Stock Investing - Things to avoid

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Stock investing is not that difficult as is pretends while seeing the volatility, The thing which it requires is sheer analysis, but still after making good decisions you can be on the loosing side, this may occur due to high fees which you have paid to your broker or some other trap.

So the most important things to avoid while stock investing are following:

High fees: A common investment trap is simply paying too many fees. These fees may be incurred by investing in a high fee mutual fund (such as a mutual fund with a load) or paying too much in fees to your broker to trade stocks. For example, if you do most of your stock trading over the phone or in-person instead of through the Internet, you are likely paying way too much in fees. Another way people pay unnecessary high fees is buying "investment advice" that they really don't need and likely does not help them.

Fear and greed: Books can be written about how fear and greed destroys investors. Most investors buy high and sell low. They buy after everyone else is buying and sell when things look glim since everyone is selling. This is a natural byproduct of human nature, and unfortunately, the exact wrong way one should invest in the stock market. Most people that actively watch their stocks have much worse returns than people who just leave their money in index funds since the market watchers get consumed by fear and greed and trade too often and at the wrong times.

Infomercials: The epitome of an "investment trap," these "systems" that are advertised on late-night tv are generally at best worthless advice and at worst outright scams. Do not follow these infomercials and never ever buy the product they are promoting, surely it would turn out to be a bogus.

BSE's SENSEX companies closing rates

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The 30 share benchmark index closed down by over 44 points , however market and investors looked uncertain as SENSEX saw lackluster trading day, The closing prices of the companies listed on SENSEX are as follows(5/8/2010):

PS- Red table border shows that Index closed down.

Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	816.85	-3.15	-0.38	15,351.88	0.56
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	324.65	1.50	0.46	123,286.81	4.47
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,517.40	-0.85	-0.03	123,231.76	4.46
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	321.00	-2.60	-0.80	25,773.78	0.93
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	310.70	0.85	0.27	52,738.32	1.91
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,028.00	-30.15	-0.99	88,111.95	3.19
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,100.00	-13.80	-0.65	96,535.05	3.50
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,866.90	-22.80	-1.21	37,279.66	1.35
Hindalco	Aluminium	165.15	-0.30	-0.18	31,601.06	1.14
HUL	Personal Care	255.50	-0.10	-0.04	55,752.15	2.02
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	956.05	-14.10	-1.45	106,643.43	3.86
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,873.40	5.60	0.20	164,904.74	5.97
ITC	Cigarettes	155.90	1.00	0.65	119,257.12	4.32
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.10	0.10	0.08	25,091.94	0.91
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	618.25	-2.05	-0.33	57,741.03	2.09
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,809.80	3.10	0.17	109,161.19	3.95
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	645.10	-8.80	-1.35	37,314.81	1.35
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,225.75	12.15	1.00	35,413.15	1.28
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	198.45	-0.95	-0.48	163,631.24	5.93
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,243.20	-20.30	-1.61	265,904.63	9.63
Reliance	Refineries	1,006.95	-8.95	-0.88	329,397.28	11.93
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	173.10	-3.55	-2.01	35,728.31	1.29
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,117.75	-22.10	-1.94	27,370.37	0.99
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,646.35	51.85	2.00	168,012.40	6.09
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	176.95	-1.20	-0.67	59,483.54	2.15
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	860.85	17.70	2.10	49,120.10	1.78
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,325.90	-5.90	-0.44	31,464.57	1.14
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	538.35	-2.75	-0.51	47,773.72	1.73
TCS	Computers - Software	877.05	7.05	0.81	171,658.07	6.22
Wipro	Computers - Software	431.00	2.15	0.50	105,573.45	3.82

BSE's Performance analysis for the day 5/8

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Indian stock markets closed slightly in red today, with benchmark 30 share SENSEX down by 44 points and NSE's NIFTY also closed down marginally by 20 points.

Here are the updates from sectoral indices of BSE for today, Market was in mixed emotion today.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	18,172.83	44.61(0.24%)
AUTO INDEX	8,496.17	27.31 (0.32%)
BANKEX	11,866.57	36.31(0.31%)
BSE - 100	9,688.68	30.40(0.31%)
BSE - 200	2,314.40	5.00 (0.22%)
BSE - 500	7,310.48	12.64(0.17%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,750.08	0.90(0.01%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,409.81	13.03(0.24%)
BSE - FMCG	3,262.22	9.77(0.30%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,582.94	29.65(0.53%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,667.47	26.48(0.47%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,522.30	3.57(0.05%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,618.54	47.25(0.49%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,561.25	44.76(0.47%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,511.47	5.27(0.15%)
METAL INDEX	15,531.37	51.60 (0.33%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,161.23	92.94 (0.91%)

Strategies for making Stock Investing PROFITABLE

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Searching for investing strategies online will lead to investors confusion for sure.

