Chart Check: 140% in a year! Uptrend intact in this commodity chemical company

Chart Check: 140% in a year! Uptrend intact in this commodity chemical company

Deepak Fertiliser and Petrochemical Company, part of the commodity chemical space, hit a fresh record high in October 2022 but technical indicators suggest that the rally is not over yet. The stock with a market capitalisation of more than Rs 13000 crore hit a record high of Rs 1,061 on 21st October 2022. The stock … Read more

Gold vs Bitcoin: Which asset has the upper hand on the other since the last five Diwali

Gold vs Bitcoin: Which asset has the upper hand on the other since the last five Diwali

Historically, Diwali has been an auspicious occasion of happiness, joy, light, and prosperity. The same has also been an event for big purchases, gifts, and sweets. But one gift that has stood the test of time and not lost its shine is gold. Gold symbolises wealth, security, and financial well-being. But as it has aged, … Read more

4-point checklist to evaluate the potential of an investment

4-point checklist to evaluate the potential of an investment

Investments, if done right, can help you grow your wealth and accomplish life goals. However, among the seemingly endless investment opportunities, how do you gauge the potential of an investment? While there are no thumb rules as such, here are certain pointers you can use as benchmarks to evaluate your investment potential. Here is a … Read more

Beginners guide to financial freedom: 4 basic steps to start your investment journey

Beginners guide to financial freedom: 4 basic steps to start your investment journey

A generational money myth that still runs deep today: Savings lead to wealth creation and financial freedom. While saving does achieve both, smart investing makes the concept of wealth creation, and hence, financial freedom more attainable. Never depend on a single income source. Invest to create a second source. Apprehensions to investing aren’t uncommon: it … Read more

Online trading 101: How to beat the millennial rush on D-St

Online trading 101: How to beat the millennial rush on D-St

Covid-19 pandemic has powered a revolution in investing as a number of millennials and youngsters, driven by quarantine boredom, signed up to trading applications (apps) and invested their money in the stock market. More specifically, the millennial generation is coming into its own all around the world and online trading is just one of the … Read more

Learn with ETMarkets: Behaviour science and impact of social media influencers on investment decisions

Learn with ETMarkets: Behaviour science and impact of social media influencers on investment decisions

For majority of investors, this is the first cycle they are witnessing. Pre-covid, the participation in equity markets was three per cent, which has now risen to seven per cent, which is a clear indication of how retail investors have come pouring into the markets. Considering the high returns of 2020 and 2021, there was … Read more

Top 5 ways in which investors could manage money in times of rising inflation

Top 5 ways in which investors could manage money in times of rising inflation

Inflation is skyrocketing! As per recent data released by the government, India recorded the highest inflation in 8 years. As of April 2022, the CPI inflation rate has gone up to 7.79 per cent. This means prices have never been higher over the last 8 years than they are now. We slowly and steadily saw … Read more

Why ‘buy on rumours, sell on news’ almost always works in stocks

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There are many important events that have a pre-announced date declared days or months or even years in advance. National election, Union Budget, monetary policy, fiscal stimulus announcements, important economic data releases etc. create a buzz among investors and in the media. At the company level, these events can be in the form of earnings … Read more

Try these thought experiments to test your financial fitness

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By Amit Grover How Einstein solved difficult problems? He used thought experiments. It’s a tool that uses impossible situations, creates hypnotical scenarios, and tries to think and find solutions. A lot of great thinkers use this method. The purpose of thought experiments is to think wild, push us outside our comfort zone and force us … Read more

What investors looking to diversify can look at in 2021

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Domestic investors look to diversify their holdings to global assets in 2021 could consider a mix of funds that invest in emerging markets, US technology stocks, China and global energy companies. Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100, PGIM Global Equity Opportuities Fund, Edelweiss Greater China Offshore Fund and DSP World Energy Fund are among the top picks … Read more