Monthly Archives: April 2007

Take Responsibility for Your Finances

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ranjan

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What are Stocks and should you invest in Stocks?

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Ranjan

When you buy a share of a company you become a shareholder in that company. Shares are also known as Equities. Equities have the potential to increase in value over time. It also provides your portfolio with the growth necessary … Continue reading →

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What is Finance all about?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Ranjan

FINANCE looks daunting. For me too. I was in Rishikesh a few years back in the winters and one old resident told me, “The water is warm when the Sun has not risen. Try it”, with a straight face. Next … Continue reading →

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Mutual Funds v/s Direct Stocks Investing

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ranjan

Investing in the equity market directly is exciting and sexy. You are in the thick of things and are able to take responsibility for yourself. Though the volatility and the information overload makes it a daunting task. How about investing … Continue reading →

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Investing is plain Common Sense

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Ranjan

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is an amazing book by John Bogle. Read this about the book you can buy on Amazon. Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for … Continue reading →

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What are Exchange Traded Funds

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Ranjan

Basically, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are open-ended index fund that can also be traded on the stock market. Compared to Mutual funds, there are many advantages of ETFs, one is real time pricing, secondly long term investors are protected from … Continue reading →

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How to get started?

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Ranjan

Personal Finance is a thing which we keep on postponing. I’m already feeling like a poet out catching people to hear my poem. And being a person who hardly understands poems, I can understand the yawning souynds people make when … Continue reading →

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