Is it possible to do everything right and yet lose money by investing in Mutual Funds? The answer is ‘yes’. Recently, I met an investor who did ‘almost’ everything right – but did not make...
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14% vs 15%: The difference 1% makes
Our last article on 10% vs 15% was liked by a lot of our readers. Following up on that article, we have a comparison between 14% and 15%. The difference is just 1%. It doesn’t seem like a...
Inverted Hammer Candlestick Pattern (Bullish Reversal)
Inverted Hammer is a single candle which appears when a stock is in a downtrend. It’s an important candle because it can potentially reverse the entire trend – from downtrend to...
Stock Picking is over-rated, Market Psychology is under-rated
Almost every stock market participant wants to know the answer to one question – which stock to buy? A lot of people think – “If someone gives me a few stock names which will do well...
A stock market lesson from Wild Life
There was a wildlife video which went viral on the internet recently. It had a herd of Wild Dogs trying to hunt down a few Klipspringers (antelopes). Wild Dogs are known to be the most...
Wipro Stock Returns: 20 year history!
Let us go back in time. The year was 1999 and internet was very different from how it is today. Most Indians did not have an internet connection and for those who did – the internet was...
IRCTC Stock Split: Should you buy or sell?
The shares of IRCTC have been split 1:5 – which means if you had 1 share of the company yesterday, you would have 5 shares of the company today. The stock price also gets adjusted. If...
Tata Steel Share Price: 1994 to 2021 Analysis
Tata Steel. Just two years ago, absolutely no one was interested in this cyclical company in the boring metal sector. Now, everyone wants to buy shares of Tata Steel. And everyone loves the...
Insurance before stock market!
Everyone seems to be investing in the stock market these days, which is great. But how many of those investing have insurance? Before you even think of investing in the stock market, it is...
Portfolio timing is difficult, be stock specific
One common mistake most investors do when investing directly in the stock market is – taking decisions based on Nifty or Sensex levels. If Nifty is high – they avoid buying stocks...