This document discusses how emotions like greed and fear can negatively impact investing decisions. It notes that behavioural finance research shows investors are often emotional, biased, and make irrational decisions. In bull markets, greed leads people to take on excessive risk, while bear markets cause fear that makes people sell at low prices. The author advocates keeping emotions separate from investing by maintaining a long-term, disciplined strategy and using market downturns as opportunities to buy good companies at lower prices rather than reacting fearfully.
This document provides tips and guidance for beginner stock market investors. It discusses establishing long-term goals, understanding your risk tolerance, controlling your emotions, and handling the basics of investing before making your first purchase. The key tips are to set long-term goals for your investing, understand your personal risk tolerance, avoid making emotional decisions, and learn basic financial concepts and terms before investing. Diversifying your investments and starting early are also emphasized as important strategies.
Behavioral finance is a field that combines psychology and traditional finance to explain irrational financial behaviors. Standard finance theories failed to explain market anomalies like crashes and bubbles. Behavioral finance proposes that people are not perfectly rational due to cognitive biases and emotions. Some biases explored in behavioral finance include prospect theory, which shows people weigh potential losses more than equivalent gains; anchoring, where recent prices unduly influence investment decisions; and overconfidence, which causes investors to underestimate risks. By understanding these biases, behavioral finance provides frameworks to better understand unpredictable market movements.
The document summarizes the strong performance of stock markets in Q1 2013, with the S&P 500 returning 10.61% and Nasdaq returning 8.52%. It notes that while client portfolios are not 100% in stocks, the stock holdings have contributed significantly to returns. It asks whether the positive momentum can continue and directs the reader to page 2 for more details on the statistics.
A Study on Mental Accounting:
Its’ Role in Personal Financial Planning of Households’
Thaler (1985) established the concept of ‘mental accounting’; according to which individuals tend to mentally allocate their current and future wealth into non- transferable separate compartments. Further, different levels of utility are assigned to each group which has an irrational impact over their consumption and other decisions. Individuals do not consider that the money is fungible. This leads to less than optimum investment decision making. According to the theory, individuals assign different functions to each asset group, which has an often irrational and detrimental effect on their consumption decisions and other behaviours.
Trade Nivesh Investment Advisor Has Been In The Stock Market For 8 Years We Deals In Equity, Commodity And Forex Segments of Stock Market Of All Major Exchanges Stock Listed.
Behavioral Finance key notes for non financial managers. This help also the financial advisors discover the type of behavioral finance biases among their clients.
It also highlight the types of financial risks, and types of clients according to their risk capacity and risk tolerance.
It also add value to investors specially in the investment decision making process.
Behavioral finance acknowledges that investors are not perfectly rational and takes into account psychological factors that influence behavior. Some common behavioral quirks exhibited by investors include overconfidence, loss aversion, anchoring, regret, and herding behavior. While laboratory experiments show evidence of these quirks, questions remain about whether they apply outside the lab and how they aggregate in financial markets. Herding behavior, where investors follow the actions of others, can potentially explain bubbles when many investors exhibit the same behavioral biases.
- The document is an investment commentary from June 2019 discussing market conditions and the author's views.
- In the second quarter of 2019, the author raised the portfolio's cash target to 3.0% and reduced exposure to the technology sector while increasing exposure to consumer staples.
- The portfolio performed well in volatile markets in 2018 and the author believes the current positioning has solid risk/reward.
This document provides tips and guidance for beginner stock market investors. It discusses establishing long-term goals, understanding your risk tolerance, controlling your emotions, and handling the basics of investing before making your first purchase. The key tips are to set long-term goals for your investing, understand your personal risk tolerance, avoid making emotional decisions, and learn basic financial concepts and terms before investing. Diversifying your investments and starting early are also emphasized as important strategies.
Behavioral finance is a field that combines psychology and traditional finance to explain irrational financial behaviors. Standard finance theories failed to explain market anomalies like crashes and bubbles. Behavioral finance proposes that people are not perfectly rational due to cognitive biases and emotions. Some biases explored in behavioral finance include prospect theory, which shows people weigh potential losses more than equivalent gains; anchoring, where recent prices unduly influence investment decisions; and overconfidence, which causes investors to underestimate risks. By understanding these biases, behavioral finance provides frameworks to better understand unpredictable market movements.
The document summarizes the strong performance of stock markets in Q1 2013, with the S&P 500 returning 10.61% and Nasdaq returning 8.52%. It notes that while client portfolios are not 100% in stocks, the stock holdings have contributed significantly to returns. It asks whether the positive momentum can continue and directs the reader to page 2 for more details on the statistics.
