Tag: stock market investments

Almost everybody in the stock market is on a rampant hunt for those stocks, which are beating the market, excepting a few investors who are dedicated to indexing approach. The individual stock selection involves huge risks and hence, the expectation of market-beating stocks originates among investors. Investors are always finicky in taking advices that claim to offer easy techniques for identifying such profit making stocks. But when long-term investors in the stock market, shares their experience about the trend of such stocks, then one can easily rely on them. Stock market investors will feel themselves in a safe ground once they have successfully identifies market-beating sticks for investment. There are certain traits of these stocks that need to be noted. Investors playing in the stock market for a long time can only notice these traits. But fortunate like you get to know these facts  [...]

Just how does the stock market work? What are stocks in the first place? These are the kind of questions that will be asked by newbies when trying to find out more about stock markets. The fact that books such as ‘Stock market for Dummies’ exists proves that the writers of that series of books knew that there was a lacuna to be filled. So let’s try and address the simple concepts as easily and clearly as we can. What is a stock? A stork brings babies to your house. Stocks give you dividends normally and represent ownership of the company. See, they would never put it that way in ‘Stock market for Dummies’ and I’m sure you’ll remember that example forever now. As an owner of a company’s stocks, you will be known as a shareholder or a stockholder. You get a stock certificate and a small trophy for owning stocks. Okay, I made up the part about the trophy, but you do get a certificate.  [...]

The cyclic nature of our market, bullish and bearish, is currently replaced, or rather pulled, by other sources it seems. Essentially dominated by fundamentals, the market is now run by technicals. The market is not reacting to any astonishing news, good or bad, and is operating independently. This is nothing but an outcome of technicians-run-market. It is like a boat sailing on the sea, ignoring the signals of the radar. And obviously, this trend wouldn’t last long. However, such market behavior is affecting investor’s profit. People generally buy before good news and expect good returns. Or inversely, they sell before a bad news is publicly declared to reduce their loss. But they get nothing more than being deceived. Hence, here are few things that you can do when such situation prevails. Focus on your long term goals Changing your goals with every uncertain movement in  [...]