Investments & Personal Finance Articles

A Close Cousin Of The P/E Ratio

Posted by Equitymaster 05 September 2009 13201 Views

Learning about stock market investing is a never-ending quest. There are several metrics that an investor can look at while selecting stocks. In this article, we discuss one of the many parameters that could help in making better investment decisions

Beta of Stocks

Posted by Venkat Rao Marella 26 August 2009 19060 Views

What is Beta of Stock / Security?Whether a person is an experienced investor or just someone who is trying to put some money away for retirement, knowing the stock beta in relationship to the current market conditions can minimize risk and increase p

Support & Resistance Levels - Concepts

Posted by Venkat Rao Marella 20 August 2009 13560 Views

Dear Friends,While surfing this professional site www.caclubindia.com, I can see few files on “Sheet to calculate Support & Resistance Levels of stocks”. The templates the members have shared are good.You'll often hear technical analy

Women's Weekly: SIP's - Made Simple!

Posted by Equitymaster 30 July 2009 8403 Views

Ok, so we’ve been telling you time and again for the past few weeks to save money and invest. Savings are important and investments can provide you with profits in the long term. We have seen that, now let’s get down to business. How shou

8 Year Cycle

Posted by Manish Maheshwari 30 July 2009 16087 Views

8 Year Cycle:By Manish Kumar MaheshwariRemember, every 8 years, market does see a deep cut in valuations. In the previous 8-year cycle top during '1992-93, Sensex lost 56% from 4546 to 1980. In the next cycle top, the cut was almost 58% from 6150 in

Back to basics on street

Posted by CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 25 July 2009 5629 Views

The Budget day, the sensex tanked 6% and gilt yields rose 30 basis points. The markets seemed to be repelled by P. Mukherjee’s budget. In fact, the budget does a good job of dealing with a Great Recession. That is a substantial achievement, not

US credit card reform bill

Posted by CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 20 July 2009 5045 Views

INTERNATIONAL US credit card reform bill US President Barak Obama signed into law sweeping reforms that restrict credit card interest rates and fees, making a victory for Democrats trying to help recession-weary consumers. US President Barak

Growth still tied to Monsoons?

Posted by Equitymaster 18 July 2009 4518 Views

"Nowadays, poor monsoon has a much lower effect on the economy than, say, what it was 15-20 years ago,…a very bad drought or a very poor agricultural output... would affect the GDP and demand and would have some effect on FMCG take off.

Summary-Master Circular-Investment in JV/WOS

Posted by Rajeev N L 13 July 2009 13749 Views

Summary of Master Circular on Investments by Residents in JV and WOS abroad SECTION A Objective of Circular:Regulate acquisition and transfer of a foreign security by a person resident in India i.e. investment by Indian entities in overseas ‘j

Women's Weekly: Trading places

Posted by Equitymaster 11 July 2009 5645 Views

In a family, a man usually manages the money and savings, but we ask – why not the woman?A cool wind blowing gently through the palm trees, caressing your hair as you lie on a hammock in the summer sunshine, under the azure sky and watch your g