Indian Share market

SIP Calculator

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SIP CALCULATOR :

The below formula is used to calculate the rate of return for SIP.
It may vary by R.

Final Value of Investment = Monthly investment * ([(1+ R)^N - 1]/R) * [(1+ R)^M]

where -

N - No of monthly Installments paid

M - Remaining days after date of payment of last installment / 30

R - Monthly Rate of return

R can be found out only by trial and error either manualy or by a program.

Or Please enter values to find SIP calculation.

Systematic Plan Investment

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Systematic investment plan :

Systematic Investment Plan is an approach to investing within managed investments which involves investing a set of amount at regular intervals rather than investing a larger lump sum amount in one shot. By investing this way you are not attempting to capture the highs and lows of the market but rather the cost of your investment is averaged over a period of time. The essence of SIPs is that when the markets fall investors automatically acquire more units. Likewise they acquire lesser units when the market rises. This means that you buy less when the price is high whereas you buy more the price is low. Hence the average cost per unit drops down over a period of time

Brief explanation on Systematic investment plan :

We all have various financial obligations. Some of them like daily needs, school fees, etc involve the major outgo of your cash. Others like trip for your family or buying a fancy gizmo entails a one time payments for which money can be relatively easily collected. But for long term goals like retirement or purchasing a home require you to save and invest for many years. Yet irrespective of the amount involved and the time horizon, planning and investing money systematically and regularly enables you to sail through these obligations. A SIP could prove to be a simple and effective solution toward achieving these goals.

A SIP is a method of investing in mutual funds, by investing a fixed sum at a regular frequency, to buy units of a mutual fund schemes. It is quite similar to a recurring deposit of a bank or post office. For the convenience, an investor could start a SIP with as low as Rs 500; however this amount may differ from one fund house to other.

Consider the following example of two rational people who each invest the same amount of money into a managed fund over a period of time.

Investor A decides to invest Rs. 10000 now.
Investor B decides to invest by way of an SIP - Rs. 1000 each month.

Month	Investor A (In Rs.)	Units Purchased	Investor B (In Rs.)	Units Purchased	Unit Price
1	10000	1000	1000	100.0	10.0
2	0	0	1000	105.3	9.5
3	0	0	1000	114.3	8.8
4	0	0	1000	115.6	8.7
5	0	0	1000	118.3	8.5
6	0	0	1000	125.0	8.0
7	0	0	1000	117.6	8.5
8	0	0	1000	107.5	9.3
9	0	0	1000	95.2	10.5
10	0	0	1000	90.9	11.0
Total Investment	Rs.10000	1000	Rs. 10000	1089.8
Total Value	Rs.11000		Rs. 11988

The table shows that Investor B is in a better position by investing through a Systematic Investment. It shows that at the end of the investment period of 10 months Investor A who made an Lump sump investment has 1000 units in his portfolio has a market value of Rs. 11000. Whereas, Investor B who made investments through an SIP has 1090 units in his portfolio which has a market value of Rs. 11988.

Benefits of Systematic Investment Plan

1. Discipline
The cardinal rule of building your corpus is to stay focused, invest regularly and maintain discipline in your investing pattern. A few hundreds set aside every month will not affect your monthly disposable income. You will also find it easier to part with a few hundreds every month, rather than set aside a large sum for investing in one shot.

2. Power of compounding
Investment gurus always recommend that one must start investing early in life. One of the main reasons for doing that is the benefit of compounding. Let’s explain this with an example. Person A started investing Rs 10,000 per year at the age of 30. Person B started investing the same amount every year at the age of 35. When they attained the age of 60 respectively, A had built a corpus of Rs 12.23 lakh while person B’s corpus was only Rs 7.89 lakh. For this example, a rate of return of 8% compounded has been assumed. So the difference of Rs 50,000 in amount invested made a difference of more than Rs 4 lakh to their end-corpus. That difference is due to the effect of compounding. The longer the (compounding) period, the higher the returns.

Now, instead of investing Rs 10,000 each year, suppose A invested Rs 50,000 after every five years, starting at the age of 35. The total amount invested, thus remains the same -- Rs 3 lakh. However, when he is 60, his corpus will be Rs 10.43 lakh. Again, he loses the advantage of compounding in the early years.

3. Rupee cost averaging
This is especially true for investments in equities. When you invest the same amount in a fund at regular intervals over time, you buy more units when the price is lower. Thus, you would reduce your average cost per share (or per unit) over time. This strategy is called 'rupee cost averaging'. With a sensible and long-term investment approach, rupee cost averaging can smoothen out the market's ups and downs and reduce the risks of investing in volatile markets.

People who invest through SIPs capture the lows as well as the highs of the market. In an SIP, your average cost of investing comes down since you will go through all phases of the market, bull or bear.

4. Convenience
This is a very convenient way of investing. You have to just submit cheques along with the filled up enrolment form. The mutual fund will deposit the cheques on the requested date and credit the units to one’s account and will send the confirmation for the same.

5. Other advantages
· There are no entry or exit loads on SIP investments.
· Capital gains, wherever applicable, are taxed on a first-in, first-out basis

2012-01-02T21:31:00.005+05:30

Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan is an approach to investing within managed investments which involves investing a set of amount at regular intervals rather than investing a larger lump sum amount in one shot. By investing this way you are not attempting to capture the highs and lows of the market but rather the cost of your investment is averaged over a period of time. The essence of SIPs is that when the markets fall investors automatically acquire more units. Likewise they acquire lesser units when the market rises. This means that you buy less when the price is high whereas you buy more the price is low. Hence the average cost per unit drops down over a period of time The below slide walk through about systematic investment plan.Please read those slides.

Download songs from Osthi Movie

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Download Tamil Mp3 Songs: Osthi (2011)

Cast: Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Jithan Ramesh, Sonu Sood, Revathy
Direction: Dharani S
Production: Mohan Apparao, T. Ramesh
Music: Thaman

Download Tamil Mp3 Songs: Osthi (2011)

To download right click - > Select save target as

Kalasala Kalasala (5.8 MB)
Neduvaali(6.0 MB)
Osthe Maamey(5.4 MB)
Pondatti (6.1 MB)
Unnale Unnale(5.2 MB)

Happy downloading.

An Overview of Recession

2011-12-05T12:56:00.002+05:30

Define Recession :

Generally Recession is defined as a period of reduced economic activity.

A period of general economic decline; typically defined as a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters. A recession is typically accompanied by a drop in the stock market, an increase in unemployment, and a decline in the housing market

Types of Recession :

There are four types of recession.

V- shaped
W- shaped
U-shaped
L-shaped

V Shaped Type :

The V recession is one where activity drops drastically, but quickly recovers, the left arm of the V being the drop, and the right arm, the recovery. While unpleasant, they are short-lived. Everybody on Wall street hoped that the current economic downturn would be a V type recession.

W Shaped Type

The W recession is sometimes referred to as a “double-dipped” one, where there is a violent drop in economic activity, a strong and quick recovery and then another equally (or worse) drop but followed by a slightly slower recovery.

U Shaped Type

The U recession is what most analysts are saying we are currently experiencing, whereby there is a sharp drop which gradually gets worse, bottoms-out and then recovers quite dramatically, back up to the levels that it enjoyed before its descent. Therefore, market analysts who believe this think that the “recession” will be over at the end of 2010.

L Shaped Type

The L recession really describes a depression, characterized by a steep decline in economic activity, followed by a prolonged period, sometimes several years, of little or no growth.
While it is easy to think of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (or S&P 500, or NASDAQ) as little more than reflections of what an economy is doing, they really aren’t as closely related as most people think

Velayudham (2011)

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Starcast: Vijay, Genelia, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu Singh, Kadhal Thandapani, Crane Manohar,

Director: Raja M
Music: Vijay Antony

Release Date : October 26,2011.

