by Rajat Sharma | Apr 11, 2016 | stocks, trading |
I have written about educated speculation in the stock markets (here) and about how to create an ideal streamlined portfolio of stocks for the long term (here). A topic I have never touched is short term trading in stocks. The irony is that this is what keeps me busy...
by Rajat Sharma | Jul 31, 2015 | stocks, trading |
If you read my previous posts you will know that usually I am not the one who recommends going short on stocks. Almost never! The big advantage of not being extremely dogmatic with how money making is done is that when opportunities are crystal clear you implement...
by Rajat Sharma | Jul 7, 2015 | stocks, trading |
Block Deal: A single trade of over 5, 00,000 shares or a trade where the total value in monetary terms is greater than or equal Rs. 5 Cr. Timing: The market participants are allowed to enter into block deals only during the first 35 minutes of the continuous trading...
by Rajat Sharma | Mar 11, 2015 | stocks, trading |
What is Volatility? Volatility in the context of stock markets is the amount of price change which a stock experiences over a given period of time (i.e. breadth or the difference between high-low). Put differently, if the price stays relatively stable, the stock has...
by Rajat Sharma | Mar 9, 2015 | behavioural finance, Consulting, legal |
I have long been convinced that not more than 0.1% of retail investors look at the (Draft Red Herring) Prospectus (the DRHP) before applying for shares in an IPO. As a lawyer (and an Attorney) who spent 6 years drafting these documents, this has never been a happy...
