looking at the sensex crash,plz adwise whether to inwest in shares or in mutual funds?
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You should know the fact that sometimes keeping '100%' cash is the best investment. So be-careful.\n\nTo learn about gold and commodities have a look at \nhttp://uscommoditiestrader.com
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Cubes just because they are more volatile.  I go short and long so volatility is good if my stomach can stand it.  If you want diversified ETF's though, IWM (Russell 2000) is doing well now, and Japan coming out of depression looks good (EWJ).
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Unit Trusts or Mutual funds is a good starting point for investors who do not have the time to research on stocks themselves.\n\nThe Pros are:\n1. save you the trouble (or robs you of the fun of) of researching on potential stocks and to construct a portfolio of your own.\n\n2. easy way to get involved in the stock markets.\n\nThe Cons are:\n1. MANDATE! - Every mutual fund has a FIXED mandate that requires them to be almost fully invested at all times. As mutual funds have portfolios that are generally bullish, they only do well when stock markets do well... if the stock market crashes, the fund crashes with it and there is nothing the fund managers can do. The mandate prohibits the fund managers from bailing out of the markets even if they know the market will crash! This brainless way of investing in the stock markets has made hedge funds a lot more attractive recently.\n\n2. Fund Expense. There is a fixed expense ratio for every fund which pays for the fund manager's salary, admin costs, advertising costs etc... The profit performance is what is left after all these are paid for. That is why you see many fund managers driving nice, big cars even though their funds are not performing well.\n\n3. Tie Down Period. There is always a tie down period where you cannot withdraw out of a mutual fund without incurring some kind of penalty charge. That can rob you of short term cashflow when you suddenly need money.\n\n4. Withdrawal Charge. Yes, even if you fulfill the tie down period, there will usually be a withdrawal charge for getting out of the fund.\n\nProfiting from the stock markets is already a difficult thing to achieve consistently. By investing in a mutual fund, it makes the difficult thing more difficult by having so many expenses built into it. Frankly, when the markets do well, you would be better off just buying an ETF on the local index and when markets start to fail, you will be able to bail out quickly and safely without any penalties or expenses at all.\n\nMutual funds is only one of the many ways to get involved in the stock markets. There are a lot more ways, some safer and with higher returns, to invest in the stock markets and you need to read and research on your alternatives.\n\nI recommend some pretty good books that have benefitted myself at http://www.bestoptiontradingbooks.com...\n\nhope these helps.\n\n\n\n\nhttp://www.mastersoequity.com\n\n\n\n\n.
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With respect to the market in general, there's been a good-sized pullback from May to the current period.  Those stocks which have suffered most are the ones which have had the largest amount of growth (precious metals, emerging markets, etc.).  Many funds not only lost all of their gains Jan-Apr, but many actually dipped into negative YTD territory.\n\nSo you have to ask yourself: is this money you have in Fidelity on a permanent downward trend or an overdue correction?  Are your losses due to the possibility that your investments at Fidelity were focused on the highest growth (and therefore most volatile and overdue for correction) funds?  What are the long-term performance records of the funds you've chosen (4 months is a drop in the bucket of time)?\n\nBasically, you can't just look at gains and losses.  You have to look specifically at the funds you've chosen, and balance them against your personal risk tolerance.  It's very likely that with the right (or wrong) combination of funds, you could have lost as much with T Rowe Price, Vanguard, Bridgeway or any number of fund families.  If you don't believe me, look at their Websites and check the fund performances.  Red ink all over the place.\n\nDon't dump funds just because they're going down or buy them just because they're going up.  How do you know you're not buying at the top or selling at the bottom?  You'll inevitably wind up buying high and selling low.  Understand why you're buying into a fund and if the circumstances that made you buy them still make sense, stick with them.  If circumstances have changed, that's the time to re-evaluate and think about selling.  Also think about selling if the assumptions you made originally were wrong.