Download Tamil MP3 Songs - Velayudham (2011)

To Download - Right Click - Save Target As/Link As

Chillax (9.0 MB)
Maayam Seithaayo (8.0 MB)
Mulachu Moonu (9.0 MB)
Rathathin Rathame (9.0 MB)
Sonnaa Puriyaathu (11.4 MB)
Velaa Velaa (2.6 MB)

Greetings

2011-09-04T19:17:00.000+05:30

Wish You Happy Diwali

May This Diwali be as bright as ever.

May this Diwali bring joy, health and wealth to you.

May the festival of lights brighten up you and your near and dear ones lives.

May this Diwali bring in u the most brightest and choicest happiness and love you have ever Wished for.

May this Diwali bring you the utmost in peace and prosperity.

May lights triumph over darkness.May peace transcend the earth.

May the spirit of light illuminate the world.

May the light that we celebrate at Diwali show us the way and lead us together on the path of peace and social harmony

"WISH U A VERY HAPPY DIWALI"

Difference between Fixed Price Issue and Book Built Issue

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What is the difference between Fixed Price Issue and Book Built Issue?

An issuer company is allowed to freely price the issue. The basis of issue Price is to be disclosed in the offer document where the issuer discloses in detail about the qualitative and quantitative factors justifying the issue price. There is only one price and issue will be offered at that price. Such type of issue is known as Fixed Price Issue. "Book Building" means a process undertaken by which a demand for the securities proposed to be issued by a body corporate is elicited and built up and the price for the securities is assessed on the basis of the bids obtained for the quantum of securities offered for subscription by the issuer. This method provides an opportunity to the market to discover price for securities. Individuals who apply for the IPO put their bids.

What is the difference between debt and equity?

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Debt Equity

Debt instruments do not Equity instruments entitlegive ownership rights to the holders to own part of the holders business Interest is payable Dividend is payable Interest is legal Dividend is not legally obligation to pay necessary Debt holders get preference Equity holders are paid only in case of dissolution of after all other obligations are company met Interest not paid is carried Dividend cannot be carried forward today better as Bombay Stock Exchange, which remains the premier stock exchange since its inception. During this period several other exchanges were launched and some of which were closed also. Presently, there are 19 recognized stock exchanges out of which four are national level exchanges and the remaining are regional exchanges.National Stock Exchange, established in 1992, was the last exchange.

Although the regional level exchanges are in existence the volume of trading in these exchanges is negligible.National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange are the leaders of Indian Securities Market in terms of listing, trading and volumes.The last 15 years of the Indian securities market can be considered as the most important part of the history where the market gone through the post liberalization era of Indian economy and witnessed the formation of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which brought substantial transparency in share market practices and thus managed to bring in trust of not only domestic investors but also the international ones.

General Body Meeting (GBM)

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What is a General Body Meeting (GBM)?

It is a meeting of the shareholders, and being the most powerful body of any company, the GBM takes all the decisions regarding the working of the company. Held annually, this meeting is also called the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and discusses among other issues, the performance of the company in the previous accounting period and even finalizes the accounts. The AGM also appoints Auditors and Directors for the company, approves of the dividend declared by the company (it also has a right to lower the dividend).Statutorily, the period between two AGMs shouldnot exceed 18 months.

Do you know about it?

2009-11-20T19:49:00.000+05:30

Can you tell me about the financial cycle of the business?

Earlier when the companies did not have the access to the primary market they had to borrow funds to raise the necessary money. But, after the popularization of the securities market (specially after 1980’s) the Initial Public Offering of equity shares or IPO has become the favourite method for financing. However, before a company approaches the securities market in order to raise money, it has to go through various stages of financing.
When an entrepreneur wishes to start a business, he raises money in the form of ‘seed capital’. For this he may offer certain shares in the business to the people who have contributed for this initial capital. Since at this stage the capital required is limited the entrepreneurs prefer the seed capital to be raised in the personal capacity. In general, at this stage the business entity is known as sole proprietorship or a partnership as the business is closely held and by a single person or a small group of persons.

When the business expands, the need for finance increases.
When the business is reasonably established the Venture Capitalists start to take interest in the entity and they look for the investment opportunities. In the return of money invested the venture capitalists usually are given shares or warrants. The company could remain a Private Limited Company at this stage as it is still closely held and owned by a few people. There should be at least two shareholders in a private limited company. The venture capitalists are those people who look for higher profit and are prepared to take higher risk for it.
Now if the business expands further the need for finance rises to the level where the company has to go to public in order to realise their expansion or diversification plans. At this juncture they take the IPO route.

How do shares come into being?

Any business is owned either by a single promoter or joint promoters with an unlimited liability, or a group of people (both promoters and non-promoters) with a limited liability. Limited liability means, in case of bankruptcy of the company, the owner's liability will be limited to the extent of their individual contribution towards capital. These three forms of the business organizations are called proprietorship, partnership firm and limited company respectively. Since each owner has his own share of contribution towards the owner's capital (also called equity), each of them is given his legal entitlement to share the ownership of the company in the form of document. These documents are rightly called shares and the owners are shareholders. A limited company is either called a public limited or a private limited company depending on its turnover and number of members in its board. Among public limited companies, the companies with their shares widely held are listed in the stock exchanges, and the shares of only these limited com panies are traded.
“T rifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle”
Michaelangelo,
1475 - 1564
Italian Artist

Do you know about Share?

2009-11-10T20:25:00.000+05:30

What are the basics of Investment?

The money you earn is partly spent and the rest saved, for meeting the future expenses. If you keep your savings idle its nominal value remains the same but real value decreases by prevailing inflation. This can be defined by the following formula: Instead of keeping the savings idle, you park it somewhere to get a return on this capital in the future. This is called an investment. There are various avenues for investment.You may invest in the bank deposits, postal deposits,real estate, jewelry, paintings, life insurance, tax savings schemes likes PPF/NSC or stock market related instruments called securities like shares, debentures, bonds, etc. However, the return from each investment option depends on the associated risk. The riskier the investment, the higher will be the return. For instance, stock market related investments are risky, but makes you earn more returns than other modes of investment.

What are the benefits of investing in the stock market?

Stock Market investments offer you benefits like easy liquidity, flexibility of amounts invested/disinvested, reasonable returns and a regulatory framework to safeguard your rights. Shares are the most popular form of stock market investments due to their higher potential for capital growth.

Real rate of return = Nominal rate of return - InflationIn the long run it is empirically found that investment in equities gives maximum return.

What is a share?

A Share or stock is a document issued by a company,which entitles its holder to be one of the owners of the company. A share is directly issued by a company through IPO or can be purchased from the stock market. By owning a share you can earn a portion of the company's profit called dividend. Also, by buying and selling the shares you get capital gain. So, your return is the dividend plus the capital gain. However, you also run a risk of making a capital loss if you have sold the share at a price below your buying price.

What is a company?

A company basically means a group of persons associated together for achieving some objectives. The term company means a company formed and registered under the Indian Companies Act 1956.As company is a voluntary association of persons its capital is divisible into parts which are known as shares with limited liabilities. A company exists only in contemplation of law and it has no physical existence.“A stock broker isOne who invests other people’s money until its all gone”Woody Allen,American FilmMakerPRESENT VALUE OF RS 1 LAKH (INVESTED IN 1992)Mode of Investment Value of Rs1 Lakh RemarksBank Fixed Deposit Rs. 3,79,535 Calculated on the basis of prevailing average different bank rates in 1992-97 (11 per cent), in 1997-2002 (11.5 per cent) and in 2002- 08 (5.5 per cent) SBI-MF Magnum Rs. 4,89,300 Mutual Fund Scheme started in 1993 Tax Gain (1993)

Gold Rs. 2,61,000 In January 1992, the price of gold was Rs.4,200 per 10 gram and in January 2008 the price of gold isRs.11,000 per 10 gram Property Rs. 5,00,000 In 1992, the rate of real to Rs.7,14,000 estate in Nariman Point Mumbai was Rs.7,000 per sqft and in January 2008 the rate of same property was Rs.35,000 to 50,000 per sqftSensex Rs.10,30,346 In January 15, 1992 Sensex was at 2020 and on January 07, 2008 Sensex was at 20813(Values are calculated on the basis of prevalent average rate in case of property and gold while value for the mutual funds is calculated on the basis of returns/dividend given by the bank)

What is a company's legal identity?

