Monthly Archives: April 2007
Ride the Stock Market Wave to Grow your Money
I have been following the EagleEyeTrade blog and even though I don’t understand technical analysis, I find this blog very credible. I am delighted that Rajiv found time to answer some of my doubts/questions which have been reproduced below: Technical … Continue reading
Personal Finance at School
This news can make you feel that it should have been started in your time. The Government is thinking of starting a course on Investing in the schools in Std. XI/XII. For me the first principle of investing is “better … Continue reading
Is ULIP for you?
ULIP is a hot selling insurance product these days. Unit Linked Insurance policy is an insurance policy where the funds are invested in the Capital market and the policyholder bears all the investment risks. Insurance companies are falling over each … Continue reading
Priceless Investment advice by Warren Buffett
It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price: Warren Buffett During the period from 1980 to 2003, the stock portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway beat the S&P 500 index … Continue reading
Take Responsibility for Your Finances
Slideshare is a wonderful way of sharing your slides and powerpoint presentations. It is a place to share and discover slideshows. You can embed the slideshows in your blog, tag, comment and have fun. I have embedded a presentation I … Continue reading
What are Stocks and should you invest in Stocks?
When you buy a share of a company you become a shareholder in that company. Shares are also known as Equities. Equities have the potential to increase in value over time. It also provides your portfolio with the growth necessary … Continue reading
What is Finance all about?
FINANCE looks daunting. For me too. I was in Rishikesh a few years back in the winters and one old resident told me, “The water is warm when the Sun has not risen. Try it”, with a straight face. Next … Continue reading
Mutual Funds v/s Direct Stocks Investing
Investing in the equity market directly is exciting and sexy. You are in the thick of things and are able to take responsibility for yourself. Though the volatility and the information overload makes it a daunting task. How about investing … Continue reading
Investing is plain Common Sense
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is an amazing book by John Bogle. Read this about the book you can buy on Amazon. Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for … Continue reading
What are Exchange Traded Funds
Basically, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are open-ended index fund that can also be traded on the stock market. Compared to Mutual funds, there are many advantages of ETFs, one is real time pricing, secondly long term investors are protected from … Continue reading
