Stock Shastra

Sudha, a housewife had just returned from her weekly kitty party session. She immediately turned on her computer at home and went to one of the trading websites. She was impatient. Mrs. Kumar at the kitty party had just mentioned how she had tried her luck at stock investing. She explained the thumb rule of of finding stocks at low P/E’ s being a good bet and went on bragging about how she had a earned a good Rs. 10000 in one month. As soon as Sudha heard this her thoughts were only on getting home early & finding stocks with low P/E s to invest in. She immediately logged on to one of the financial trading websites & looked for stocks that traded at price to earnings ratio less than 10 (a ratio Mrs. Kumar had mentioned as being a good buy.) She was excited to find some 50 [...]

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It has been exactly one month since I started investing in the stock market. Before that I spent a month becoming aware of the various forces involved. What can I say the day I joined work is where it all began.
So much of information to process! So many companies to look at! The very idea of generating money so easily and quickly was enough to get me addicted.
Of course a month down the line the enthusiasm has substantially reduced L for obvious reasons. Anybody who has been a part of this market will agree with me on this. There is so much to study so much to explore a lifetime is not sufficient for this mammoth task. The fact that I have a job to do alongside definitely does not help matters.
I have outlined the mistakes I have made in the first month itself as a reference so [...]