Charles H. Dow, after whom the “Dow Jones” Wall Street index is named, is the founder of many theories, and his contribution to the theories of Technical Analysis is immense. Even after over a hundred years what he once propagated does not simply hold but lays the foundation for much of what has been developed …
If you have even been a casual observer of markets, the one thing you would have noticed is the stark underperformance of sugar stocks on the NSE. What is rather surprising is that over the last 3-4 years these sugar stocks have been rank outperformers. In the last 6 months the situation changed for the …
Considering the fact that the nation is now rebounding from the COVID-19 induced slump, there’s no doubt that Budget 2021 is arguably one of the most important budget presentations in recent years. That said, if you’re looking for some promising stocks to invest in before budget 2021, here’s a list of hand-picked stocks from our …
In the world of finance there are a good number of ratios to evaluate companies. There are profitability ratios, efficiency ratios, solvency ratios and liquidity ratios. Within the gamut of profitability ratios, two very important ratios are the Return on Equity (ROE) and the Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). Both these measures look at the …
One of the most popular measures of valuations in the stock markets is the P/E ratio or the Price / Earnings ratio. It essentially measures what the market is willing to pay for every rupee earned by the company. For example, if the P/E of a company is 15 then it means that the market …
If you are an equity investor what would you typically rely on? You would rely on a research report or on technical calls. Let us leave out technical calls for the time being as our focus is more on long term investments. Long term investing is based on a research technique called fundamental analysis. What …
For a very long time, the two principal financial statements for Indian companies were the Income Statement and the Balance sheet. While the income statement took stock of the income and expense flows during the year, the balance sheet captured the assets and the liabilities of the company at the end of the year. They …
HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND BASIC TENETS Technical Analysis is a study of the past price movements to predict the future price trend. This means that the past direction of prices of a share (determined by the market forces known as ‘demand’ and ‘supply’) tells us how the share is going to move in the future, as …
Technical Analysis is based on presumption that history repeats itself. With conditions and factors similar to the past, market participants will react in a similar way as previously. The activities of various market participants are displayed on charts which transforms into patterns that repeat over time. Identifying those trends and patterns at a relatively early …
What is Gross Domestic Product? Gross Domestic Product is the total valuation of final goods and services produced in a country during a specific time frame, a quarter or year. It counts all output generated within the borders of a country. GDP is the broadest financial measurement of a nation’s total economic activity encompassing all …