A company is considered as a juristic person with a perpetual succession and a common seal. Its life does not depend upon the life of its members, who can change from time to time. On registration, a company acquires a personality distinct from its members.A company can sue and be sued in its own name. It can institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings in its own name.A company has limited liability. The privilege of limited liability for business debts is one of the principal advantages of doing business in the corporate form. In a company limited by shares, liability of the members is limited to the unpaid value of the shares, whereas in a company limited by guarantee, liability of members is limited to such amount as the member may undertake to contribute to the assets of company in the event of it being wound up.

market nov 4

2009-11-04T18:47:00.000+05:30

Equities likely to make cautious start amid mixed global cues

Local equities are likely to make a cautious start on Tuesday on the back of mixed cues from global markets. Wall Street ended higher overnight in a choppy session, while Asian markets were trading mostly lower this morning. Movement of local bourses will depend upon the performance of the global markets as the day progresses. Initially, there might be a bit of hesitation among investors; however, if Asian markets can recover and Europe starts well, it should be a tremendous help to the local markets. There arenâ??t any major triggers that the markets can look forward to and therefore it would mainly look at world-wide equities for cues. Stock and sector specific action may be seen depending upon the news flows.
Domestic markets, on Friday, missed out on an opportunity to end its four-day losing streak despite receiving decent support from world-wide equities. After making a promising start and showing steadiness until noon, the markets lost ground in the second half of trade to finally end in the negative territory. The day saw the S&P CNX Nifty plunge below another psychological level of 4,750 and 30-share BSE Sensex below the 16,000 mark. Broader indices, too, found it difficult to hold on to the gains as traders followed the rule implying 'buy on dips and sell on upmoves'. A major damage was done by telecommunication stocks after Bharti Airtel reported a lower-than-expected earnings and DoTâ??s decision to freeze all 2G spectrum allocation pending the enquiry by central agencies in alleged irregularities in distribution of 2G licenses in 2007. The oil & gas counter, led by heavy-weight Reliance Industries, too was equally responsible for hampering confidence in the market. Auto and banking shares tussled hard throughout the session, but found no success in helping markets retain early gains. Finally, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 156.44 points or 0.97% to end at 15,896.28, while the S&P CNX Nifty plunged 38.85 points or 0.82% to settle at 4711.70.

Markets likely to make flat to positive opening

Domestic markets are likely to make a flat to positive opening on Wednesday as most Asian equities were trading in the green, but persistent concerns over the route markets would adopt in near-term may keep gains under check. With local equities ending lower for six consecutive sessions, it would take some time to get the confidence back into the markets, especially among smaller investors. However, bottom-fishing in shares with strong fundamentals and reasonable valuations will continue to happen. Foreign investors turning out to be net buyers despite a major fall in markets yesterday gives an indication that they continue to invest in potential shares without much hesitation.

Maxwell Ind launches Eminence brands in India

Earlier, Maxwell Industries had inked a pact with the French company for manufacturing, distributing and selling the men's & women's innerwear, pijamas and socks under the brand name 'Eminence'.
Maxwell Industries, incorporated in 1991, is a leading manufacturer of high quality 100% cotton yarn for hosiery/weaving industries in India.

Indian stocks

Led by strong gains in realty and metal stocks, the Indian markets rose sharply in today's trades and in the meanwhile recouped a large part of yesterday's losses. On the BSE, there were more than two stocks that gained for every stock that closed in the negative.
The BSE-Sensex and the NSE-Nifty closed with gains of around 500 points (3.3%) and 150 points (3.4%) respectively. Stocks from the small cap spaces also followed suit, as the BSE-Midcap and BSE-Smallcap indices gained by 3.5% and 2.2% respectively. The rupee was trading at 47.07 to the US dollar at the time of writing.
The Indian markets closed today with the biggest gains in Asia. These were distantly followed by Hong Kong and Singapore where stocks ended with gains of around 1.8% and 1% respectively. European markets have also opened on a positive note.
Buying in gold continues as well, with the yellow metal nearing almost 1,100 per ounce in the international markets. This follows the Indian central bank RBI's recent buying of 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF. This underscores gold's increasing status as an official reserve and has fuelled speculation that other governments, including China's, may be ready to diversify their reserves.
The BSE-IT index was amongst the leading gainers today as it closed up by around 4%. Major gainers here included the likes of Infosys, TCS and Wipro. Gains in the latter two stocks were aided by reports that these companies are eying a large outsourcing deal with the leading American retailer, Target. The deal could possibly involve the acquisition of the Indian captive technology centre of Target with a bundled offshoring transaction worth US$ 300-400 m.
A deal like this could be revolutionary for the Indian IT sector that is eyeing retail as one of the next big opportunities for offshore outsourcing. As a matter of fact, few years ago, many foreign retailers started with their Indian captive operations as there were not many IT service providers who could understand their core operations better. This seems to be changing now, and for the better for the Indian IT sector!

Market 2nd Nov

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A dreadful week for stocks(Round-Up)

All major markets the world over fell like a set of bowling pins this week. India too was not spared, and in fact headed the list of losers. The BSE Sensex fell 5.4% during the week. A host of reasons led this fall. Weakness in commodity prices, poor results by some large companies, skepticism about the recovery being only liquidity driven, fears about the stimulus packages being withdrawn, rising inflation, and expectations of an impending exit by the government of its loose fiscal stimulus were some overshadowing factors.
Markets in the rest of the world had a similar story to tell. Apart from India, Germany (down 5.7%), Brazil (down 5.4%), and France (down 5.3%) led the fall. The US ended the week lower

by 2.6%, while China fell by 3.6%. Some disappointing results from large companies like PetroChina and National Australian Bank weighed down on Asian markets, further fueling concerns that markets may have gotten ahead of fundamentals and that stocks may have risen faster than the pace at which earnings will perhaps rise going forward.

CAG sets up high profile team to audit RIL this month

Government auditor Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has reportedly set up a high-level team for auditing Reliance Industries' (RIL) expenses on eastern offshore KG D-6 fields to be started from this month.
Apart from RILâ??s offshore KG D-6 fields, the CAG has also been asked to do special audit of Cairn India's Rajasthan block and British energy firm BG Group- operated Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields.
The special high profile audit team will comprise P K Mishra, principal director, A K Awasthi, additional deputy director, and Dharamendra Kumar, director.
The scope of the audit will be above the normal course of audit by CAG. The main objective of the audit would be to detect fraud, if any, by the operator (RIL) allegedly in collusion with oil regulator DGH and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Market Oct 30

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Friday 30th October, 2009

Bharti's stock gets another beating(12:30 pm)

The Indian markets pared some of their gains from the morning session during
the previous two hours of trade on account of weakness in energy stocks as
also the telecom bigwigs. However, buying activity is being witnessed in stocks
from the realty, metal and auto space.

The BSE-Sensex and the NSE-Nifty are currently trading higher by around 150
points and 60 points respectively. Stocks from the midcap and small cap spaces
are also trading in the green, with the BSE-Midcap and the BSE-Smallcap
indices trading higher by 2.6% and 2.2% respectively. The rupee is trading at
46.97 to the US dollar.

