Shares & Stock Articles

A short course on short sales

Ankit Dangayach 24 December 2007 at 22:41

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday allowed short-selling by all classes of investors in the Indian stock market. The date of implementation will be announced after the stock exchanges and depositories put the required systems i

IPO and Retail Investor

Amit Khandelia 21 December 2007 at 22:40

Close to 100 firms got listed this year and out of these around, 30% gave 100% premium to investors and an equal percentage meant loss for investors. Over all, we can say that year 2007 was a great year for investors and companies as well as Indian s

Seven axioms for investors

Mr. PURNA P 16 October 2007 at 13:22

For starters, it is a good policy to diversify investments across a few industry sectors to insulate against vagaries of business cycles.Retail investors must understand that the present frenzy on stock markets is largely confined to big companies, a

Sensex from 1k to 19k : History

Aisha 16 October 2007 at 11:12

1000, July 25, 1990 On July 25, 1990, the Sensex touched the magical four-digit figure for the first time and closed at 1,001 in the wake of a good monsoon and excellent corporate results. 2000, January 15, 1992 On January 15, 1992, the Sensex crosse

Seven habits of highly effective equity investors

CA Nikita 13 October 2007 at 21:53

Retail investors must understand that the present frenzy on stock markets is largely confined to big companies, and that the high prices are due to massive FII (foreign institutional investor) buying in large companies, cautions Mr Kanu Doshi, a Mumb

PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS

CA. Rayan Sequeira 05 October 2007 at 23:55

PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS- AN ALTERNATIVE FUND TO FUND BUSINESS. The concept of "business finance" has been refined to the form it stands today from the bygone "Baniyas' System", where investment needs of business were funded through pledge of personal pr

How stocks market work??

CA Nikita 02 October 2007 at 18:57

It was autumn, and the Red Indians on the remote reservation askedtheir New Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since hewas a Red Indian chief in a modern society, he couldn't tell what theweather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on

Closed ended fund a better bet!!

CA Nikita 28 September 2007 at 15:05

Better `closed' September, 27th 2007 The market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) is rightly concerned about the mushrooming New Fund Offers (NFOs) by mutual fund houses in India which have been receiving enthusiastic response f

DERIVATIVES -BASICS TYPES AND USES

jatin 27 September 2007 at 22:13

Roughly about seven years ago NSE , one of the leading stock exchanges in India(other includes BSE) inaugurated the trading in Derivatives .Though there were initial hesitation amongst Indian investors with respect to these supposedly new financial

Hedging Loss is Buisness Loss , not Speculation Loss!

Ravikumar.G 25 September 2007 at 15:51

Can a loss from hedging of commodities be set off against normal profit of a related commodity merchant? Yes, there is express provision under the I T Act ,by which loss from hedging of commodities are allowed to be taken not as Speculation Loss and