Understanding Greeks – I
Financial lexicology borrows from Greek, quite ironically so, given Greece’s financial situation. We will be covering the most common Greeks — alpha (α) and beta (β). This post is aimed at investors in all stages, to learn and revisit their knowledge of the Greeks. We...
Primer to Risk and Returns – II
Managing Risks in Your Portfolio In the earlier segment, we understood the different types of risk and how the most effective tool against it is diversification. Coming back to financial markets, what would be examples of individual and common risks? Risks would cause...
Primer to Risk and Returns – I
Understanding Risk — Why diversify? How is it that a large portfolio, say the Sensex is much less risky than its individual component stocks considered individually? We can elaborate on this by understanding the concept of risk and its types. Risk, or volatility, has...
Must have funds in your portfolio
While investing in Equity MF - keep invested for medium to long term. Have index funds and multi-cap funds in your portfolio to increase diversification and returnsIndex Fund An index fund has portfolio constructed to mirror a market index, such as Sensex or Nifty....