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Totally disagree with taran goyal. Valuation of a mutual fund's NAV never depends on what's happening in the holding company but on what's happening in those companies/sectors where the mutual fund has made its investments.\n\nAtleast 10 of Reliance MF schemes are doing very well, top ones being Diversified power sector, growth, equity opportunities, media & entertainment, vision, index sensex and pharma. Then the newly launched Equity fund NFO has been the most successful NFO of all time in India in terms of highest collections during NFO period (Rs. 5000 crores).\n\nThe AMC is using some experienced brains out there.. See if you can use yours :)
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depends on how well the market is doing. If the total niumber of people buy more then they sell, the sensex raises. IF the opposite occurs, the market goes down.
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If u r tacking the Indian markets...the stocks to watch out for are..Bharthi Televentures and Tata-teleservices..
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There are a number of mutual funds in India... The list is enless.. cant be written here... Regarding wothdrawl, you can do it whenever u want but most of the mutual funds keep some exit load if you withdraw before certain time. (Normally 6 months).. There is another class of Mutual Funds called ELSS which have a lockin of 3 years i.e u cant withdraw before three years.. But from the next financial onwards, they will become close-ended. \n\nThere are lot sites that can list all the mutual funds and their technical analysis. My favourites are:\nwww.moneycontrol.com\nwww.valueresearchonline.com\nwww.sharekhan.com\nwww.icicidirect.com\n\n\n..the list is endless..\nStart exploring with these sites, you will get a great deal of knowledge...
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A very difficult question to answer. I see that you have a previous response that said yes and one that said no.   The problem is that no one knows for sure what the future might hold.  Here is what I suggest that you consider doing.  Take the amount that you considered investing in mutual funds and split it into 4 equal parts.  Invest one part now into a mutual fund that you think is good.  The other 3 parts place into a guarnteed account, bank account or short term government bonds.  Six months from now, invest the 2nd part in the mutual fund if the fund has increased in value.  If it has not, do not do anything.  Six months later go through the same exercise.  That way you are not risking more than 1/4 of your funds initiially.    And always keep 1/4 in reserve in case there is a terrible stock market crash.  That is the time that you can invest and make a lot of money so save for that event.  Crashes come more often than most people want.
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Anytime is a good time to invest in mutual funds, if you take the SIP route.A SIP allos you to benefit from Rupee cost averaging, which means you buy more units when the markets are down & similarly you buy less units when the markets are over-heated.\n\nChoose a good fund based on your risk profile.\nVisit www.valueresearchonline.com to find out the top mutual funds in all categories.\n\nYour fund should be a 4 or a 5 ranker.\n\nAll the best.
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Sensex = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensex\nMutual Fund = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_fund
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I have owned ICICI Bank for a long time.  The symbol is IBN on the New York stock exchange.  Here is a link to a portfolio of Indian stocks:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/ViewPortfolio.aspx?userID=13\n\nYou should consider all of these stocks.  I particularly like VSL because I see telecommunications as an area of opportunity in India.  This portfolio is from http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck!
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I think it is not a good idea to buy stock in a single company.  Investing in many companies through mutual funds is less risky.\n\nAsset allocation is the most important investment decision you will make.  How you divide your investments among stocks, bonds, and cash (money markets, etc.) will determine most of the returns you receive.  So long as you maintain a mix of investments, the particular stocks, bonds, and cash instruments in which you invest are of secondary importance.\n\nIf it will be more than 5 to 10 years until you use the money, you ought to have very high risk investments; 80% stocks and 20% bonds is appropriate.  If you are within 5 years (10 years if you are very risk-averse) of using your money, gradually switch from 80-20 to 60% stocks, 20% bonds, and 20% cash.  So, when you begin to draw down your investments, such as at the beginning of retirement, you should be at the 60-20-20 allocation.  Gradually change to 10-80-10 within 10 years.  One-fourth of your stocks should be international funds, so long as you have enough in stocks to maintain the minimum balance required for an international fund.\n\nTo summarize:\nMore than 5 or 10 years from using money: 80% stocks, 20% bonds.\nAt 5 or 10 years away, gradually change to: 60% stocks, 20% bonds, 20% cash.\nAs you begin drawing down (early retirement): 60-20-20.\nOver ten years of retirement gradually change to: 10-80-10.\n\nI'm a big believer in index funds.  A mix of index funds beats 3/4 of managed mutual funds.  I think it is really advisable to read up on the "couch potato portfolio" and the "coffee house portfolio."  Scott Burns discusses these at his web site (free registration).  You can search Google.  They are simple mixes of index funds that only require rebalancing once a year.\n\nRead "Bogle on Mutual Funds."  It shows why index fund investing is the way to go.
