Many investors underestimate the extent to which a stock can fall. Let’s take the example of the real estate company Unitech. The stock was trading at Rs 520 in January 2008. In January 2013, the stock was at Rs 40. Looking at the fact that the stock crashed by more than 90% in these 5 …
Top-down and bottom-up are two approaches to investing. Let’s look at what each of these two approaches means. Under the top-down approach, an investor looks at the big picture. An investor first chooses which sector is going to do well. Then he moves on to find which companies in the sector are worth investing in. …
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It is not enough for investors to just analyze stocks well. There are certain key traits that investors need to have to be successful in stock markets. All good investors such as Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Mohnish Pabrai, etc have certain key traits which have made them successful. Let’s look at some of these traits. …
Peter Lynch has been one of the most successful investors in America. He was the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990. During this period, he delivered stunning annualized returns of around 29%. In these 13 years, Peter Lynch was able to raise the assets of the firm from around …
