Tools

The number of do-it-yourself stock investors are coming in by the truckload. They have eliminated the traditional method of utilizing a financial advisor to manage their portfolio. Numerous people from the new wave of investing have had success and profited from stocks. Do you want to know the secret? The most valuable ingredient is the []

Here are some key points to focus on, if you are investing or plan to invest in retail stocks: While the prevailing bullish sentiment is in favor of further stock advances, retail investors should be wary of disturbing signals in market internals and cracks in the junk bond market. Technical divergences have appeared since last []

Although you can use fancy software and algorithms to create an investment machine to select stocks and protect your portfolio, the most valuable way to have a long career in investing is to diversify. There is a new way to diversify your portfolio, so that you are able to manage your own money. For starters, []

Research & Insights

There are a number of investment scams around and sometimes it is difficult to spot them. One thing to remember is that if an investment sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Any investment that offers above average returns on your investment, particularly if you have not heard of the company in []

Key events, like expiry of derivative contracts, and presentation of General Budget and economic survey have given expectations that the stock market will remain volatile. There may be increased interest for corresponding sectors, while expectations for the pre-budget will began to build up. At the same time, the stock market will be open of February []

The ways investors and financial advisers communicate is being changed by digital investing tools, while placing an impact on how advisers will be used by investors in the near future. This comes from an Accenture report based on a survey of 1,200 middle-and high-income, digitally savvy European investors, which Accenture refers to as “Generation D.” []

Tips / Getting Started

Get approved for the cards you want The single most important factor, of course, is maintaining a high credit score by paying your bills on time and carrying as little debt as possible. You also want to space out your credit applications. Lenders view multiple recent applications for new credit cards as a warning sign []

Although we all have heard that “we are what we eat”, it is possible that we can discover more about ourselves through are investments than our diets. Age, income, and politics can be inferred in a big way just by the tickers in your portfolio. It probably wont surprise you that the average Tesla owner []

There is desire of everyone to obtain riches and happiness with ease and as quick as possible. Searching for the secret recipe or priceless information that leads to a winning lottery ticket or the end of a rainbow is human nature. There are people that purchase the winning ticket or shares that quadruple in value []

News

You often hear people claim that the U.S. market is somehow “cheap”, because  the trailing P/E of the S&P 500 Index has not yet reached the dizzy heights of 1929 or 2000 (of course, quite often the “forward P/E” is cited rather than the trailing P/E. We believe this to be a worthless indicator, as []

In a joint venture, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited, U.K.’s RSA Group will be bought out by Sundaram Finance Limited (SFL). This follows an agreement initialed to this effect between the two. Under the agreement, RSA will sell its entire 26 per cent equity stake in Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Co. Ltd. to SFL []

The disappointing results of various bellwether companies displayed weaker conditions, causing U.S. stocks to close with a 1% loss. Unexpectedly, there was also a decline for durable goods orders. 90% of S&P 500 sectors were lower, adding to the broad losses for the day. In tech, the biggest loss was with .SPLRCT. The 3.3% loss []