Investors who play follow-the-leader and invest wherever the Foreign Portfolio Investors are going may face painful losses.
Systematic investment plan is a scheme which allows investors to invest in a mutual fund a certain amount of money over a period.
'Investors should allocate about 5% to 10% to such funds.'
This knowledge on value investing will help drive investors to make sound investment decisions.
The long-term track record is good for these funds.
Here are the seven emotions that can ruin your investment gains.
Here is the Buffett investment philosophy and his and stock-selection criteria with specific emphasis on their application in a down market and a slowing economy.
Investment guru Parag Parikh talks about the state of the Indian stock markets. His advice? Value investing.
We believe there are certain behavioral stumbling blocks that explain why there are very few value investors despite all the media coverage the discipline receives.
Mohnish Pabrai whose company handles funds to the tune of $464 mn spoke at length about his investment decisions in Mumbai
A contra fund operates on the premise that investment opportunities fall in two categories a) those that are identified by most investors and therefore already form part of their portfolios and b) those that are ignored or not yet identified. Since investment opportunities under Category A are identified by most they are overbought and are therefore trading at higher valuations. The investment opportunities in Category B are what really interest the contrarian investor.
'The pressure on relative performance and the feeling of being left out among many investors may also account for the belief among many that this has to be a technology stock bubble.' 'The feeling of a bubble is also reinforced by the extreme performance gap between growth and value investing.' 'While at first glance, one can only stand back awestruck by the wealth creation delivered by technology stocks globally. It does not seem at all like the internet bubble of 1999-2000, says Akash Prakash.
Warren Buffett is a luminous example of the school of value investing. Starting with an initial fund of $105,000 in 1956, Buffet grew it to $45 billion over the next 50 years, making him the second richest man in the world.
Cash-rich Gulf countries are expected to pump US$ 102 billion investments into the Indian real estate sector in the next ten years, a growth of about 630 per cent from the present US$ 14 billion, a report by Kuwait Investment Company (KIC) said.
Price to book value is a ratio tha helps an investor find out if a stock is under valued or over valued. When used in conjunction with the PE ratio, it can help investors identify stocks that can make them rich.
Value investor Parag Parikh's sudden death has come asa big jolt to the fraternity.
You cannot sow today and reap tomorrow.
In a growth market, these funds should not form more than 10-15% of your portfolio. Invest with a horizon of at least 5 years
The government has also developed a PAN activity monitoring.
The markets are in meltdown. Time then to turn to the Master Investor for advice and guidance. Yefei Lu explains how Warren Buffet's investment strategy includes everything from how to look at risk versus reward to how to think about portfolio concentration.
The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
They researched their companies well, didn't believe in the market chatter and advise to stay invested for long term.
A market where prices are not likely to go up is excellent for the long-term investor.
Salil Dhawan reveals the MFs that have not only performed well in the past but have a promising outlook for the future too.
Since you are betting only on a few stocks, the risks are high.
Money will flow to Europe, Japan - and the emerging markets, including India.
Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings are most awaited.
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
Had you invested Rs 5,000 every month in SBI Magnum Multicap Fund through systematic investment plan (SIP) for the last 5 years, the value of your investment would be over Rs 5.2 lakh as on August 22, 2016
Describing India as an "emerging democratic superpower", Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday kicked off his two-day India visit during which the two countries are likely to clinch an elusive civil nuclear deal.
The stock exchange does not store and display the numbers of investors. That would be like a bank publishing the details of its customers for everyone to see.
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