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Actively managed funds lose their shine as the market matures and hence outperforming broader market consistently for a long period is nearly impossible.\n\nAs far as India is concerned only around 100-300 stocks are well researched and actively traded in the market and hence provide liquidity.  Fund houses which go beyond these stocks can always pick-up winners and hence beat the market index.  Just look at the how a large cap fund FT India Bluechip fund can better the Sensex index by huge margin.  An yet to mature market like India will always offer better opportunities for the fund manager for the next 10-15 years.\n\nETFs and Index funds have low expense ratios and that is plus point.  But in the diversified funds vs ETF/Index funds they are not mutually exclusive and hence they can compliment any investor portfolio.\n\nGood luck.
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Profit sales plunge Sensex down 99 points to 4617\n\nThe Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange went into a tail-spin today and plunged by 99 points on profit-taking in key scrips, notably those belonging to the infotech and pharma sectors.\n\nThe BSE-30 Sensitive Index ended 98.99 points lower or 2.09 per cent at 4617.82 points as compared to the previous close of 4716.81 points. Opening at 4703.33, the Sensex witnessed a high of 4721.78 and a low of 4586.26. The Sensex, which surpassed yesterday's closing level during the day, plummeted on account of profit-taking in key scrips.\n\nForeign institutional investors off-loaded subsstantial quantity of infotech, pharma, cement and diversified companies' stocks, marketmen informed. Infotech and pharma scrips, which had led yesterday's rally, were on the downward mode.\n\nInfosys Technologies, which reached its 52-week high of 5,518 in the last trading session plummeted by Rs 450 to close at Rs 5,065. The company's ADR listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange of the United States fell from a high of $ 118 registered yesterday to $ 90.\n\n''Much of today's fall was fuelled by speculative selling pressure from FIIs. There was also some selling in index scrips by domestic financial institutions,'' said a broker. FIIs sold in Infosys, Pentafour Software, Satyam Computers, ITC and Hindalco counters.\n\nThey reportedly bought the Glaxo scrip. Among the FIs, the Unit Trust of India was a major seller in select scrips.\n\nMirroring the downtrend, the BSE-100 index fell by 41.84 points to end at Rs 2002.60 from the last close of Rs 2044.44. The BSE-200 and Dollex indices ended 9.71 and 3.66 points lower at Rs 457.92 and Rs 176.48 respectively.\n\nMeanwhile, the National Stock Exchange ended 2.59 per cent lower at 1314.70 points, showing a net loss of 34.90 points. Marketmen informed that there was major shifting of positions from the NSE to the BSE, which was one of the reasons for the fall today.\n\nPentafour lost Rs 83 to close at Rs 1,192, Satyam at Rs 1,398, down Rs 90, Ranbaxy at Rs 802, down Rs 14 and Zee Telefilms at Rs 1,900, up Rs 20. \n\n\ni hope i answered ur question..........
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As of a week ago I would have said CMG, Chipotle Mexican Grill. Now I am saying you will have to wait until the stock splits and get it at the lower price. They still have huge growth possibilities, so any price is a good price but not all investors can pay $65 a share.