Over the last few weeks, the Indian equity markets have moved down very sharply with a large number of stocks and sectors having lost even more than the index. The mood has changed from extreme optimi

Abhijeet had started investing in direct equity more than a decade ago. Starting with NFO’s and then inputs from the ‘tips’, and peer investing models. The fall in the equity market in 2008, set him t

With the recent expose of a fraud by a financial adviser in a leading bank, there has been an increasing demand for greater regulation of financial advisers and the wealth management industry.

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Mr Sameer, a prudent investor is flummoxed. The BSE Sensex goes up one day by 200 points, and comes crashing down by 450 points, the very next day, only to rebound by 250 points the next day. Volatili

With Indian equity markets being volatile over the last one month, and banks raising interest rates very sharply over the last few weeks, it is very tempting to move out of uncertainty in equity marke

Asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing play an important role in investment decisions in the current volatile market.

Though the key investment avenues are equity, debt, commodities and real esta

Over the last fortnight, some old fears have resurfaced — investors world over have got concerned about Europe once again on the back of default worries around Ireland, Portugal and Spain. The second

2010—Diwali day, saw the Sensex breaching the 21,000 level after nearly 34 months. The euphoria was all around. The recent listing of the Coal India IPO had also given the investors a phenomenal retur

With the Coal India IPO generating significant listing gains for investors, and the Indian markets continuing to hold above 20,000 on the Sensex and 6,000 on the Nifty, there may be a sense of feeling

The recent Coal India IPO had caught Mr Sanjay’s attention. Mr Sanjay was one among the majority of the investors, who had stayed away from direct equity investments. He had seen the carnage of 2008 a