Telecom major Bharti announced its 2QFY10 numbers today. The company's
sales grew by 19% YoY during 1HFY10 and 16% YoY during 2QFY10. Growth
during the first half was led by the mobile services and passive infrastructure
businesses, which reported a growth of 15% YoY and 43% YoY respectively.
The company's mobile subscriber base stood at over 110 m at the end of
September 2009, higher by about 43% YoY. During the quarter, its average
revenue per user (ARPU) declined by 24% YoY and by 9% QoQ (as compared
to 1QFY10). Further, average minutes of usage (MOU) declined by 15% YoY
and 6% QoQ (as compared to 1QFY10). On the brighter side, operating
margins remained stable at around 40.7%. Also, net profits grew by 28% YoY
during 1HFY10. This growth in bottomline was mainly on the back of a stable
operating performance as also interest income. While the results aren't all that
bad, the markets don't seem to be all that happy as the stock is trading deep in
the red currently.

Gujarat Gas announced its 3QCY09 results yesterday. The company's topline
increased by 19%YoY during 3QCY09 on account of higher LNG volumes. On
the other hand, EBITDA margins remained flat at 18.3% during the quarter. Its
other income decreased by 29% during 3QCY09 over the corresponding
quarter last year. Its bottomline registered a growth of 13% YoY during the
period. Further, for the 9mCY09 period, the company registered a growth of
6% in its topline and a decline of 0.2% in the bottomline. On the volumes front,
Gujarat gas witnessed an overall increase of 7%. While the decline in gas
availability from the PMT fields and the new city gas regulations are a cause for
concern, the company is performing well in industrial retail, where the margins
are better than the bulk industrial sales. Also, the CNG business, another high
margin segment is expected to have a larger share in the revenue mix of the
company going forward. Gujarat Gas is trading flat currently.

Positive global cues to lift Nifty higher in early trades

Bulls, which have been hushed over the past four sessions, are set to make a
come-back today. Taking the lead from a smart rally on Wall Street overnight,
Asian bourses witnessed respectable gains this morning, these positive vibes
are likely to foster Indian markets as well in the early trades. Off late, worries
over economic recovery have been hovering in the minds of investors;
however, the strong report on US economic growth in the third quarter has
reassured investors that the recovery is on track. Investors might choose to
buy stocks at lower levels after a four-day fall on the domestic bourses.
Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, SAIL, Indian Oil Corporation, Reliance
Communications, ABB, Syndicate Bank, Reliance Capital, NALCO, Bank of
Maharashtra, GE Shipping, Educomp Solutions, MTNL, IRB Infrastructure,
IVRCL Infrastructures, Thermax, Karur, Vysya Bank, Central Bank of India,
Ballarpur Industries, Ackruti City, Tanla Solutions, Federal Bank, Deccan
Chronicle Holdings, GVK Power, Divi's Laboratories, Arvind, Indian Hotels,
Adani Enterprise, Bharat Electricals, Plethico Pharmaceuticals and Max India are
scheduled to announce their quarterly results today.

Asian markets were trading higher this morning. Shanghai Composite gained
2.13%, Hang Seng soared 3.06%, Nikkei 225 rose 1.26%, Straits Times added
1.50%, Seoul Composite surged 0.83% and Taiwan Weighted advanced
1.01%.

The US markets rebounded after the gross domestic product (GDP) data
showed that the US economy returned to growth in the third quarter. The news
reinvigorated investors, who had dumped stocks for most of the past week on
signs of a weakness in the housing market and a disappointing report on
consumer confidence. The Commerce Department on Thursday said that the
US economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.5% marking quarterly growth for
the first time in more than a year and signaling the end of the worst recession
in 70 years. Government stimulus programs including the popular Cash for
Clunkers auto rebates and tax credits for first-time home buyers bolstered the
economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average surged by 199.89 points, or 2.05%, to
9,962.58. It was the best run of the index in the last three months. The
broader Standard & Poorâ??s 500 index added 23.48 points, or 2.25%, to
1,066.11, while the Nasdaq composite index was up by 37.94 points, or
1.84%, to 2,097.55.

Crude prices rose about 3% on the news that the US economy has returned to
growth in third quarter and on expectations that the demand for crude will rise.
The US economy grew at a 3.5% pace in the third quarter, the best showing in
two years. The other factor that supported the rise in crude prices was the
weakness in dollar that declined after rising for last couple of days.

Benchmark crude for December delivery rose $2.41 to settle at $79.87 a barrel
on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for December
delivery rose $2.18 to settle at $78.04 on the ICE Futures exchange.

Market Oct 28

2009-10-28T16:24:00.000+05:30

Markets in a nosedive(10:30 am)

Indian markets opened on a weak note as the benchmark indices opened way below the dotted line after yesterday's losses and have struggled to make any foray upwards since then. Most of Asia is currently trading in the red with Indonesia (down 2.6%) leading the pack of losers. However, the US markets closed marginally higher yesterday.

Currently, in India, heavyweights from the BSE-Sensex are trading a mixed bag with select auto and software stocks witnessing buying activity. However banking majors are in the red. The BSE-Sensex is trading lower by 148 points, while the NSE-Nifty is down by 45 points. Selling interest is also being witnessed among mid and small-cap stocks as the BSE-Midcap and BSE-Smallcap indices are trading lower by 1.1% each. The rupee is trading at 47.18 to the US dollar.
Engineering stocks have opened the day on a mixed note. Gainers here include Punj Lloyd and Crompton Greaves, while Suzlon is in the red. Crompton Greaves announced its 2QFY10 results yesterday. The company's consolidated sales grew by 5% YoY during 2QFY10, led by strong performance from the 'consumer products' business, which recorded a growth of 24% YoY. However, its largest business of 'power systems', which contributes to about 67% of total sales remained lackluster. The company's operating margins expanded by 3% YoY aided by stock related adjustments and a decline in raw material costs as a percentage of sales. It may be noted that Crompton Greaves has acquired several companies in the recent past in order to cement its place as a major world player in the transmission and distribution equipment space. In our opinion, much of the company's growth going forward, especially on the profitability front will be determined by how these acquisitions fare.

Power stocks have also opened the day on a mixed note. Gainers here include PTC India and Reliance Power, while Tata Power is in the red. As per a leading business daily, the empowered group of ministers has decided on the allocation of the natural gas produced by Reliance Industries from the KG basin fields. 20 million standard cubic meter of gas per day (mmscmd) has been allocated to power, petrochemicals, refinery and fertiliser sectors on a firm basis. Another 30 mmscmd of gas has been kept on a fall-back basis depending on the level of production. The power sector is the biggest beneficiary from the allocation as it gets about 13 mmscmd from the firm allocation and 12 mmscmd from the fall back arrangement. This is a positive development for existing gas-based power projects as it will help them scale up their plant load factor to almost 75% of their rated capacity.

RBI treads where Government fears

While the government of India could only pay lip service to the issue of CEO salaries , RBI, India's central bank and also the banking sector watchdog has decided to do a lot more to ensure sound employee pay policies for the banking sector. For starters, it is already working on Financial Stability Board (FSB) principles to formulate guidelines for the same. It is believed that highly unreasonable pay packets for CEOs of large financial institutions in the western world were one of the main reasons for the global financial crisis.

Apparently, the focus while arriving on the variable compensation was too much on factors like trading profits that led to these firms taking risks that were detrimental to the long-term health of the institution and ultimately, led to their downfall. The FSB report, which has also been approved by the G-20 nations, aims to correct this very anomaly and has proposed linking total variable compensation to the overall performance of the firm and maintaining a sound capital base. However, India's central bank will have to be also wary of market realities while putting into place employee payment guidelines. Otherwise, the banking sector might lose talent to other industries.

Moment of truth for telecom companiesCan a soap company remain profitable by giving out the soap for free and charging for the bath? Highly unlikely, isn't it? However, a few months from now and the telecom companies in India may perhaps have to do exactly the same thing and still remain profitable. Of course in this case, the soap would mean voice calls and the bath would mean value added services like roaming, messaging, song downloading etc. As per a leading daily, local calls on mobile phones cost 40 paise per minute and they are likely to go still lower. Infact, low enough for the country to may be become the pioneer in the world of a concept that is known free voice calls.

