22 Sep, 2007
For the uninitiated, reading the business section in a newspaper or reading business magazines can often be a bit mystifying. On one hand, everyone knows about stock trading in a very basic way and all the talk about bulls and bears can be confusing, even in light of the fact that a bullish market means share values are up while a bearish market indicates sluggishness or lower share values.
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20 Sep, 2007
Stock brokers are those who are authorised to trade securities in a stock exchange of which they are members. Any investor interested in buying or selling a stock has to approach a stock broker. In the initial days, stocks were traded by stock brokers by shouting the price of the stock on the floor of the stock exchange. This method was called open outcry method of trading.
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18 Sep, 2007
Have you ever heard the story of ‘Tortoise and Rabbit’? Yes, that’s the same principal to be followed in the stock market. Being fast in the starting takes you to nowhere because it takes time to understand any of the stock trading knowledge. The stocks world is the most unreliable and speculative world.
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17 Sep, 2007
These questions are the most intriguing questions of all times, even for the fund managers who manage billions of dollars in the stock market. They are very much inter-related. But one word of caution, in the end, it all depends on, how well you can control your greed and fear. Also, you need to know exactly what type of investment period you are looking for, is it one day or one year (depending on your current situation, goals and risk tolerance) because if it is less than a week, then a dip in the stock price would probably mean that you will have to book your loss and exit the share. But if you are a long term investor, then the following information is much more useful. Read the rest of this entry »