In this current economic climate where shares are being sold off all around the world, I thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss John Keynes famous quote - ‘the markets can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent’, and what it actually means.
It basically refers to the fact that in bull markets […]
The current economic crisis has had a significant impact on share prices with the whole market being dragged down in recent months. However a lot of this sell-off could be seen as panic-selling by private investors and fund managers, and has resulted in some companies falling to bargain levels, and in fact there are entire […]
We all love it when the stock markets are rising and the bull run is there. You make money and then suddenly the markets start to fall and come in the grip of bears.
It is in that falling market that you need to know ways and methods to survive and also if you can […]
Warren Buffet and other professional investors have recently urged individuals to invest in stocks. Mr. Buffet has a history of investing in strong brand names with strong balance sheets. He has been able to secure high dividend yields by providing capital to distressed blue chip companies. However, unlike Warren Buffet you probably don’t have the […]
“Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.” Peter Lynch
CONGRATULATIONS! By reading this article you are taking the first step toward becoming a successful investor. Despite what you think, investing is fun and easy. Society leads us to believe that buying and […]
The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index is a value-weighted index composed of 30 stocks with the base April 1984=100, It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks,representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange.These companies account for around one-fifth of the market capitalization of the BSE. The base […]
A mortgage broker acts as an intermediary who sells mortgage loans on behalf of individuals or businesses. Traditionally, banks and other lending institutions have sold their own products.However as markets for mortgages have become more competitive, the role of the mortgage broker has become more popular.Today in most developed mortgage markets (especially the U.S., UK, […]
Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company. It can be expressed as a company’s sales revenue (from that market) divided by the total sales revenue available in that market.
It can also be expressed as […]
The FTSE 100; it’s something we’ve all heard mentioned with increasing frequency as news and media focus on the economy, but do people really know what it is? An abbreviation of Financial Times Stock Exchange, the FTSE (or footsie as it’s pronounced) 100 is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised companies listed […]
Individuals or firms trading equity (stock) on the stock markets as their principal capacity are called stock traders. Stock traders usually try to profit from short-term price volatility with trades lasting anywhere from several seconds to several weeks. The stock trader is usually a professional.
A person can call himself a full or part-time stock […]