It would be naïve to assume that the CEOs of telcos in India were not aware of this fact. They indeed were and this explains their move towards trying to reduce their dependence on voice calls. It should be noted that more than 30% of the revenues and 50% of profits of companies that have existed in India for quite some time now already accrue to them by way of value added services. The others that have fallen behind will have to quickly play catch up. Otherwise, with the kind of capital intensity the sector demands, it will not be long before they start bleeding. While such a scenario will be good eventually as it will lead to the much needed consolidation in the sector, we will have to go through a lot more uncertain times in the interim. Little wonder, telecom stocks are being taken to the cleaners these days.

Share market on Oct 26

2009-10-26T19:53:00.000+05:30

Indian markets ended lower for the third straight session as the benchmark index fell 75 points to end at 4,988 on Thursday. Global stock markets dropped on Thursday, with a number of markets in Asia and Europe lower by 1 per cent or more.

Oct 26, 4:05 PM

BSE

16740.50 (down)

70.31

NSE

4970.90(down)

26.15

Shares today

Cost cutting, stable input cost helped margins: Tata Motors

RBI still dovish on policy; signals no rate hike

Weak start for mkts, Sensex ends 70 points down

Mahindra Lifespace Q2 net profit up at Rs 17.34 cr

Debt-equity ratio down from 1.5 to 1.25: Sona Koyo

US markets open flat

See net interest margin at 1.2% by year-end: IDBI Bank

HCL Infosystems raises upto Rs 795 crores

Spectrum allocation largest scam in independent India: BJP

TV Today Q2 PAT up at Rs 10.61 cr

Tata Motors Q2 net profit up 4% at Rs 729 cr

Rupee ends lower, bonds higher

Markets

Nikkei 225 (Oct 26) 10362.62 79.63

Straits Times (Oct 26) 2716.62 1.28

Hang Seng (Oct 23) 22589.73 379.21

Taiwan Index (Oct 26) 7668.40 19.12

KOSPI (Oct 26) 1657.11 16.94

Shanghai Composite (Oct 26) 3109.57 1.72

Day Trading Indian Shares

2009-10-21T17:29:00.002+05:30

In this article, Larry Swing gives very useful advice to daytraders. He presents a number of easy to follow rules which can be used by investors of all kind who trade Indian Shares on the BSE and NSE Indian Stock markets

Daytrading by: Larry Swing

Daytrading is a very difficult endeavor for anyone who's tried it. Those who go through it day after day will agree that everyday is different and that each day requires maximum attention. The end of each trading day leaves the daytraders exhausted. But not only does it take stamina, endurance, high degree of concentration and focus, there are other factors that make a daytrader a special breed apart from other types of traders. Every tick or second counts. Precision and personal discipline makes the difference between a loss and a profit. Not everyone is cut out to be a successful trader. In fact, 95% of daytraders fail eventually. But here are a summary of what NOT to do that can help further enhance his chances of surviving the daytrading jungle.

1.Do not discard or discount money management. This is the single most important rule. Using sound money management can lengthen the trading career. The longer his trading longevity, the higher his chances of becoming successful. Success requires experience and experience requires time. Using money management is buying time to become profitable in the long run.

2.Do not start trading without a trading plan or a well-tested profitable strategy. A well-thought, well-researched trading discipline helps maintain control and focus to trader properly and not panic.

3.Ego is NOT money. Using ego to trade is tossing money the window. Ego and money cannot co-existence in the markets. Never have, never will.

4.Do not be distracted with news. News creates emotional states: hysteria, euphoria, panic. These states of mind will not help trading. News does move the market but trading the markets is more profitable than trading the news.

5.Do not be distracted by the surroundings. Absolute focus is a must. Outside distractions and interruptions will negate the trader from receiving the steady flow of market information.

6.Do not count the money before the trade is closed. This is a newbie mistake where money is the reason he becomes a trader. Money is the least important factor in becoming successful. Focus on the market and not the money, market will reward accordingly.

7.Do not be tempted in entering trades that look too good to be true. There are days when the markets seem so easy to take money from the market. Those are the days that ego and feeling of invincibility that will precede the next losing streak.

8.Do not let the market dictate the mood. Gap ups and gap downs and quick moves up or down can create a false sense of who's in control and direction. Careful with these sentiments because the opposite direction may just be around the corner. Professionals wait for confirmation before joining in the euphoria or panic.

9.Do not be bored or angry if there are no setups. There are days when the biggest accounts dry up are those trendless, low volume days. Watch for them and stay away from them.

10.Do not think that today is the same as yesterday or any other day. No day is alike. If he believes it is, then the bias has been sucked into his mind, creating a setup for a losing day. 11.Do not forget to use the stop loss orders immediately upon entry. Stops are the life jackets to save the trader from himself and the markets. Stops will help him stay safe to trade another, the one that may take his equity higher. No single trade should be a show stopper.

12.Do not think the market is an easy place to make money, even when it does look like it. Take everyday as a new day without remembering the previous days. Complacency is the enemy of profitability down the road.

13.Do not follow opinions and calls in newsrooms, chat rooms or forums without doing your own research. These are biases that will lead to losses or worse, the trader paid and learned nothing from them.

There are countless important rules but these are the most pertinent in getting the trader started in thinking and preparing for the world of daytrading. This type of trading is probably one of the most difficult anyone has ever tried, even more stressful than being a CEO of a big corporation because personal defects and shortcomings will be exposed immediately and the process of becoming successful is a road full of self development and self examination that will be painful. Finding self, a successful strategy and physical and mental stamina will be a long journey. But the reward carries an enormous satisfaction when the objective is finally within reach.

Larry Swing is the President of the popular day and swing trading site http://www.mrswing.com a place where you can find free daily articles and videos covering education, market analysis and picks from Larry and other well known traders in the industry.

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Indian Shares - Indian Stock Market Tips & Info for BSE Stocks & NSE Stocks

2009-10-19T14:39:00.000+05:30

Which shares to buy? -The Bombay Stock Exchange India and National Stock Exchange Indian share tips are derived by scanning the Indian Stock Market data for investment opportunities using a technical analysis process. The daily technical analysis scanning process is entirely mathematical and contains no personal opinion or personal opinion of any kind, ideal for your BSE Sensex today Bombay stock exchange trading.

The daily India stock market report contains selections of INDIAN SHARES from the Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai Stock Exchange) and National Stock Exchange stocks. These selected BSE and NSE Indian shares have passed through a multi-stage technical analysis filter which searches for a number of trend patterns and performance activity.Breakout stocks are Indian shares which have just had a large increase in both price and volume. This may be due to many reasons but these Indian shares are worth watching as their activity has shown statistically significant activity and may have potential to be a good investment. The BSE India and NSE stock markets are covered.

Top gainers are Indian shares ranked according to their percentage rate of change over a recent trading period. These stocks are the big movers in the BSE India shares and NSE India shares.
The Bombay Stock Market BSE SENSEX Index of the Indian Stock Investment Market is compared to the Dow Jones Index so you can see how Indian shares are performing compared to the Dow Jones Index constituents. This detailed report and stock tips info compares both stock markets over short, medium and long term periods and is an excellent tool for the investment market in Indian shares.

