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Don’t Rely On Forecasts; Use Common Sense To Invest

November 29, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

As an analyst’s job is to analyse and not forecast, it’s time individuals used common sense approaches for picking stocks

We are going through turbulent times and investors have lost heavily as they had based their investment decisions on forecasts of the so-called experts. Many experts would agree that there are no geniuses in the markets. It’s the media who makes them (experts) or a short spell of luck.

Let’s go back just six months in time. We had practically most of the …

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Exchange Traded Fund (ETF): Better Investment Option Today

November 23, 2008. Tags: , , , ,  •  9 Comments

An exchange traded fund (ETF) is essentially an index fund that trades like a stock and is listed on the exchange. Although popular abroad, it’s still a new concept in India. Currently, India has 16 ETFs, with total assets under management (AUM) of Rs 4,182 crore as of September 2008. In the US, by contrast, there are 707 ETFs, with combined AUM of $585.9 billion!

An ETF is a single security representing a basket of stocks that corresponds to a particular …

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