
Gold has always been popular in troubled times. During the Peloponnesian War (around 431 BC) between the Athenians and the Spartans, the Athenians melted down the gold from the statue of Athene in the Parthenon in order to issue an emergency gold currency. It’s a fashion that has continued ever since. Recent economically choppy waters [...]

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Do you always want to run away from the idea of stock trading because you just do not understand anything about it? If your answer is ‘yes’ then it’s time to reconsider your notions. Trading in the stock market can be both fun and of much interest, provided you know how the market works.

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Everyday we see new companies formed and when they are able to grab some business in the Markets and want money to expand, they come out with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) wherein they collect the money from the market for their future ventures. This forms the very basics of Stock Markets. We have written [...]

We have already been talking about Credit Cards on EquiTipz with some articles like What is a Virtual Credit Card? and How are the Interest- free days calculated for my credit card? written some time back. You may click on the links to read if you missed them. In this article, I am going to talk [...]

Making money by investing in the Indian stock Markets is not a child’s play. For an investor to make money in this big market with tens of hundreds of stocks, there are a number of aspects to be considered in order to clinch success and walk out being the ‘Smart Investor.’ For instance, a day [...]

In addition to the technical terms like Stocks, Shares, Mutual Funds, IPOs, P/E Ratio, EPS, Dividends, and so on…, you must have many a times came across yet another term every other day in the NewsPapers, News, TV Channels called “Futures and Options” But what is this term about? What are the technical aspects and [...]

As a matter of fact you can earn more money in a falling market than in a rising one because when the market rises, it rises like a bull climbing the stairs but when it falls, it falls like a bear thrown out of the window. But the question that comes into picture is how? [...]

As discussed in the earlier posts like 4 Golden Rules of Equity Investing and 3 important things to know as a new investor!!!, I am again going to write for the investors who are still in the dialema whether or not to invest the very first time. And even if they make their mind to [...]