Research on Share Market

2009-10-09T11:59:00.000+05:30

According to Leading Market Research Firm

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a recently issued assessment of the search and discovery technologies market, IDC, a leading research and strategy firm, reported that Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) gained the largest revenue share in the worldwide search and discovery market in 2008. The analyst firm also recognized Autonomy as the fastest growing of the leading vendors in the report with 17.6 percent growth from 2007 to 2008.
The IDC report, authored by Sue Feldman, vice president for search and discovery technologies research, titled "Worldwide Search and Discovery Software, 2009 - 2013 Forecast Update and 2008 Vendor Shares(1)" found that Autonomy increased its market share lead to 14.4% in 2008. The report also states that the search and discovery software market grew 19 percent in 2008 to $2.1 billion, which still outperformed the software market and the economy as a whole.
"(Autonomy) was unique in its early recognition that a search-based architecture, combined with content management, text analytics, archiving, records management, rich media understanding, workflow, and easy-to-use visualizations could create compelling tools to solve a broad swath of current business problems. We can no longer consider Autonomy to be a pure-play search vendor. It has diversified to become a search-based software vendor. A true picture of Autonomy's market position must include the compliance infrastructure, eDiscovery, process automation middleware, archiving, and content management software markets as well," said Feldman.
The report found that "search-based applications, built on a search backbone, but designed to facilitate a particular task and to create an integrated work environment for users, will proliferate and flourish. Because they make sense to business users, they are already popular. Search-based applications streamline knowledge work, making information workers more productive. Search-based applications embed search and discovery technologies as a component, but their selling point is that a worker can sit down and accomplish a job without having to move from one information source to another, or from one application to the next. Successful vendors will build intuitive applications to facilitate sales, research, loan processing, marketing, financial analysis, eDiscovery, or call centers. These full-blown applications will develop integrated work environments in which the UI design hides the complexity of multiple information sources and applications. These applications embed knowledge bases, rule bases, analytics, workflow, collaborative tools, and connectors to internal and external sources of information."
"We're really pleased to see our dominance in the search and discovery market, as recognized by IDC," said Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy. "This rapid growth is testament to the power of Autonomy's meaning based technologies that are revolutionizing the way organizations manage their information."
Autonomy's pan enterprise search platform, IDOL, performs conceptual and contextual analysis and probability matching on information to find the meaning within and the inter-relationships between and among disparate pieces of content. This unique approach allows global organizations to find and access the most pertinent content for business value or risk management, irrespective of languages, operating systems, and file types. By supporting more than 1,000 different data formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, located across 400 different content repositories, Autonomy can search all categories of information repositories in an organization, enabling companies to maintain compliance with government regulations, such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP). IDOL is fault-tolerant using load balancing and mirroring, highly scalable, secure, and has sub-second performance on billions of files.
About Autonomy
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. It was recently ranked by IDC as the clear leader in enterprise search revenues, with market share nearly double that of its nearest competitor. Autonomy's technology allows computers to harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis.
Autonomy's customer base is comprised of more than 20,000 global companies, law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More than 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has offices worldwide.

Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

Other News Releases in Surveys, Polls and Research

Despite the Recession, 94 Percent of Enterprises Continue to Invest in Online Communities and Social Media

New Study from Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research Indicates Organizations Are Not Tapping Social Media's Full PotentialNEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A second annual survey of companies sponsoring online communities shows signs of increasing maturation as enterprises continue to invest in social media tools and online communities. According to the survey, conducted by Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research, 94 percent of the respondents indicated that they plan to maintain or increase investment in their communities, while only 6 percent plan to decrease investment. However, while enterprises are effectively using these tools to engage with customers, partners and employees for brand discussions and idea generation, the survey also indicates that organizations continue to struggle with how to harness social media's full potential.
The "2009 Tribalization of Business Survey" evaluates the perceived potential of online communities and identifies how enterprises believe they may better leverage them. The survey measured the responses of more than 400 companies, including Fortune 100 organizations, which have created and maintain online communities today. The communities ranged from fewer than 100 members to more than one million members.
"Despite risks associated with participating in online communities, the internal costs of community formation and management and the fact that we are in the midst of a profound recession, organizations' continued and enhanced investment in online communities underscores the perceived potential for the value that they may provide to the enterprise," said Ed Moran, director of product innovation, Deloitte Services LP. "Social media and communities are expected to continue to play a significant role in the way in which companies are interacting with employees, customers, partners and the larger business ecosystem, thereby redefining the very edge of the corporation."
Of the companies surveyed, a majority agreed that increasing word-of-mouth (38 percent), customer loyalty (34 percent) and brand awareness (30 percent) continue to be the top business objectives of online communities, followed by idea generation (29 percent) and improved customer support quality (23 percent). However, in the majority of companies surveyed, marketing continues to be the primary driver of online communities, resulting in a significant gap between community goals and organizations' capability to fully leverage these communities on an enterprise wide basis.
Market Shows Signs of Maturation
Several data points indicate continued maturation of the enterprise's use of communities and social media. For instance, this year's survey pointed to an evolution in the way in which companies are tracking and engaging with both active and inactive members. While the number of active users and their level of participation have been considered the top measures of success for an online community, this year survey respondents are paying close attention to non-active users or "lurkers" -- people who observe the community, but don't participate in the discussion. More than 32 percent of respondents are capturing data on how these individuals derive value from the community.
Additionally, 20 percent of survey respondents have set up formal "ambassador" programs, which give outsiders preferential treatment in return for being more active in the community. Almost 40 percent of the survey respondents also indicated that more full-time people are being deployed to manage the communities.
"While we are seeing signs of maturation in this year's study, there are still plenty of companies who do not realize the power of communities, and others who have not yet figured out the proper approach for leveraging communities as part of their business," said Francois Gossieaux, partner with Beeline Labs and a senior fellow with the Society of New Communications Research. "Businesses are truly become social again, and companies should look to leverage the collective wisdom of their employees, customers and partners in order to innovate faster, reduce costs, and bolster their bottom lines."
Rethinking Community Success
According to the survey, the biggest obstacles to creating a successful community -- getting people to join (24 percent), stay engaged (30 percent) and keep returning (21 percent) -- can be easily remedied through partnering and new management practices. The study indicates that very few companies, however, are taking the steps necessary to overcome these challenges.
While 58 percent of respondents evaluated partnering with existing communities, complementary vendors, or end users when developing their community, 55 percent of the companies that evaluated a partnership did not actually partner.
Furthermore, the survey also revealed significant gaps between community goals (such as generating word of mouth, customer loyalty and brand awareness) and how success is being measured. The top two analytics for measuring success are the number of active users (34 percent) and how often people post/comment (32 percent), indicating that participation is still considered to be the biggest measure of success. Potentially more useful analytics, however, such as increase in search engine rank and citations/links on other sites, are less often utilized, highlighting a mismatch between the desired outcome and how that outcome is measured.

please visit: www.deloitte.com/us/2009tribalizationstudy.

STOCK EXCHANGE

2009-10-05T17:34:00.001+05:30

A stock exchange is a corporation or mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for stock brokers and traders, to trade stocks and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of securities as well as other financial instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. The securities traded on a stock exchange include: shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange, it has to be listed there. Usually there is a central location at least for recordkeeping, but trade is less and less linked to such a physical place, as modern markets are electronic networks, which gives them advantages of speed and cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is by members only. The initial offering of stocks and bonds to investors is by definition done in the primary market and subsequent trading is done in the secondary market.

There is usually no compulsion to issue stock via the stock exchange itself, nor must stock be subsequently traded on the exchange. Such trading is said to be off exchange or over-the-counter. This is the usual way that derivatives and bonds are traded. Increasingly, stock exchanges are part of a global market for securities.

The role of stock exchanges

Stock exchanges have multiple roles in the economy, this may include the following

Raising capital for businesses:

The Stock Exchange provide companies with the facility to raise capital for expansion through selling shares to the investing public.

Mobilizing savings for investment:

When people draw their savings and invest in shares, it leads to a more rational allocation of resources because funds, which could have been consumed, or kept in idle deposits with banks, are mobilized and redirected to promote business activity with benefits for several economic sectors such as agriculture, commerce and industry, resulting in stronger economic growth and higher productivity levels of firms.

