• Alpha and Beta of Investment Portfolio: What is its utility?

    When it comes to the use of jargon, probably the world of equity investment will be among its heavy users. Two commonly used words of this field are Alpha and Beta. The term beta is in use for a long time. But the trend of alpha is more recent. What are alpha and beta? Alpha…

  • Total Return: The Concept & Its Three Components

    Let’s learn to analyze a stock from the perspective of the total return it yields for shareholders. To get a feeling about the total return, we will have to look back and brush up on some basic concepts.  Suppose there is a company that makes a cash profit of Rs.10 Crore. How to utilize the profit? Considering…

  • Direct Equity Investment in India

    Direct equity investment can be very rewarding. Simultaneously this is also true that risk of loss in direct equity is high. People who can balance risk and return while dealing with direct equity are the winners. But how can one balance the risk and reward? The risk associated with direct equity comes from complexity of information Its not so…

  • Where to invest money for high returns in India?

    One day I was sitting with my group of friends. We were randomly gossiping about things, when the topic of investment came up. People were eager to know about it, but they only wanted quick answers for queries like ‘where to invest money for high returns‘. Frankly speaking, there are no quick answers when one…