When it comes to the use of jargon, probably the world of equity investment will be among its heavy users. Two commonly used words of this field are Alpha and Beta. The term beta is in use for a long time. But the trend of alpha is more recent. What are alpha and beta? Alpha…
Let’s learn to analyze a stock from the perspective of the total return it yields for shareholders. To get a feeling about the total return, we will have to look back and brush up on some basic concepts. Suppose there is a company that makes a cash profit of Rs.10 Crore. How to utilize the profit? Considering…
I have already written an article on Systematic Investment Plan (SIP). So why a separate post on SIP return calculator? Writing a separate post was necessary to explain a very important point about returns from SIP. To explain the concept of returns from SIP, it was also obvious to code a SIP return calculator. You can use…
Direct equity investment can be very rewarding. Simultaneously this is also true that risk of loss in direct equity is high. People who can balance risk and return while dealing with direct equity are the winners. But how can one balance the risk and reward? The risk associated with direct equity comes from complexity of information Its not so…
One day I was sitting with my group of friends. We were randomly gossiping about things, when the topic of investment came up. People were eager to know about it, but they only wanted quick answers for queries like ‘where to invest money for high returns‘. Frankly speaking, there are no quick answers when one…
