Behavioural finance holds clues to market madness

Why do stock prices fluctuate so violently even though the underlying fundamentals do not change so rapidly and why do smart people lose money?After spending a lifetime looking at stock tickers,......

The concept of loss aversion

How does one behave when one has to take decisions laced with risk? Tremble with fear - fear of making a loss.Parag Parikh, chairman, Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services, says that as far as......

Sell these stocks now; make a profit!

It's Diwali, time to ring in the new and let bygones go. Time to make new-year resolutions and also to clean up and make space for new things. Your investment portfolio is no exception. We spoke to......

Fund managers expect the market to tread sideways in the next few months

Mutual funds' average cash holdings in equity schemes topped 6 per cent in February as fund managers went slow on deployment of new inflows on expectations of better buying opportunities amid......