Facilitating company growth

Companies view acquisitions as an opportunity to expand product lines, increase distribution channels, hedge against volatility, increase its market share, or acquire other necessary business assets. A takeover bid or a merger agreement through the stock market is one of the simplest and most common ways for a company to grow by acquisition or fusion.

Profit sharing

Both casual and professional stock investors, through dividends and stock price increases that may result in capital gains, will share in the wealth of profitable businesses.

Corporate governance

By having a wide and varied scope of owners, companies generally tend to improve on their management standards and efficiency in order to satisfy the demands of these shareholders and the more stringent rules for public corporations imposed by public stock exchanges and the government. Consequently, it is alleged that public companies (companies that are owned by shareholders who are members of the general public and trade shares on public exchanges) tend to have better management records than privately-held companies (those companies where shares are not publicly traded, often owned by the company founders and/or their families and heirs, or otherwise by a small group of investors). However, some well-documented cases are known where it is alleged that there has been considerable slippage in corporate governance on the part of some public companies. The dot-com bubble in the early 2000s, and the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007-08, are classical examples of corporate mismanagement. Companies like Pets.com (2000), Enron Corporation (2001), One.Tel (2001), Sunbeam (2001), Webvan (2001), Adelphia (2002), MCI WorldCom (2002), Parmalat (2003), American International Group (2008), Lehman Brothers (2008), and Satyam Computer Services (2009) were among the most widely scrutinized by the media.

Creating investment opportunities for small investors

As opposed to other businesses that require huge capital outlay, investing in shares is open to both the large and small stock investors because a person buys the number of shares they can afford. Therefore the Stock Exchange provides the opportunity for small investors to own shares of the same companies as large investors.

Government capital-raising for development projects

Governments at various levels may decide to borrow money in order to finance infrastructure projects such as sewage and water treatment works or housing estates by selling another category of securities known as bonds. These bonds can be raised through the Stock Exchange whereby members of the public buy them, thus loaning money to the government. The issuance of such bonds can obviate the need to directly tax the citizens in order to finance development, although by securing such bonds with the full faith and credit of the government instead of with collateral, the result is that the government must tax the citizens or otherwise raise additional funds to make any regular coupon payments and refund the principal when the bonds mature.

Barometer of the economy

At the stock exchange, share prices rise and fall depending, largely, on market forces. Share prices tend to rise or remain stable when companies and the economy in general show signs of stability and growth. An economic recession, depression, or financial crisis could eventually lead to a stock market crash. Therefore the movement of share prices and in general of the stock indexes can be an indicator of the general trend in the economy.

for more details Visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange

Stock Exchanges In The World: Market Capitalization & Year-to-date Total Turnover at the end of August 2009

Region	Stock Exchange	Market Value (millions USD)	Total Share Turnover (millions USD)
Africa	Johannesburg Securities Exchange	690,797.5	210,180.8
Americas	NASDAQ	2,847,535.2	19,343,868.3
Americas	São Paulo Stock Exchange	1,032,518.4	361,959.0
Americas	Toronto Stock Exchange	1,432,877.0	798,193.1
Americas	New York Stock Exchange	10,842,001.9	12,158,620.6

Share Market Tips

2009-10-01T15:26:00.000+05:30

Basic Rules of Indian Stock Market:

Whenever Market is High It Will Fall

Whenever Market is Low, If there is no external Factor, It Will rise

Same Rules Applies To Stocks Scripts Also.

What you Must NOT Do in Stock Market:

Don't panic

Don't make huge investments

Don't chase performance

Don't ignore expenses

What You Must Do in Indian Stock Market:

Don't panic Get Rid of the Junk

Diversify

Belive in your Investment

Stick To your Strategy

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General Market Advice:

1. Never chase a stock.
2. Buy when markets are in the grip of panic.
3. Only buy fundamentally strong stocks, which are undervalued.
4. Buy stocks grown in top line and bottom line over the past years.
5. Invest in companies with proven management.
6. Avoid loss-making companies.
7. PE Ratio and Growth in earnings per share are the key.
8. Look for the dividend paying record.
9. Invest in stocks for sure returns.
10. Stocks have been the high yielding asset class over the past.
11. Stocks are an asset class.
12. The basic property of any asset class is to grow.
13. Buy when everyone is selling and sell when everyone buys.
14. Invest a fixed amount each month.

You can make 50% net profit in one month
50% net profit in one month
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Have a look on below example how much money you make in a month.= Rs.50 per trade as net profit (how you can do this is mentioned at the bottom).= 10 trades per day (how much trades are possible, you will come to know by doing your own paper trading, according to our estimation 10 trades are quite possible) (Paper trading link is given at the bottom of this page)= total Rs.50x10 = Rs.500 per day.= total approximate 20 trading days in a month.
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Share market in india

2009-09-30T21:23:00.002+05:30

India Share market enables the buying and selling of the collective shares of the various companies as well as other securities and derivatives. The shares of the Indian market are expressed as a company's sales revenue from Indian Share Market divided by the total sales revenue available in the share market of India.

The Indian share market is thus one of the most important sources of the companies for raising money.
The Indian economy is among the fastest growing in the world, with GDP growth rate being 9.4% in 2006-07 from 7% in the last financial year 2005-06, indicating that the Indian market economy has a steady growth rate over the last two decades. The shares of the companies belonging to leading industries like automobiles, cement, chemicals, consumer electronics, food processing, fuel, machinery, mining, pharmaceuticals, steel, transportation equipments and textiles are those which dominate the India Share Market.
Of the leading stock exchanges that deals with the share trading in the Indian stock market the National Stock Exchange of India NSE is the largest stock exchange in India while the Bombay stock exchange BSE is the oldest. Some others are :
Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Limited
Delhi Stock Exchange Association
Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
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Some vital organs which regulates functioning of the movements of the prices in the India Share Market are:
Stock Market Indices - The BSE SENSEXor the BSE 30, BSE 500, BSE MIDCAP, BSE SMLCAP, S&P CNX Nifty
Derivatives - Financial Contracts, Forward Contracts, Future Contracts, Index Future Contract, Option Contract Index, Option Contract, Money Option Contract
Initial Public Offering IPO - Primary Market ,Underwriting, Book Building, Over Subscription ,Green Shoe Option, Listing
Stock Brokers - Risk Disclosure Document, Broker Research on India Share Market
Mutual Funds - Open ended fund, Closed ended fund, Entry load, Exit load
Depositories and Depository Participant - National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) registered with SEBI, Beneficiary Owner(BO) Account, Delivery Instruction Slips(DIS)
To increase the market share is one of the primary objective of the India Share market. Other objectives being, ROI or Return on Investment, ROA or Return on Assets and to reach TRP or Target Rate of Profit.