The best method is to study the stock you want to purchase, here I provide the methods/strategies to make profitable investment.
PS - It requires a lot of analysis of the stock you want to purchase.

1. Look for Under valued stocks : Always look for stocks which are undervalued presently,Investors who use this strategy seek to find stocks that they believe will earn more than analysts expect or believe the firm has assets that are currently underappreciated by the market. The proof of success is that this strategy is used by legendary investor Warren Buffett(read more..)

2. Look for stocks which has high growth prospects, these are the stocks which have given first in their domain, If such company comes with IPO then one should definitly go and buy it's stock. The these investors seek to find stocks that they believe will grow faster than the market expects.

3. For investors who are looking for short term investing, the best ways for this is to do technical analysis by analysing the stock charts of that company over a period of time as charts are best method to check the movement of stock.

Hope this would provide a idea about investing strategies to readers
HAPPY TRADING!!

Stocks Investing tips - How to choose your broker

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This post is for the beginners of stocks investing.

For starting online trading the first thing one needs is broker, this can be fulfilled by choosing a broker who knows you, or you can go for any of the top brokerage houses, for list of top brokers available click here.
and one should prefer one of these brokers.

Always give preference to online stock trading over telephone trading or some other method of stock trading, The reason for this is simple that online trading has highest transparency, and very minute chances of getting duped by your broker.

For most novice investors, it is much much better to go with beginner-friendly brokers. The brokers geared for professionals offer lower trading fees and some advanced tools, but this will most likely just confuse beginning investors.

However still your mind is the best analyst according to me.
HAPPY TRADING

Oil & Gas, banks boosts Indian markets closes in green

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Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 18,114.83, up 33.62 points or 0.19 per cent. The index touched intraday high of 18,167.45 and low of 18,072.38.

Related today Posts:
SENSEX Companies closing
BSE Sub indices closing

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5439.55, up 7.9 points or 0.15 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5459.20 and low of 5426.40 in today’s trade.

The BSE Midcap Index was up 0.31 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index inched up 0.33 per cent.

Major Gainers of the day were Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Hero Honda, Reliance Industries, HDFC.

Whereas the list of losers included Reliance Communications, L&T, ITC, M&M and Jindal Steel. Market breadth was positive on the NSE with 1507 gainers against 1430 losers.

SENSEX Companies closing rates - 3/8

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SENSEX	03 Aug 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	829.90	-4.65	-0.56	15,597.14	0.58
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	328.65	10.65	3.35	124,805.83	4.64
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,464.65	12.15	0.50	120,649.55	4.48
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	324.95	-0.85	-0.26	26,090.93	0.97
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	305.45	1.75	0.58	51,847.18	1.93
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,052.00	28.00	0.93	88,810.33	3.30
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,124.15	-12.25	-0.57	97,645.20	3.63
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,860.10	34.70	1.90	37,143.87	1.38
Hindalco	Aluminium	165.40	1.05	0.64	31,648.90	1.18
HUL	Personal Care	253.60	0.05	0.02	55,337.56	2.06
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	962.10	22.35	2.38	107,318.28	3.99
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,784.55	-15.00	-0.54	159,805.63	5.94
ITC	Cigarettes	154.10	-2.28	-1.46	58,940.10	2.19
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	119.00	0.55	0.46	25,283.15	0.94
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	619.60	-5.05	-0.81	57,867.11	2.15
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,785.50	-26.65	-1.47	107,695.49	4.00
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	652.85	-7.55	-1.14	37,763.09	1.40
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,212.75	4.35	0.36	35,037.57	1.30
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	197.65	-0.35	-0.18	162,971.60	6.06
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,270.85	-5.65	-0.44	271,818.62	10.10
Reliance	Refineries	1,026.20	11.65	1.15	335,694.42	12.48
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	174.45	-4.10	-2.30	36,006.95	1.34
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,120.05	3.45	0.31	27,426.69	1.02
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,603.05	21.95	0.85	165,263.35	6.14
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	178.50	-1.00	-0.56	60,004.59	2.23
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	841.90	-5.70	-0.67	48,038.81	1.79
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,327.20	7.50	0.57	31,495.42	1.17
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	546.90	-0.25	-0.05	48,532.45	1.80
TCS	Computers - Software	833.10	-5.45	-0.65	163,056.08	6.06
Wipro	Computers - Software	412.50	-1.40	-0.34	101,041.88	3.76

