“An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets”. – Peter Lynch This is the most valuable insight for new stock market investors to follow. Before we delve deeper into the basics of investing in shares for beginners, it is crucial to be aware that investing in shares will not necessarily mean instant gains. To become a…
A beginner in the context of this topic should not be construed as just somebody uninitiated in the world of Investing/Trading; but also somebody who would much rather rely on a specialist to get the job done than learn the ropes himself. Learning to invest or trade comes with a steep learning curve, which majority of the working populace engaged in other…
A fresh year demands new resolutions, new goals and new beginnings. 2020 holds a lot of promise and so does the Jiffy 2.0. It’s an altogether different beast, the 2.0 for 2020. 2.0 – The Peoples version The “Suggest-A – Feature” campaign reaching out to users resulted in a massive response. Team Jiffy received all sorts of feature suggestions; maximum of which…
A company’s business is to be profitable and grow. Its financial health is the best indicator of the company’s long-term growth potential. So how do we find if the company has great financial strength? To understand the true value of a company one must understand its financial position, it may sound complicated but the stock market regulators mandate that companies provide their…
Risk and Uncertainty, almost sound like synonyms. Same – same but different so they say. Investors do get confused between the two as they seem similar and when it comes to trading or investment there is always an element of Risk and Uncertainty. Risk in Financial Markets Risk in the context of Investing is something that can be foreseen. Risk is a…
New Year Resolution List : Financial Decisions in 2020 one should adapt and plan growth. Have you considered to make financial position better than ever before as one of the New Year Resolutions? Regardless of what resolution you commit to, the common aim is to improve life in the coming year. Resolutions can come in many forms. Some people make a promise…
Warren Buffett uses it. Charlie Munger uses it. Most Investors from the “Buffett” school of thought use them as first point of reference before going any further. So what is ROCE and ROE? ROE – Return on Equity ROE=Net Income ÷ Shareholders’ Equity ROE is determined by the above formula to arrive at the net profit the company makes divided by the…
NSE has over 1600 companies on its exchange and over 5000 companies on BSE! BSE has the distinction of having the highest number of listed companies but NSE is higher in-terms of total volume transacted and liquidity. It can be quite a task sifting through all these companies and knowing which one is good for investing or trading. The growth of a…
