Investors in the stock market have different the risk appetite and financial goals. People with high risk-taking capacity invest in stocks that offer capital appreciation and involves more risk. On the contrary, investors with low risk appetite inves

Nifty is the short form for the NSE Fifty and as the name suggests it consists of the 50 most active and liquid stocks in the Indian markets. Unlike the Sensex which uses 1979 as the base year, the Nifty uses 1995 as the base year since the NSE itsel

Blue-chip stocks refer to pedigree stocks which comprise a majority of the benchmark Nifty or Sensex indices in India. These stocks represent a bulk of the market capitalization and are also a proxy for the growth of the industry in particular and th

Indian equity markets have given spectacular returns in the past one year (May 10, 2017- May 10, 2018). In percentage terms, Nifty gave a return of 13.9% in the same period. Indian equity markets touched a new high in January 2018. Both the benchmark

The prices of petrol and diesel have surged sharply in India over the last few months on the back of rising global crude prices. Remember, India shifted to free pricing of fuels in 2014 and since then, the prices of petrol and diesel have been determ