Indian investors always had a fascination towards precious metals and stones owing to their hedging ability against the rising inflation and economic uncertainties. While investing in gold and silver has been going on, another investment avenue that is blooming since past few years is the ‘noble metal’ or platinum. Although platinum has a very short… Read More »
It is essential for women, be it working women or homemakers to keep themselves and their family financially secure. In the olden days, women generally had a habit of keeping savings in the containers in their kitchen, but today that is not going to get our savings anywhere when confronted with ever-growing inflation. It is… Read More »
There was a research conducted in United States on the average number of days investors hold the stock. The number was 187 (about 6 months) in 1991-1996 period. The median was worse with just 90 days. With internet boom era and overpriced IPOs in 2000s, this came down to about 3 months. There is no… Read More »
The global weakness and slow-down left no stone unturned to tarnish the market sentiment in every sphere. The volume in stock exchanges has got badly affected by the economic instability and investors are not willing to burn their fingers in the heat of burning beacons. After a long period of storm in the Indian stock… Read More »
scenario looks a bit grim. The Indian market is facing several problems. The interest rates show no sign of coming down in the future as the RBI has not relaxed its stance on it yet and is not keen on arriving at a decision yet. There have been downgrades by rating agencies. Many banks too… Read More »
The gold loan business had been performing steadily and had grown at a very fast pace in last few years. The current situation has changed a lot, and now it is a dying business for an NBFC whereas banks have taken advantage of this situation. Suddenly, a break has been put on by the RBI… Read More »
Rupee falls at Rs 48 a dollar. Do we even care for such news? We leave it to NRIs to worry about the exchange rate. For domestic investors, does rupee fluctuation hardly make any difference? Most investors do not read between the lines regarding how rupee fluctuation impacts their investments. Moreover, the exchange rate phenomenon… Read More »
There are many fund managers, stock brokers, and financial advisors that provide guidance on buying mutual funds, and other investment assets. However, very few discuss aspects on selling or rather very few know when to sell investment assets and cash in the profit or limit the loss.
Uncertainty in the global markets, slower recovery of developed economies, volatility in the stock market and sub-optimal economic policies across the countries has forced people to find safer havens for investment. This is where gold scores over other investment options. Not only people, but nations also repose their faith in gold. Gold has been making… Read More »
Another way to use this rule of thumb is to guess the rate of return that you must get for an investment to double within a particular period. Say, Mr. Ramesh wants to buy a house after six years for a budget of Rs. 30 lakhs. He has Rs. 15 lakhs with him as of… Read More »