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Invest in a Company
That You Know Well
As a smart investor, you must make an effort to understand the company well before deciding to invest. |
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IPO Fair Price: What to Look Out for
How do you determine whether an initial public offering (IPO) is priced fairly or not?
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Previous articles
- Financial Planning
To win a war, you need a battle plan; to make your financial dreams come true, you need a financial plan. Financial planning helps us to set financial goals and then work out the most efficient way to attain those goals. Learn the steps that go into putting a financial plan together:
- Determine how much you are worth
- Set your financial goals
- Create your financial plan
- Implement your plan
- Risks, Rewards & You
A very important basic principle of investing is the risk reward trade-off: the higher the return on investments, the higher the risk involved. Before you go off chasing after high rewards, know yourself well, because your personality has a lot to say about how successful you will be as an investor. Are you a die-hard conservative or a dare devil when it comes to putting your money at risk?
- Diversify Your Investments
Another investment smart is not to put all of your investment dollars into one big pot. If the pot gets burnt, your whole investment goes up in smoke. Instead divvy up your investments and diversify to reduce your risks. However, do not over-diversify for too many pots are difficult to handle.
- Monitor Your Investment
A financial plan, once conceived and implemented, should not be left untouched as if it is cast in stone. You have to keep tabs on your investment portfolio to determine how well it is doing and whether it needs adjustment as capital market conditions change or as your own life situation changes. Now's not the time to sit back and do nothing.
- 10 Wise Ways to Invest
It is said that everyone under the sun will always have a word to say about how you should invest your money. Usually you are advised to take such 'advice' with a pinch of salt. But here are some exceptions: ten, well-tested tips on what investing wisely entails. You should throw away your salt and imbibe the tips.
- Guide for aspiring stock market investors
A simple step by step guide on how to trade on the stock market
- How to apply for an IPO?
A simple guide to buying shares through Initial Public Offering (IPO) exercise.
- Five Stock Market Myths
Busting five common stock market misconceptions
- Living with Your Investment Paperwork
Why you need them and how to keep them.
- What Is Your Investment Time Horizon?
How do you define for short-, medium- and long-term investments?
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