There are no two individuals who are identical and their emotional reaction varies.

The reason investors tend to favour a sure thing over an alternate choice that has an equal or...

What is herd mentality? This refers to the herd of animals which follow other animals in...

When it comes to money and investing, we are not always as rational as we think we are.

This is the opposite of greed. Investors fear losing money due to a market crash or ...

Let us discuss the psychological factors which influence investments in stock.

The drug will be manufactured in the company’s Hyderabad facility, which is expected to be launched in the near term.

Our emotions, outlook, frame of mind, fear and greed - everything plays a major role in determining our investment decisions.

Each of us has different investment goals and that plays a big role on how we invest.

This refers to the composition and character of investments in a portfolio influenced by...

Everyone is interested to know how we can minimize our risks in investments.

The beta is a measure of a stock’s price volatility in relation to the rest of the market.

Risk and reward are the two sides of the same coin. So the best strategy of investment is to minimize...

Bharti Airtel Limited has entered the advertising business with the launch of ‘Airtel Ads’, a powerful brand engagement solution. 

We have discussed certain requirements for starting the trading procedures. 

What are the basic requirements to start trading?

In last two modules, so far we have discussed mostly about stocks and specific strategies for analysing the stocks etc.

Whether to follow Technical analysis or Fundamental analysis

CAN SLIM is a philosophy of screening, purchasing and selling common stock developed by William O'Neil. 

What Does Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) mean? It is a mathematical...

Moving averages are one of the most popular and easy to use tools available to the technical analyst.

There are a number of chart patterns and empirical rules for predicting the future trend.

For forming such decisions, a technical analyst usually examines two factors

Obviously the most important challenge for any investor or market player is predicting the stock market.

It is the relative comparison of opening price, high price, low price and closing price within a day.

As discussed earlier, technical analysts prepare charts and graphs of various market statistics...

According to the Dow Theory, the market (which means price of stocks in general) has three simultaneous movements.

Technical analysts believe that it is possible to forecast the future price of a share by looking

Technical analysis, actually, was the brainchild of Dow Jones, editor of the Wall Street Journal...

Have you heard of technical analysis? Yes or No? Well, don’t be taken aback by just...

Whatever strategy we employ to manage our portfolio- to select stocks, hold them, trade,...

Though we were discussing throughout this chapter about the how to value a stock- there are...

Discounted cash flow method is a method of valuing a company, using the concept of the Time Value of Money.

The way to go is, search for stocks whose prospects you believe in...

All these ratios are used for financial analysis, but with a different purpose. 

These ratios would explain how good the management of the company is in generating sales from various operations.

On Wednesday, Strides Pharma informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte Ltd (Singapore) has received approval for Ibuprofen oral suspension USP, 100 mg/5 ml (OTC) from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).  

The market opened in green on February 24, 2021.

These ratios would make you understand the use of debt and equity in the company's capital employed.

These ratios indicate how liquid the company is

These ratios indicate how profitable a company is. Some of these ratios are

For better understanding, you need to know certain fundamentals related to the cause of price...

Hatsun Agro Products: The newly-commissioned milk and milk products plant in Solapur (Maharashtra), with a milk handling capacity of 6 LLPD, begins its commercial production.

In a semi-annual review, Index Maintenance Sub-Committee (Equity) has decided to make some replacement among stocks in various indices as part of its periodic review. While there was only one major change in the benchmark Nifty 50, it has replaced seven stocks in Nifty Next 50 index. These changes shall become effective from March 31, 2021.

On the upside, for the bulls to regain their strength, it’s important for Nifty to sustain above the 21-EMA. As long as the index does not close above its 21-EMA, it would be a sell-on-rise market.

This is the most important ratio for guessing the price of a share.

Since for most companies preference dividends are negligible or preference shares do not exist, we...

In companies annual reports we will come across many jargons like EPS, BV, among others.

You should do a company analysis considering every aspect. For easy analysis, you may use the following as your checklist.

Companies produce and consume cash in different ways and so the cash flow statement is divided into three sections

While most investors who pursue a company's financials will look at its income statement and balance sheet...

Assets, liability and equity are the three main components of the balance sheet.

