A rising share price can attract attention, but price movement alone does not reveal whether a company is financially strong or reasonably valued. Security analysis is the process of examining an investment before committing money to it. The objective is not to predict prices with certainty. It is to make a more infor…
Markets change constantly. New companies emerge; technologies disrupt established industries and popular investment themes come and go. Yet the principles behind responsible investing remain surprisingly consistent. Successful investing is not about finding a secret formula or predicting every market movement. It gene…
A successful company does not automatically make a successful investment at every price. Investors can overpay even for a growing, profitable and well-managed business. Valuation helps determine whether the market price already reflects more optimism than the company can reasonably deliver. No ratio can prove that a s…
Choosing between India's old and new income-tax regimes can have a meaningful impact on the amount of tax you ultimately pay. Salary alone does not determine your tax liability. Deductions, exemptions, other sources of income, age, rebate eligibility, surcharge and Health and Education Cess can all affect the final ca…
Mutual Fund Block Deals in the First Week of August 2026: What Investors Can Learn- Large transactions involving mutual funds often attract attention because institutional investors have professional research teams and access to detailed company information. During the first week of August 2026, exchange data showed s…
Mu tual Funds vs SIF vs PMS vs AIF: Tax Rules in India Explained Simply Indian investors can now choose from several professionally managed investment products. Mutual funds remain widely accessible, while Specialized Investment Funds, Portfolio Management Services and Alternative Investment Funds cater to investors s…
Financial Products Taxation in India: FY 2026–27 Guide for Investors Tax affects the return investors ultimately retain from shares, mutual funds, deposits, bonds, gold and retirement products. Two investments producing the same pre-tax return may deliver different post-tax outcomes because their income, holding perio…
How to Trade Using the 20 EMA and MACD Centerline Crossover Strategy The 20-period Exponential Moving Average and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator can be combined to create a simple trend-following framework. The 20 EMA helps identify the short-term direction of price, while the MACD centerline prov…
Entering a trade receives considerable attention, but managing an open position can be equally important. A trader may identify the correct direction and still produce a poor outcome by exiting too early, holding without a plan or moving a protective stop inconsistently. A trailing stop is designed to adjust as price …
Technical indicators can make market charts easier to understand, but no single indicator can predict every price movement. A practical approach is to combine one tool that identifies the prevailing trend with another that measures momentum. The 20-period Exponential Moving Average, or 20 EMA, and the Moving Average C…