what does a sensex represents?
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A sensex represents the changes in the market price of a selected band of companies.\nThe current prices are compared to a standard fixed set of prices  adn the points are calculated
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www.crnindia.com\nIt tells of the indian stock market, and trends of other world markets. There are also meanings and definitions at a page called 'technical terms' - http://www.crnindia.com/technicalterm.html . \ngo to the site to know more. i liked the site, went some years back and now daily.
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y not?????????ppl if start thinking like that sensex would be there..where it is now.if u r disciplined in ur approch & a long term investor..no need to worry at all..Enjoyyyyyy
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My first choice would be Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (NYSE:RDY).  It is an Indian Drug Company.  Second choice would be HDFC Bank Ltd (NYSE:HDB), an Indian bank located in Mumbai.  Make sure to do your own research prior to investing.
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IndianOil retains the #1 spot by sales in ET500 listing\n\nNew Delhi, February 9, 2006\nIndianOil, India's flagship oil company, has retained its numero uno position by sales in the latest corporate rankings released by the Economic Times. The ET500 report goes on to add, "IndianOil has been the largest Indian company by sales for as long as anyone can remember".\n\nApart from sales, the ET500 ranking lists companies based on market capitalization, net profit, price-earnings ratio and return on net worth, etc. In the above listings, IndianOil is also ranked No. 6 by both market capitalization and net profits respectively.\n\nThese rankings assume significance considering that India's downstream majors in the petroleum industry have been bearing both subsidy and undercovery burdens owing to a steep rise in global crude oil prices throughout the year 2005, thus affecting both net profit and market capitalization.\n\n\nRanked as India's most valuable brand\nIndianOil and SERVO selected Superbrands (2004-06)\nIndianOil topped the list of The Hindu Business Line's "India's Most Valuable Brands 2004" list (Catalyst, January 27th '05).\nThe report featured the top 500 largest listed companies by market value, that were listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.\nThe methodology followed values brands in a way that is similar to how analysts value assets.\nThese valuations have used 'relief from royalty' methodology - an intuitive approach that assumes that a company does not own its brand name, and then calculates how much it would have to pay to license it from a third party. The present value of the streams of royalty (hypothetical) represents the value of the brand.\n\nMost trusted petrol pump brand: ET Brand Equity Survey\nIndianOil has emerged as the most trusted petrol pump brand in the country in the prestigious Economic Times Brand Equity Survey of India’s Most Trusted Brands (ET, Dec. 15, ‘04).\nIndianOil leads the four oil-marketing companies in the new category of petrol pumps introduced in services for the first time this year.\nIndianOil is also the only petroleum company among the top 50 in the overall services brand with a ranking of 11, followed by its subsidiary, IBP Co. Ltd, at 51.\nIndianOil not only finds a place among the top 150 brands but as the country’s top petro-retailer, its score on the survey was almost twice that of its nearest competitor.\nSurvey is the largest of its kind in India, conducted by research agency AC Neilson ORG-Marg, the, with a sample of over 7,000 distributed across socio-economic class, age, income and geography.\n\nRanked fourth in TNS Corporate Reputation Study\nIn a recent TNS India poll on "Corporate Reputation Study" (Business Today, Dec. 19, 2004), IndianOil has been placed in the 4th position, ahead of several other business conglomerates.\nIndianOil is the only petroleum company to be featured in the top 25 listing, and with State Bank of India (21st position) being the only other PSU to make it to the listing.\nPoll primarily conducted amongst important stakeholders covering financial analysts and stockbrokers, business managers, and prospective employees, besides members of the general public.\nIndianOil has a score of 80 (out of 100), which indicates a very good corporate equity.\n\nAmong top ten 'Best Employers in India' for second year\nFor the second consecutive year, IndianOil retained its ranking as one of the top ten 'Best Employers in India' according to a recent study by Hewitt Associates.\nIndianOil, at the 9th position, was also the only oil company to be featured in the Top 10 listing.\nThis year, 272 companies with a workforce of 700,000 participated in the Hewitt survey, which makes it the highest participation in any geographical location. Data was collected from 75,000 employee responses from across 15 industry groups.\n\nNo.1 Company in business listings\nIndianOil has been ranked I
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Equity Market\nThe market in which shares are issued and traded, either through exchanges or over-the-counter markets. Also known as the stock market, it is one of the most vital areas of a market economy because it gives companies access to capital and investors a slice of ownership in a company with the potential to realize gains based on its future performance.\n\nInvestopedia Says: This market can be split into two main sectors: the primary and secondary market. The primary market is where new issues are first offered. Any subsequent trading takes place in the secondary market.
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try looking at the india stockmarket homepage, they have analysis tools available to do your research.
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Go to BSE India website and get the list of 30 top companies that are included int he BSE Sensex. If you want more names, then go to nse-india.com and get the list of 100 top companies listed there.
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I don't there are any exchange traded funs for Sensex. But I beleive ICICI is working on launcing one soon, similar to Spice which was launched with little success! You might as well trade in F&O.
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Sorry but i have not heard of these. May i give you my guess.\n\nDirect shares: the investor is a stakeholder of the company; equity holder\n\nIndirect shares: probably means debentures and bonds. U still invest but in a passive manner.\n\n\nIf u feel that i am wrong, try loking up in the "How stuff Works" website
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AIM stands for the Alternative Investment Market. Its a share market for smaller companies to list and trade their shares. Its meant for businesses that don't meet the criteria for a listing on the London Stock Exchange.
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NSE is National Stock Exchange\nBSE is Bombay Stock Exchange
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There are indexes representing big companies (top 500, etc) but nothing representing all stock market equity in the world.  As it happens the US is approx 25% of world capitalisation.
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It stands for profit & loss.  Think of it as a balance sheet for a business.  They enter their profits as pluses and their outlays (whatever they need for the business, such as rent, electricity, phones, inventory, etc) as minuses.  Then they either show a profit if their number comes up positive or a loss if it comes up negative.
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It's an index of 100 NASDAQ lsited stocks.\n\nhttp://dynamic.nasdaq.com/services/indexes/ViewIndexes/Nasdaq_100.aspx?symbol=IXNDX
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The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index is a value-weighted index composed of 30 stocks with the base April 1979 = 100. It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange. These companies account for around one-fifth of the market capitalization of the BSE.\nEvery Company is Given a weight and price fluctuation is multiplied with that weight to get the change, all these changes are summed up to get the sensex pts.\n\nThe base value of the Sensex is 100 on April 1, 1979 and the base year of BSE-SENSEX is 1978-79.\n\nAt irregular intervals, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) authorities review and modify its composition to make sure it reflects current market conditions.\n\nThe abbreviated form "Sensex" was coined by Deepak Mohoni around 1990 while writing market analysis columns for some of the business newspapers and magazines. It gained popularity over the next year or two.\n\nThe stock market has grown by over ten times from June 1990 to today. Using information from April 1979 onwards, the long-run rate of return on the BSE Sensex can be estimated to be 0.52% per week (continuously compounded) with a standard deviation of 3.67%. This translates to 27% per annum, which translates to roughly 18% per annum after compensating for inflation.
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Although the question is not entirely clear, I'll take a stab at it.\n\nShares typically mean shares of stock in a specific company, e.g. shares of stock in Microsoft.\n\nFunds typically refers to Mutual Funds.  Mutual Funds (of the equity variety) own shares of stock in many companies, thus diversifying risk for the investor.  An investor in a mutual funds, in essence, owns a pro rata share of all the stocks that the mutual fund owns.