The New Year brings with it many new promises. Some people use this time to make resolutions. The promise of a new beginning is a great way to embark on a journey that can make positive changes to your life. While most people think about making changes in their personal and professional lives, picking up ...

Investing follows two major approaches – active investing and passive investing. With active investing, investors take on an aggressive front. They buy and sell stocks to earn a profit in the short term. The risk quotient is high here, but so are the returns. Passive investors, on the other hand, have a different way of ...

The stock market can be both intimidating and attractive to people at the same time. It can offer significant returns on investments and sometimes lead to losses too. Markets are unpredictable, and there is always a risk. But there are also several ways to counter the uncertainties. With the right investment choices and strategies, it ...

Market volatility can be a matter of serious concern. Challenging market conditions affect the value of investments and often cause significant losses. Such as, in COVID-19, the S&P 500, Dow Jones, or Nasdaq saw a 10% fall until mid-March, 2020.  But, if there is a sound investment plan in place, market volatility usually is a ...

Short-termism is defined as an investor’s extreme concentration on profits made on the basis of short-term analysis at the cost of long-term benefits. This short-sightedness of investors forces them to make decisions based on the quarterly and annual performance of stocks and companies. Short-termism also arises due to the boost in the number of available ...

While generally, all investors would swear by the benefits of diversification in a portfolio, it is very critical to understand the thin line between diversification and over-diversification. It is easy to be overwhelmed by the influx of capital gains and reduced risk and make that momentary mistake of stretching the diversification strategy to the far-end. ...

The Coronavirus crisis has brought people face-to-face with their worst economic nightmares. While some might have been prepared to deal with financial emergencies, many others believed that they would never have to face such a time in their lifetime. For the majority of people, it is becoming increasingly difficult to emerge out of the financial ...

Investors in the stock market can benefit from formulating investment strategies based on the security analysis of market dynamics, corporate factors, and economic as well as political movements. This investment strategy of taking trading decisions based on analytical techniques is called market timing. Individuals typically decide to sell or buy stocks, or switch between asset ...