Some traders make a reasonable living playing the day-trading game.
If gender disparities are eroded with more women being better-educated, that pool also becomes smaller.
Technically speaking, US equities have seen net losses since January. India is strongly influenced by US trends.
A 'timing plus SIP' method could match the commitment of x in ordinary months and commit say, 2x or 3x in months where there has been a big correction.
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
Given the relative rates of gross domestic product growth, the differential will increase.
High growth is also much easier to log in a small business than in a Reliance.
An individual might not be able to put together the data and number-crunching resources that institutional traders employ.
The optimism in global markets could help India as the rebound in GDP is expected to continue and get more broad-based.
For an industry which saw sales shrinking in 2013-14, this is hope indeed.
By November-December 2014, investors should also look at debt funds.
But it is likely that campaign spending resulted in some positive activity through this period.
Liquidity, stable income generation, potential capital appreciation are the benefits from REITs
Conversely a rate hike may have positive effects if it triggers currency appreciation.
The market could be influenced by events elsewhere in the world and regardless of what happens to India's economy
The shares could continue to see outperformance if the Budget assumptions are proved correct
The trend still looks bullish but there are bursts of profit-booking above 7,250.
Rumours of which tycoon is close to which minister will soon start floating, and those could affect prices in the short term.
It could also clear stalled projects and review various subsidies on the energy, food and fertiliser fronts.
The May Nifty option chain and the three-month Nifty chains offer several signals worth noting.
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