Category: Investing Trends
What is Forex Trading ?
March 10th, 2010, No Comments
What is Forex Trading ?, Wikipedia defines Forex Trading as “The foreign exchange market (currency, forex, or FX) trades currencies. It lets banks and other institutions easily buy and sell currencies.”
Trading Mutual Funds on Stock Exchanges – What the Investor needs to Know
December 7th, 2009, No Comments
Trading Mutual Funds on Stock Exchanges – What the Investor needs to Know. SEBI has recently allowed allowed registered stockbrokers to transact mutual fund units on behalf of their clients through the stock exchange mechanism. When the systems are in place there are a few points the investor has to consider while investing in mutual funds through Stock Exchanges (NSE and BSE)
Stock Quote – lifeline of an investor
November 10th, 2009, 5 Comments
Stock Quote – lifeline of an investor. Do you plan to invest in stock market? Do you have some selected scrips in your mind for making investment? If yes, it is extremely important for you to know how well that stock is performing; at what price is it available in the market and how it is expected to do in future.
Trading Types – Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading
November 3rd, 2009, 11 Comments
Share Market Trading can be classified into either of these categories Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading. However, the common factor among all types of traders is that Stock market traders keep up with the news. The businesses and industries react to government actions, changes in oil prices, economic forecasts and world events.
What are Derivatives ? A Brief Introduction
October 26th, 2009, 5 Comments
Derivatives, as the name indicates are the financial instruments which derive their value from some other asset of monetary value called as “underlying asset”. This underlying asset can be gold, currency, stock or any commodity. In short, derivative is not an asset in itself but an agreement or a contract to transfer the real asset in future whenever exercised
SEBI approves Share Market Trading from 9 to 5
October 24th, 2009, No Comments
SEBI approves Share Market Trading from 9 to 5. You could soon be able to trade for an additional two-and-a-half hours on stock exchanges with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday allowing trading between 9 a m and 5 p m to align timings to international standards.
Online Trading – a few questions answered
October 22nd, 2009, 3 Comments
Online Trading – a few questions answered. Many Investors in India prefer dealing in shares through their brokers over the Telephone and not trade online because of the security Concerns. While concerns about online security will always be there, rest assured that the brokerages themselves have a very, very high stake in making you feel comfortable about the level of security being used.
Short Selling – The Basics What is short Selling ?
October 22nd, 2009, 8 Comments
Short selling is selling the shares which you do not own. The term “short” here signifies that you do not hold the shares being sold. The first thought popping up in your mind would be – where do these shares come from which you are selling without possessing them in your portfolio of stocks.
Quarterly Results – Significance to the Share Holder
July 22nd, 2009, 1 Comment
Quarterly Results – Significance to the Share Holder. Many a times we hear about companies coming up with quarterly results that tend to create either euphoria or a silent shock in the market. Quarterly results are the announcement by corporate, of the operational results at the end of each quarter.
Planning your short term financial requirement
May 4th, 2009, 1 Comment
Planning your short term financial requirement – All of us tend to manage money as if it was very easy for us to keep the flow going without any problems. The truth is times are never the same, hence we need to plan and provide for a number of things. One of them is short term requirement or contingency funds
