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Imagine two scenarios. Scenario 1: You are looking to watch that latest Hollywood action flick you’ve been waiting for the past six weeks. Going by the pre-release popularity of the movie, you’ve had to pay Rs 500 per ticket, which is almost 3 times the normal price. However, you are excited for the movie so the cost doesn’t pinch you that much. Now, just a day before your show, a couple of your friends who’ve already watched the … [Read more...]
Be honest. How often do you sabotage yourself in your investing journey? You trick yourself into thinking that keeping up with stock market news, and reading the latest “10 secrets to become a successful investor” post on Safal Niveshak is “working”. You know better, but some part of you believes that simply reading the article will help you move forward. That having a deep understanding of the stock markets and how humans behave … [Read more...]
I remember the time when I bought my first car. I went to the showroom with my mind fully made. I had in fact already imagined myself owning and using that car. When I reached the showroom, I was so much filled with a ‘confirmation’ towards that product that each of its features made me think that I was about to make the right decision. The chosen car’s design seemed the best amongst all other cars displayed. Its seat covers looked … [Read more...]
There is an awful lot of bad advice out there when it comes to managing your money or investing in stock markets. Like rumours, these myths get told and retold as if they were true. They spread like wildfire even though they are flat out wrong. Some of these myths are just plain dumb, some are deceptive…but almost all are downright dangerous! It's time you know what these dangerous myths are, so that you are in a better position to … [Read more...]
My eyes were stuck at a newspaper headline that read - “15 companies that can be the next Infosys”. And then there was something I read online that said, “Find the next Infosys”. Another suggested, “How to build a fortune with blue-chip stocks that don't even exist yet!” Bam! How do I invest now in stocks that don’t even exist yet? You see, business media is replete with such claims that they know of the ways investors … [Read more...]
It’s only in the stock markets that trees are expected to grow to the skies. … [Read more...]
If you have been made to believe that you need to be financially educated to make money from stock markets, see this... If financial education was what was required to make money from stocks, the stock market experts would’ve become rich by investing their own money and not selling worthless stock advice to gullible small investors. But it doesn't happen that way. … [Read more...]
One of the most popular questions that a business channel anchor or an analyst asks a company’s management is: “What’s your EPS estimate for the next quarter and year?” For those who are not aware, EPS is the short form of ‘earnings per share’ and is calculated by dividing a company’s earnings/profits by its total number of shares. During my initial days as a stock market analyst, even I was guilty of asking similar questions … [Read more...]
When you invest your money with a mutual fund, you don't normally think in terms of losing money. All you want is to make money. And this must be your fund manager’s goal as well, or so you may think. But if you read most mutual fund advertisements and what fund managers boast about on business channels and in newspaper interviews, their ultimate goal is to ‘beat the market’. In fact, the entire mutual fund industry seems to have … [Read more...]
“You know Vishal. I have been investing in the stock markets for the past one year. And one thing I have realised is that if you are not an expert, you can’t make money from stocks. “You have to be ‘in’ the market, and have to be very smart to become a successful investor. What’s your take on this?” “Are you finished, Ravi?” I asked my friend who had till now given me a long sermon on how he lost a lot of money in stocks … [Read more...]
