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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

Few important things for good trading

Posted by Durga Rao 05 July 2009 4513 Views

We were a closed economy till 1990 when we had to face a serious balance of payments crisis and we had to embrace liberalisation. We had a drastic shift in our trade policy in 1990 when P.V.Narasimha Rao was Priminister. We have seen tremendo

A Glance at Equity & Investment

Posted by Manish Maheshwari 04 July 2009 4311 Views

A Glance at Equity & InvestmentBy Manish Kumar Maheshwari Ownership interest in a corporation in the form of common stock or preferred stock. It also refers to total assets minus total liabilities, in which case it is also referred to as shareho

Railway Budget 2009-10: No major surprises

Posted by Equitymaster 04 July 2009 3615 Views

The Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee presented the railway budget today. The budget has left passenger fare and freight rates unchanged. It talks about world class facilities and modernization of few of the railway stations besides safety and sec

The Changing Role of Equity Research

Posted by Manish Maheshwari 03 July 2009 7031 Views

The Changing Role of Equity Research By Manish Kumar Maheshwari In this interactive discussion of equity research, I will review the role of this research and how it is impacted by Bull and Bear markets. I will also discuss fee-based research

Economic Survey: Walking the tightrope

Posted by Equitymaster 03 July 2009 3551 Views

The Economic survey, highlighting the progress made by the domestic economy in FY09 and some of the challenges facing it, was tabled in the parliament today by India’s Finance Minister. Let us have a look at the key takeaways from the same.GDP

How Markets really work

Posted by CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 28 June 2009 7519 Views

2.1 STOCK MARKETS Explore a framework for how markets really work The prevailing paradigm for financial markets that markets tend towards equilibrium and deviations from it are random i

Seven ways to survive in a Stock Market

Posted by CA Kartik Pandya 25 June 2009 6927 Views

Global markets all have corrected lately. Irrespective of which market you are investingin, you would have been affected by the recent volatility. You could be an investor in America, India, China, Korea or anywhere else in the world- your situation

Participatory notes

Posted by Bhavadharani 12 May 2009 13602 Views

PARTICIPATORY NOTES P- Notes ‘The backdoor entrants’:Foreign Institutions, or FIIs as we refer to them, are overseas entities registered with the country’s stock market regulator, SEBI. On registration, these entities can directly

Pledging of shares

Posted by CS Rachana Bairagra 07 May 2009 88490 Views

PLEDGING OF SHARESCS. Rachana Bairagra, Company Secretary, Jindal Worldwide Ltd. Pledging of shares in order to avail the loan is neither a new concept for promoters nor for investors. In brief, when the promoters want to raise the funds for the pe