If you're a young investor just entering, or looking to enter, the stock market - this is a perhaps great time to be in your position. Done right, investing can actually be more interesting and much simpler, and enjoyable, than most people will have you believe. "You see, I always thought that 'numbers are not my thing'. But hey, I love stories and as I started taking interest in businesses,
Much has been said about discovering the right investable security – in most cases, a “winning” stock – that ends up making lives of investor and careers of analysts/fund managers. But unfortunately, there’s still not quite enough in terms of products and platforms out there to help people discover potentially great ideas. There are scores of stories around of an investor having made an investment in a Ford in the
While trying to make sense of all the information out there about a stock you're researching, Analyst Opinion can be tricky to understand. At any given point in time, there are multiple opinions present for the same stock, from different-different analyst firms. What Jefferies rates a "Buy", Nomura may rate a "Strong buy" and Morgan Stanley may rate a "hold" - all on the same day. Individual retail investors are seldom
When you are young, saving for something that is years away, may not appear important or significant. But it is precisely when you ought to start saving. Money invested for long-term gets more time to grow. One of the ways to give your money an opportunity to grow is by investing in the stock market. As youngsters, we have a higher risk tolerance and a lot more time to invest, even
Two quick questions to make note of before reading further: 1. How old are you? 2. How much are you looking to put in the markets? Based on your responses above, you might want to think about your money in the following ways - “If I lose this money today, can i make it back?”, “Is this money meant for a later purchase a few years down the line?” (more…)
Picking the right stocks is at the core of being a successful investor. With over 10,000 stocks listed on US exchanges alone, there’s always a chance you might be missing opportunities ‘coz you’re not looking hard enough. Different investors have different approaches to identifying stocks, but the best investors have a streamlined workflow and they value their workflow more than the stocks they invest in. Seasoned investors have the ability
A mutual fund which aims for the highest capital gains and is not risk-averse in its selection of investments. Aggressive growth funds are most suitable for investors willing to accept a high risk-return trade-off, since many of the companies which demonstrate high growth potential can also show a lot of share price volatility. Aggressive growth funds tend to have a very large positive correlation with the stock market, and so
WMT– Walmart Stores, Inc operates various retail stores worldwide. WMT – Walmart Stores, Inc Fundamentals Previously closed at 71.51 Day's high 71.87 Day's low 70.67 P/E ratio 15.90 EPS 4.52 Analysts opinion Walmart and JD.com have signed a joint filing agreement, with the idea of offering improved services in the Chinese market by combining retail and e-commerce. WMT is trading above both its 50-day moving averages of 69.84 and
GE – General Electric is a multinational conglomerate corporation, operating in Energy management, Oil and Gas, Appliances, Power and Water, Transportation, Aviation, Healthcare industries. GE – General Electric Fundamentals Previously closed at 29.83 Day's high 30.13 Day's low 29.79 P/E ratio 41.25 EPS 0.74 Analysts opinion GE issued a study which says that the Industrial Internet solutions have the potential to contribute $1.7 trillion value by 2025. It opened a new
TWTR– Twitter Inc is a popular global Social Media platform. TWTR– Twitter, Inc Fundamentals Previously closed at 89.65 Day's high 15.45 Day's low 15.18 P/E ratio NA EPS -0.66 Analysts opinion Yet another management executive, Jeff Seibert leaves the role of Product Development head to take on twitter’s new mobile app, Fabric. Recently, Twitter has seen a lot of new executives. Analyst from SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said that if
