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How do geo-political events affect stock markets?

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The word geopolitical is either misunderstood or not fully understood by most people. It is actually about the impact of global politics and global international relations on the  stock markets . Geopolitics is extremely important as the markets globally get interconnected. For example, when Lehman happened, the entire global trembled. Similarly, when the US and Iran got close to a war in Middle East, it had its impact on oil prices on stocks. When Europe was on the brink of default in 2011, it roiled global bond markets and also equity markets went into a prolonged slowdown. Let us understand these geopolitical factors in much greater detail and how exactly they impact the stock prices. Geopolitics essentially refers to different geographic influences on political and international relations. The virtually seamless interconnection between world markets helps in the transmission of the impact quite fast as we have seen time and again in the past. Here are some major geopoli...

Invest in market and sectors and not individual stocks!

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Stock Broker in india The  Sensex  recently completed 40 years of existence. If you look back at its journey over the last 40 years, it has moved from a level of 100 in 1979 to 41,000 in 2019. That is a 410 bagger over 40 years. That roughly translates into annual returns of 16.5% on a compounded basis ( CAGR ). If you add up the average dividend yield of 1.5%, you are close to 18% annualized returns over 40 years. That is an amazing level of returns to earn on a passive index. But that is a counter-argument to it. Over the same period, stocks like Reliance and Wipro have given annualized returns in the range of 34-36%, something which the index can never match. But therein lays the problem. These are just a handful of stocks that we are talking about. In a universe of over 5000 stocks, your chances of finding such incredible  multi-baggers  are as low as finding a needle in a haystack. So, as much as direct investing in  stocks   looks enticing, yo...

NRE & NRO Demat Account Opening Process

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Open Demat Account Online Accounts that are to be opened 01. NRI savings account (With XXX Bank ) 02. NRI PIS / NON – PIS account (With XXX Bank ) 03. Trade account (With�  Tradeplus) 04. Demat account (With Tradeplus ) Account Opening process: 1)�  To obtain PAN card:�  PAN card is a mandatory document to open share trade and demat account .No worries if you don’t have it already, we can assist you to obtain PAN in India. Time Frame to obtain PAN – Maximum 15 days. PAN Card processing Fees – Rs.2500/- 2)�  To open Bank Account:  We are associated with HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, and Yes Bank to open NRI Bank Accounts. Time Frame to open a bank account – Maximum 15 days Minimum balance to maintain – 10000 INR Trading & Demat Account opening with us  – We activate your Trading and Demat account with us in 5 working days from the time of receiving Bank account opening confirmation. Trading  Account Opening Fees For...

Experts talk about slowdown, but market keeps rising! What should you do?

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Stock Marketing  It is hard to define a slowdown but the macroeconomic definition is that 2 quarters of continuous fall in growth or four out of six months of fall in growth is defined as a slowdown. The paradox today is that the growth has been on a consistent downtrend over the last six quarters. In addition, high-frequency indicators like IIP growth and core sector growth have been in the negative zone for 3 months in succession. However, in the midst of this economic weakness, the  Nifty  and the  Sensex  have been hitting new highs. What explains this paradox and what should investors do? Let us take a look at the GDP numbers first. GDP touches 4.5% in the September quarter (Data Source: MOSPI) Since the middle of 2018, the GDP growth has almost halved. The growth rate has fallen steadily due to a mix of weak consumption and limited private investment. The tax cuts have been instrumental in making Indian companies more profitable but then top-line...

Trading Holidays 2020 – NSE, BSE, MCX

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Dear Clients, The  trading holidays  for the new year 2020 has been announced. Check the list of all Exchange Trading Holidays. NAVIA MARKETS LTD LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 Sr. No. Date Day Description 1 02/21/20 Friday Mahashivratri 2 03/10/20 Tuesday Holi 3 April 02,2020 Thursday Ram Navami 4 April 06,2020 Monday Mahavir Jayanti 5 04/10/20 Friday Good Friday 6 April 14,2020 Tuesday Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti / Tamil New Year 7 May 01,2020 Friday Maharashtra Day / May Day 8 05/25/20 Monday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan ID) 9 10/02/20 Friday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 10 11/16/20 Monday Diwali-Balipratipada 11 11/30/20 Monday Gurunanak Jayanti 12 12/25/20 Friday Christmas First Session of Trading for MCX available between 10.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m. And second Session declared a holiday Sr. No. Date Day Description 1 01/01/20 Wednesday New Year Day Second Session of Trading for MCX available on the Trading Holidays between 5.00 p.m. To 11.30 /...

Your Interest Is Our Top Priority

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Online Trading In India  At Tradeplus, working for your best interests has always been our top most priority.  As events of the past year have underscored, it is not how big you are that counts, it is how well governed you are that matters the most . And good governance is at the core of every facet of our service at Tradeplus and here’s how we do it. We don’t have propriety business . This means we don’t trade in our own accounts. Almost all the large brokers in India run propriety desks where they trade on their own account. For us all along our 20 years in this business we have always had the philosophy of 3T’s – Trust, Transparency and Technology and YOUR best interests has been the only thing that have mattered. First ones to get Margin trade funding license from SEBI:  When most of the top brokers have set up Non Banking finance companies (NBFC) arms for margin funding, we looked the other way and obtained a SEBI license to provide Margin Trade funding (...

What is the impact that currency movement has on NRI online trading gains?

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NRI Online Trading A non-resident typically has income in foreign currency and normally invests in India. For an NRI does not look at purely equity returns but also the currency returns. In fact currency fluctuations can leave a deep impact on the NRI equity returns. Let us look at four such cases. If an NRI has invested in India and earned returns of 12% on equity, what would be his effective returns? It would depend on the currency movement. If the Indian rupee lost 6% against the US dollar, then the NRI would have earned effective dollar returns of just 6% (12% – 6%). On the other hand, if the rupee appreciates, the NRI stands to benefit. Extending the above case, if the rupee had instead appreciated by 4% what would have happened. He would have actually earned 16% (12% + 4%). That is why NRIs investing in India always prefer a strong currency in India. That is the reason, most NRIs prefer to invest into India at a time when the rupee has weakened and there are hope...