Good article, the articles on Rediff Money is really good. Something on Stock bonus & splits and their effect on tax would be nice as most of the heavyweights have either announced and planning for a split / bonus Eg. ITC, Wipro, M&M.
The article is a welcome change from the diaries and journals of losers in the Stock Market, which have off late been making it more often to the front pages. These losers should quit whining and learn from such articles as to the level of understanding required of variables that affect the market, and research that should go into investing in Stocks.
As pointed out by the author regarding the exchange rate of dollar and rupee, i am very sorry and strongly disagree on that point.
As a matter of fact, Dollar is costly currently at 43.82, this is the highest figure probably in the past 9 months.
So if the falling dollare price leads to increase in stock market (or FII inflows), reasoning is totally wrong.
Though all the articles on rediffmail are excellent, every thing I have learned about stock is through rediff, and i always depend on rediff for all the news and articles on finance, money and stock.
i can find here what i could not in many of the so called specialised capital & markets sites. very much dependable website, really, and so is this article...
In this Market only those who understand the Macro Economics will survive others who try to make money based on information will lose out.Investors should therefore refrain from investing in "worthless stocks".
The article rightly brings up the most crucial point of - Having ROI "Targets" in mind. Higher the balloon more is the pressure and one needs to be watchful everytime and verify before pushing that target to a higher altitude. Better be choosy on your bets.