by Rajat Sharma | Jan 22, 2014 | finance, investment |
India’s population today is 1.237 billion and growing at 1.3% every year. This makes India the second most populated country in the world with China leading the charts with a population of 1.35 billion. According to the most recent census survey, India occupies 17 %...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 20, 2014 | equity, finance, investment |
There Seems to be an amazing rush to grow money by investing in Fixed Deposits (FD) and other fixed income schemes. Someone recently asked me about the best safe investment option for the future and after some discussion I realized what he really wanted to know was...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 17, 2014 | behavioural finance, equity, finance, investment |
Market participants and financial media regularly classify stock purchase decisions based on the time horizon or holding period of the investor (i.e. how long can the investor do away with his money and put it in stocks). This classification is usually styled as long...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 3, 2014 | equity, finance, stocks |
Often analysts and proprietors get into the top line and bottom line profitability growth figures. What are they talking about? To understand this, refer to any financial statement, for example — Ashok Leyland Top line refers to gross sales or total income from...
by Rajat Sharma | Jan 2, 2014 | finance, investment, stocks |
In recent times the talk of growth stocks has almost taken over the whole idea of value. What differentiates them from value stocks? Very briefly — as the name suggests, growth stocks are shares of companies whose earnings are expected to grow at a rate higher than...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 5, 2013 | finance, investment, stocks |
I think it is extraordinary that I meet so many people who are absolutely, and 100% convinced that they cannot understand finance or how to invest in the Indian stock market. Their reason oftentimes is that it is extremely dry, or it will be too difficult for them to...