Self-interviewing before investing would help you to avoid a lot of losses and unnecessary risks. Read onto find out more.

It is a summary of all the liabilities and assets of a company giving us a picture of the company's financial position

Revenue, also commonly known as sales, is generally the most straightforward part of the income statement.

The income statement is basically the first financial statement you will come across in the annual report of any company.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited today announced that the company will introduce the complete range of Brivaracetam dosage forms at an affordable price for epilepsy treatment in India. 

Whenever we are thinking of investing in a company it is vital that we understand what...

Do you need a PhD in finance to recognize a good company?

It is very difficult to give specific examples to pinpoint factors and their direct relationship with an industry’s performance.

As discussed earlier, when we analyze the industry we have to analyze the industry life cycle,

An industry’s strengths are its resources and capabilities that can be used as a basis for developing a competitive advantage.

The first step in performing an industry analysis is to assess the impact of Porter's five forces. 

The industry life cycle approach has important implications for the investor.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced that it is carving out of O2C business into a separate independent subsidiary.  

Like other living creatures, industry also has its circle of life and imitates the human life cycle.

Industry analysis helps an investor to know an industry or sector, better.

A day after Monday's bearish attack, the domestic markets witnessed high volatility on Tuesday. Sensex closed flat with a positive bias at 49,751.41 levels, up by a mere 0.01 per cent or 7.09 points while Nifty rose by 0.22 per cent or 32.10 points to settle at 14,707.80 levels. 

The shares of Cochin Shipyard jumped by more than 11 per cent intraday on Tuesday after the company announced that it has become the recipient of an order from the Indian Navy with an estimated total order value being around Rs 10,000 crore. 

You know that we generally use terms like manufacturing industry, automobile industry, IT industry etc

In the previous chapter we have discussed about economic analysis as part of fundamental analysis.

What is an economic policy? It is nothing but the policy of the government.

The level of taxation in a country has a direct effect on the economy.

This collaboration also aims to enable a faster rollout of broadband services in a cost-effective and expeditious manner across India.

Every week dozens of economic surveys and indicators get released. 

The national output in India or of any country’s economy does not rise or fall at a uniform rate.

The impact of rising bond yields on Equity Valuations

The million dollar question is this: how do we go about analysing an economy? The working and dynamics...

The stock market does not operate in a vacuum. It is an integral part of the economy of...

On the options’ front, February expiry put & call writers are seen adding position at 14,800 strikes, indicating pivotal level for February 2021  expiry. Stock option buzzer: Piramal Enterprises 1,900 and 2,000 call options of February series have gained more than 350 per cent. Meanwhile, Kotak Bank 1,860 & 1,880 PE option of February has soared over 300 per cent.   

Adani Enterprises today announced the establishment of a joint venture (50:50) with a leading global data centre operator, EdgeConneX to provide sustainable data centre solutions in managing large infrastructure projects. 

The debate over which analytical method must be used - fundamental or technical - is never-ending.

Fundamental analysis can be done in different ways or styles depending on the requirements, perceptions and anticipations...

The actual value of a security is different, as opposed to its market price or book value.

In its most simple way, fundamental analysis tells you whether a stock is a good stock or not.

As discussed earlier, technical analysis is the study of a share's price movement in

Generic Engineering Construction & Projects Limited has been awarded new work order worth Rs 41.37 crore from its existing reputed client. 

An Economic analysis, company analysis & Industry analysis together will give...

What can you expect from fundamental tests and why perform analysis at all?

What do you do if you want to buy a house? You will look for it in terms of how big is it,

Stock market analysis is about the correct measurement of the trends of various stocks of the companies...

In the previous module we have learnt what are stocks, IPOs, secondary markets, how prices of shares change...

Each security issued bears a unique ISIN issued by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

During the physical transaction of shares, it was practiced that whenever a company announces...

We say unrealised because the position is open and not yet closed

The market opened in green on February 23, 2021.

The market opened in green on February 23, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,46,12,543 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 33,87,130.40 crore.

The market opened in green on February 23, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,46,12,543 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 33,87,130.40 crore.

In financial risk management, Value at Risk (VaR) is a widely used risk measure of the risk of...