BSE's Sectoral performance review for today

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Following are the closing prices of BSE subindices representing various sectors of the Indian economy.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	18,114.83	33.62(0.19%)
AUTO INDEX	8,445.85	7.53 (0.09%)
BANKEX	11,929.16	112.29(0.95%)
BSE - 100	9,684.78	18.48(0.19%)
BSE - 200	2,312.26	4.76 (0.21%)
BSE - 500	7,300.40	16.08(0.22%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,582.65	106.70(0.73%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,384.84	4.22(0.08%)
BSE - FMCG	3,241.60	23.80(0.73%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,625.05	20.64(0.37%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,463.00	26.27(0.48%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,516.38	23.48(0.31%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,668.60	29.58(0.31%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,466.70	31.42(0.33%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,431.44	4.13(0.12%)
METAL INDEX	15,636.17	22.01 (0.14%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,333.93	68.47 (0.67%)

BSE's SENSEX closes up by 166 points

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The 30 stock benchmark index SENSEX closed up by 166 points today as more purchasing was seen. Market breadth was positive and all the major global peers also closed up(read more...)

SENSEX	02 Aug 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	834.55	3.10	0.37	15,684.53	0.57
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	318.00	11.10	3.62	120,761.46	4.40
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,452.50	13.60	0.56	120,054.78	4.37
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	325.80	-0.80	-0.24	26,159.18	0.95
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	303.70	2.40	0.80	51,550.14	1.88
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,024.00	42.75	1.43	87,995.56	3.21
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,136.40	8.95	0.42	98,208.32	3.58
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,825.40	10.00	0.55	36,450.96	1.33
Hindalco	Aluminium	164.35	4.05	2.53	31,447.98	1.15
HUL	Personal Care	253.55	2.45	0.98	55,326.65	2.02
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	939.75	35.30	3.90	104,825.23	3.82
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,799.55	10.70	0.38	160,666.48	5.85
ITC	Cigarettes	312.75	4.00	1.30	119,620.48	4.36
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.45	0.20	0.17	25,166.30	0.92
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	624.65	1.50	0.24	58,338.75	2.13
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,812.15	15.05	0.84	109,302.93	3.98
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	660.40	-1.10	-0.17	38,199.81	1.39
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,208.40	10.25	0.86	34,911.89	1.27
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	198.00	-0.60	-0.30	163,260.20	5.95
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,276.50	33.95	2.73	273,027.08	9.95
Reliance	Refineries	1,014.55	4.95	0.49	331,883.42	12.09
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	178.55	0.10	0.06	36,853.20	1.34
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,116.60	8.85	0.80	27,342.21	1.00
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,581.10	77.30	3.09	163,869.78	5.97
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	179.50	4.60	2.63	60,340.75	2.20
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	847.60	1.45	0.17	48,364.06	1.76
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,319.70	-0.10	-0.01	31,317.44	1.14
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	547.15	10.00	1.86	48,554.64	1.77
TCS	Computers - Software	838.55	-2.55	-0.30	164,122.77	5.98
Wipro	Computers - Software	413.90	2.55	0.62	101,384.81	3.69

Soros Fund Management to buy 4 perc of BSE from Dubai Financial

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Soros Fund Management will buy the stake in Asia's oldest stock exchange from Dubai Financial, part of sovereign fund Dubai Holding.(read more...)

RIL, HUL, Unitech drags Indian Markets | BSE | NSE closes down

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Major Indian Stock markets (BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY) closed in red today as Reliance Industries, Uniliver, IDFC, Unitech dragged the markets down today.

The details about today's trading day is as follows:

Nifty ended at 5394.35, down 36.25 points or 0.67 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 5386.25 and high of 5447.85 .

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17952.83, down 124.78 points or 0.69 per cent. The index touched a low of 17925.40 and high of 18137.14.

BSE Midcap Index was down 0.23 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.17 per cent lower.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Oil&gas Index slipped 1.97 per cent, BSE Realty Index declined 1.11 per cent and BSE Capital Goods Index edged 1.03 per cent lower. (read more...)

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sectoral indices performance

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Following are the prices of the BSE's Sectoral indices live at closing today, majority of the indices closed in red today. for more info about sectoral indices click on the link on the left hand side of the page.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	17,957.37	120.24(0.67%)
AUTO INDEX	8,393.03	55.07 (0.66%)
BANKEX	11,450.65	27.61(0.24%)
BSE - 100	9,595.51	49.89(0.52%)
BSE - 200	2,287.41	10.21 (0.44%)
BSE - 500	7,220.25	29.52(0.41%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,796.60	128.74(0.86%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,321.56	1.99(0.04%)
BSE - FMCG	3,231.29	1.00(0.03%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,625.34	16.99(0.30%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,543.94	1.77(0.03%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,366.20	15.43(0.21%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,460.19	15.56(0.16%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,345.49	14.63(0.16%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,457.23	2.57(0.07%)
METAL INDEX	15,510.08	18.89 (0.12%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,264.86	200.55 (1.92%)