When you are planning your long term goals, your obvious assumption will be to maximize returns. That is because returns have a compounding effect on your wealth. Over a longer period of time, this advantage gets accentuated. Check out the illustrati

Indian stock markets are currently in a state of flux. Domestic growth is slowing and earnings growth has not been up to the mark. NBFCs have been facing liquidity problems. On top of that, the global trade war is a reality, China is slowing down and

If you have recently received a salivating SMS recommendation to buy a software stock at Rs.3 with the assurance that it will go up to Rs.20 in 1 month, you are not alone. There are thousands of investors across India getting such investment ideas. S

Even without looking at numbers you know that the first half of 2019 has not been great for the IPO market. The appetite for IPOs is a function of the secondary markets and the secondary markets have been just too volatile. This has led to limited ap

The Volatility Index (VIX) has been part off stock market analysis for the last decade. You must have noticed that the Nifty goes up when the VIX is low (below 15) and it tends to go down sharply when the Nifty is above 22. While there is no sanctity

Futures and options derive their value from an underlying and this underlying could be a stock, index, bond or commodity. For now, let us focus more on futures and options on stocks and indices. A stock future/option derives its value from a stock li

If you are a conservative investor, then bank fixed deposits must have been a preferred option for a long time. In the last few years, yields on bank FDs have been going down consistently. As a result, investors are increasingly looking at other opti

In a way, investing myths are perpetuated over the years; partly by history and partly by your conditioning. There are some popular myths that almost all traders and investors appear to be victims of. Let us look at 6 such popular myths about investi

Between May 6 and May 8, 2019 the Sensex lost nearly 1,200 points in a vertical fall. It was triggered by an exasperated Donald Trump tweet on his intent to raise tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 to 25. Global markets reacted in unison as nearly

An investor should know how to invest in direct mutual funds as these enable them to save on expenses that they would have had to pay otherwise. Mutual funds introduced direct plans for their schemes from January 2013, upon being nudged by the Securi

Browse through the NAVs of mutual funds either in the pink papers or the AMFI website and you will find that the same growth or dividend scheme of a mutual fund is subdivided into Regular plans and Direct Plans. Have you ever wondered what are these

In the pantheon of Hinduism, Lord Ganesha holds the unique distinction of being the “Prathama Pujaya”, meaning the first lord to be worshipped. Whatever be the occasion, any religious ceremony always begins with oblations to Lord Ganesha. In Indi