A quarterly event in US markets that occurs when the contracts for stock index futures, stock market index options and stock options all expire on the same day. Triple witching days happen four times a year on the third Friday of March, June, September and December. The simultaneous expirations generally increase the trading volume of options, futures and the underlying stocks by hedge strategists, arbitrageurs,...
CII pre-Budget memorandum for the Union Budget 2009-10
The Confederation of Indian Industry in its pre-Budget memorandum for the Union Budget 2009-10 has suggested single window information on the foreign direct investment, preferably through the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
§ CII has suggested maintenance of comprehensive statistics on all FDI in SME sector.
§ To encourage FDI participation by NRIs in...
Corporate frauds have exploded in India and have become a phenomenon. From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh, to Madhavapura Co-operatives in 2002 to the CRB scam involving Roop Bhansal and further down to the initial public offering scam — popularly known as the Rupalben scam in late 2005 to the latest one Satyam’s fraud, it is a familiar story of a few corporate heads indulging in creative accounting with the...
Most financial planners and fund managers would advocate that “time in market is more important tham timing the market”. Most of them also advocate that investors should stay invested and invest for the long haul.
They also advised that investors should ignore the short term market gyrations and focus on the long run.
And if you give the same advice to the Rich about staying invested and ignoring the...
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bhaskar on Jul 3rd, 2008 in
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Investors often wish to know whether there is a difference between investing through the equity mutual funds and directly purchasing shares in the market. They often face dilemma which way to go and earn a handsome return.
At the onset let me clarify through this article that both options are different vehicles to reach the same destination i.e. successful investing in financial markets. Both options are subject to...