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Before investing, it is always wise to learn the Basics of Stock Market. We have compiled articles and tutorials on the Share Market Basics. Also included here explanation of Stock Market Terms and jargon used by people involved in trading stocks and shares. Whether it is Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE), London Stock Exchange (LSE) or New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading terms or more or less similar
INVESTING IN STOCKSMany of us would like to try our luck in the Stock markets. Yes, Why Not ? Trading stocks is one of the most lucrative methods of making money.Here's Why : 1. You do not need a lot of money to start making money, unlike buying property and paying a monthly mortgage.
2. It requires very minimal time to trade - unlike building a conventional business. 3.. It’s ‘fast’ cash and allows for quick liquidation (You can convert it to cash easily, unlike selling a property or a business). 4. It’s easy to learn how to profit from the stock market. But You need to have your basics clear. Unless you do….you will be wasting your time and loosing money. You need to be crystal clear of each and every aspect of Investments, stock options, Stock Trading, Company, Shares, Dividend & Types of Shares, Debentures, Securities, Mutual Funds, IPO, Futures & Options, What does the Share Market consist of? Exchanges, Indices, SEBI , Analysis of Stocks – How to check on what to buy?, Trading Terms (Limit Order, Stop Loss, Put, Call, Booking Profit & Loss, Short & Long), Trading Options – Brokerage Houses etc.
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Stock Market Terms - Share Market Terminology - Investment Definitions, Financial Term Meaning A to Z - Active Share, Amortization , Application-Money Asset Coverage Asset Financing, Auction Market, Auctioning of an Issue, Automated Screen Trading (AST), Average, Averaging , Bear Cycle, Book Profit, Booking Profit, Broker, Book Value, BSE Sensitive Index or SENSEX, Bullion, Buy and Hold Strategy, Call Money, Capital Asset, , Capital Market, Cash Cow, CD or Cum – Dividend , Certificate of Deposit, Certified Cheque, Chinese Wall, Circuit Breaker , Clearing, Clone Fund, , Collection Ratio, Commodities Market, Commodity, Compound Growth Rate, , Correction, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cover, Covered Call, Creeping Acquisition, CRISIL, Cum-Dividend or CD, Crossing, Cum-Rights or CR, Cumulative Preference Shares, Cyclical Shares - Daily Margin, Dawn Raid, Debentures, Defensive Investment, Defensive Stock, Delisting, Deflation, Delivery Order, Delivery Price, Dematerialization of Scripts, Depreciation, Derivative, Discounted Debentures, Discounting, Dividend Cover, Dividend Play, Dividend Rollover Plan, Dow Theory , Depository Receipt, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Eligible Securities , ELSS, Employee Buyout, Employee Participation, Employee Share – Ownership Plan, Equity Shareholders, Eurodollar, FIFO or First In First Out, FII, Fill or Kill Order, Fixed Income Investments, Floating Stock, Floor Broker, Floor Trader, F Forward Dealing / Trading, Forward Delivery, Forward Shares, Forward Integration, Free Lunch Theorem, Free Market Economy, Front – End Load, Front – Running, Frozen Assets, Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share, Fully Paid Share Capital, Fundamental Analysis, Futures, Futures Contract, Futures Market Glamour Shares, Godfather Offer, Going Long, Going Private, Going Public, Going Short, Gold Certificates, Golden Handcuffs, Golden Handshake, Golden Share, Good Delivery, Good Faith Deposit, Graham and Dodd Strategy of Investment, Great Crash, Gross, Gross National Product (GNP), Growth Shares , Gun Jumping, Glamour Issue.Havala or Hawala (also, Making Up Price, Head and Shoulders, Hedging Against Inflation,Inefficient Market, Insider, Insider Trading, Insolvency, Institutional Investor, Intangible Assets, Interbank Market, Interest Rate Risk, International Finance Corporation, International Monetary Fund, Inventory, Inventory Turnover, Inverted Yield Curve, Investment Analyst, Investment Club, Investment Company, Investment Company Shares (Close – Ended), Investment Company Shares (Open – Ended), Investment Horizon, Investment Letter, Investment Trust, Investor Protection, IPO, Irredeemable Debentures, Issue Price.MORE - Share Market Terms

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2007-09-20T13:24:00.000+05:30

The foreign exchange (currency or forex or FX) market exists wherever one currency is traded for another. It is by far the largest financial market in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other financial markets and institutions. The average daily trade in the global forex markets currently exceeds US$ 2–2.5 trillion. Retail traders (individuals) are a small fraction of this market and may only participate indirectly through brokers or banks.
Market size and liquidityThe foreign exchange market is unique because of* its trading volume,* the extreme liquidity of the market,* the large number of, and variety of, traders in the market,* its geographical dispersion,* its long trading hours: 24 hours a day (except on weekends),* the variety of factors that affect exchange rates.
According to the BIS, average daily turnover in traditional foreign exchange markets was estimated at $1,880 billion. Daily averages in April for different years, in billions of US dollars, are presented on the chart below:This $1.88 trillion in global foreign exchange market "traditional" turnover was broken down as follows:* $621 billion in spot transactions* $208 billion in outright forwards* $944 billion in forex swaps* $107 billion estimated gaps in reportingIn addition to "traditional" turnover, $1.26 trillion was traded in derivatives.Exchange-traded forex futures contracts were introduced in 1972 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and are actively traded relative to most other futures contracts. Forex futures volume has grown rapidly in recent years, but only accounts for about 7% of the total foreign exchange market volume, according to The Wall Street Journal Europe (5/5/06, p. 20).Average daily global turnover in traditional foreign exchange market transactions totaled $2.7 trillion in April 2006 according to IFSL estimates based on semi-annual London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore Foreign Exchange Committee data. Overall turnover, including non-traditional foreign exchange derivatives and products traded on exchanges, averaged around $2.9 trillion a day. This was more than ten times the size of the combined daily turnover on all the world’s equity markets. Foreign exchange trading increased by 38% between April 2005 and April 2006 and has more than doubled since 2001. This is largely due to the growing importance of foreign exchange as an asset class and an increase in fund management assets, particularly of hedge funds and pension funds. The diverse selection of execution venues such as internet trading platforms has also made it easier for retail traders to trade in the foreign exchange market.Because foreign exchange is an OTC market where brokers/dealers negotiate directly with one another, there is no central exchange or clearing house. The biggest geographic trading centre is the UK, primarily London, which according to IFSL estimates has increased its share of global turnover in traditional transactions from 31.3% in April 2004 to 32.4% in April 2006.The ten most active traders account for almost 73% of trading volume, according to The Wall Street Journal Europe, (2/9/06 p. 20). These large international banks continually provide the market with both bid (buy) and ask (sell) prices. The bid/ask spread is the difference between the price at which a bank or market maker will sell ("ask", or "offer") and the price at which a market-maker will buy ("bid") from a wholesale customer. This spread is minimal for actively traded pairs of currencies, usually only 0–3 pips. For example, the bid/ask quote of EUR/USD might be 1.2200/1.2203. Minimum trading size for most deals is usually $100,000.These spreads might not apply to retail customers at banks, which will routinely mark up the difference to say 1.2100 / 1.2300 for transfers, or say 1.2000 / 1.2400 for banknotes or travelers' checks. Spot prices at market makers vary, but on EUR/USD are usually no more than 3 pips wide (i.e. 0.0003). Competition has greatly increased with pip spreads shrinking on the major pairs to as little as 1 to 2 pips.
Market participants
Top 10 Currency Traders
% of overall volume, May 2006
Source: Euromoney FX survey[3]
Rank
Name
% of volume
1
Deutsche Bank
19.26
2
UBS AG
11.86
3
Citigroup
10.39
4
Barclays Capital
6.61
5
Royal Bank of Scotland
6.43
6
Goldman Sachs
5.25
7
HSBC
5.04
8
Bank of America
3.97
9
JPMorgan Chase
3.89
10
Merrill Lynch
3.68
Unlike a stock market, where all participants have access to the same prices, the forex market is divided into levels of access. At the top is the inter-bank market, which is made up of the largest investment banking firms. Within the inter-bank market, spreads, which are the difference between the bid and ask prices, are razor sharp and usually unavailable, and not known to players outside the inner circle. As you descend the levels of access, the difference between the bid and ask prices widens. This is due to volume. If a trader can guarantee large numbers of transactions for large amounts, they can demand a smaller difference between the bid and ask price, which is referred to as a better spread. The levels of access that make up the forex market are determined by the size of the “line” (the amount of money with which they are trading). The top-tier inter-bank market accounts for 53% of all transactions. After that there are usually smaller investment banks, followed by large multi-national corporations (which need to hedge risk and pay employees in different countries), large hedge funds, and even some of the retail forex market makers. According to Galati and Melvin, “Pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, and other institutional investors have played an increasingly important role in financial markets in general, and in FX markets in particular, since the early 2000s.” (2004) In addition, he notes, “Hedge funds have grown markedly over the 2001–2004 period in terms of both number and overall size” Central banks also participate in the forex market to align currencies to their economic needs.

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