Investments & Personal Finance Articles

Stock Market Investing Basics for Beginners

Posted by C.rajesh 19 April 2008 9893 Views

There are several important things you should consider before you begin investing in the stock market:First off, pay off any credit card balances and other short term loans before even considering an investment in the stock market. Also, get in the

Exchange Traded Funds

Posted by Rahul Gupta 05 April 2008 6077 Views

Exchange Traded FundsExchange Traded Funds (ETF) is defined as a security that tracks an index, a commodity or a basket of assets like an index fund but trades like a stock on an exchange and experiences price changes throughout the day as it is boug

Eight mistakes to avoid while investing

Posted by Rachana 01 April 2008 6642 Views

Eight mistakes to avoid while investing Investing is not just about picking winners, but a

Forex Trading Markets

Posted by CA. Dashrath Maheshwari 19 February 2008 6717 Views

There are three kinds of markets in the foreign currency exchange (Forex) market that any good Forex trading strategy will include: up trending, down trending, and range bound.To help your Forex trading strategy, you must learn these three markets. U

Debt v/s Equity

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 16 February 2008 7140 Views

Bonds are debt, whereas stocks are equity. This is the important distinction between the two securities. By purchasing equity (stock) an investor becomes an owner in a corporation. Ownership comes with voting rights and the right to share in any futu

Don't be fooled by Mutual Funds Ads

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 16 February 2008 5726 Views

You all must have noticed all those mutual fund ads that quote their amazingly high one-year rates of return. Your first thought is "wow, that mutual fund did great!" Well, yes it did great last year, but then you look at the three-year performance,

Basics of Forex Trading

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 15 February 2008 8374 Views

Basics of Forex trading Foreign exchange, abbreviated as FOREX, in itself, constitutes the largest financial market in the world. The trading of this foreign Exchange is called forex trading. In the process of forex trading you have to understand the

Future of Mutual Fund Industry in India

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 15 February 2008 12337 Views

Future of Mutual Fund Industry in India Why Invest in Gold? Historically, gold has been a proven method of preserving value when a national currency was losing value. If your investments are valued in a depreciating currency, allocating a portion to

P/R Ratio

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 14 February 2008 9195 Views

A REPORT ON P/E RATIO INTRODUCTION P/E is short for the ratio of a company's share price to its per-share earnings. As the name implies, to calculate the P/E, you simply take the current stock price of a company and divide by its earnings per share (

Sensex Movements Identification Factors

Posted by Rahul Tibrewal 14 February 2008 5097 Views

SENSEX MOVEMENT IDENTIFICATION FACTORSPeriodRemarks on the Market / SensexQuarter - 4(Jan'05 to Mar'05) Heavy selling pressure continued. Threat of inflation. Hike in interest rate. Dollar was strong. Slowdown in foreign fund flow. High international