that the poor performance of any one asset will not collapse your entire investment plan. What are the main Asset classes in … [Read more...]
What are Market Corrections and Volatilty ?
Understanding Market Corrections and Volatilty What is correction? A stock market correction is a relatively short lived (a few weeks to a few months) and dramatic price decline that interrupts an upward trend in the stock market. A correction is often defined as a drop of between ten and twenty percent from a market high. A drop in excess of twenty percent is typically … [Read more...]
What Makes a Potential Investment Good?
What Makes a Potential Investment Good? What makes a potential investment good is a question that doesn’t get asked enough by most investors. If you asked your average investor that question you would get one of two answers 1-One that goes up and 2-One with good management and blah, blah, blah. If you ask an excellent trader what makes an investment a good one they would say … [Read more...]
Ten golden rules for Traders
Ten golden rules for Traders 1. Forget the news, remember the chart. You're not smart enough to know how news will affect the price. The chart already knows the news is coming. 2. Buy the first pullback from a new high. Sell the first pullback from a new low. There's always a crowd that missed the first boat. 3. Buy at support, sell at resistance. Everyone sees the same … [Read more...]