A Study on Mental Accounting:
Its’ Role in Personal Financial Planning of Households’
Thaler (1985) established the concept of ‘mental accounting’; according to which individuals tend to mentally allocate their current and future wealth into non- transferable separate compartments. Further, different levels of utility are assigned to each group which has an irrational impact over their consumption and other decisions. Individuals do not consider that the money is fungible. This leads to less than optimum investment decision making. According to the theory, individuals assign different functions to each asset group, which has an often irrational and detrimental effect on their consumption decisions and other behaviours.
Trade Nivesh Investment Advisor Has Been In The Stock Market For 8 Years We Deals In Equity, Commodity And Forex Segments of Stock Market Of All Major Exchanges Stock Listed.
Behavioral Finance key notes for non financial managers. This help also the financial advisors discover the type of behavioral finance biases among their clients.
It also highlight the types of financial risks, and types of clients according to their risk capacity and risk tolerance.
It also add value to investors specially in the investment decision making process.
Behavioral finance acknowledges that investors are not perfectly rational and takes into account psychological factors that influence behavior. Some common behavioral quirks exhibited by investors include overconfidence, loss aversion, anchoring, regret, and herding behavior. While laboratory experiments show evidence of these quirks, questions remain about whether they apply outside the lab and how they aggregate in financial markets. Herding behavior, where investors follow the actions of others, can potentially explain bubbles when many investors exhibit the same behavioral biases.
- The document is an investment commentary from June 2019 discussing market conditions and the author's views.
- In the second quarter of 2019, the author raised the portfolio's cash target to 3.0% and reduced exposure to the technology sector while increasing exposure to consumer staples.
- The portfolio performed well in volatile markets in 2018 and the author believes the current positioning has solid risk/reward.
Investors do not always behave rationally as assumed by traditional finance theories. Behavioral finance incorporates insights from psychology to understand how investor behavior actually departs from rational decision making. Some key insights from behavioral finance include that investors exhibit cognitive biases like overconfidence and framing effects. They are also influenced by emotions. While traditional theories assume markets are efficient, behavioral finance suggests market inefficiencies can persist due to limits to arbitrage from factors like information and trading costs. Understanding actual investor psychology is important for behavioral finance in explaining anomalies compared to models of rational decision making.
Global Financial Private Capital is an SEC registered investment advisory firm located in Sarasota, Florida. The document discusses behavioral finance and how irrational decisions by investors can influence markets. It provides examples of common biases like loss aversion and analyzes how a missed payment by a Portuguese bank led to fears of a market correction despite Portugal's small size in the global economy. The firm believes corrections are hard to predict but see opportunities to profit when fear and panic cause irrational selling.
The newsletter discusses volatility in investment portfolios and argues that it should be seen as an opportunity rather than a risk. It presents evidence that volatility decreases significantly with increased investment time horizons and that the primary risk for long-term investors is the permanent loss of capital rather than temporary price fluctuations. The newsletter advocates for focusing on economic fundamentals over 3-5 year periods and distinguishing noise from signals when identifying investment opportunities created by market volatility.
Dissertation on behavioral finance and its impact on portfolio investment dec...Rahmatullah Pashtoon
Extreme volatility has plagued financial markets worldwide since the 2008 Global Crisis. Investor sentiment has been one of the key determinants of market movements. In this context, studying the role played by emotions like fear, greed and anticipation, in shaping up investment decisions seemed important. Behavioral Finance is an evolving field that studies how psychological factors affect decision making under uncertainty. This thesis seeks to find the influence of certain identified behavioral finance concepts (or biases), namely, Overconfidence, Representativeness, Herding, Anchoring, Cognitive Dissonance, Regret Aversion, Gamblers’
Fallacy, and Mental Accounting, on the decision making process of individual investors in the Indian Stock Market. Primary data for analysis was gathered by distributing a structured questionnaire among investors who were categorized as (i) young, and (ii) experienced. Results obtained by analyzing a sample of 74 respondents, out of which 12 admitted to having suffered a loss of at least 50% because of the crisis, revealed that the degree of exposure to the biases separated the behavioral pattern of young and experienced investors.
Gamblers’ Fallacy, Anchoring and Representative and Herding bias were seen to affect the young investors significantly more than experienced investors.
The newsletter provides an overview of the market reaction to rising COVID cases in April 2021. It discusses how markets remained volatile as investors had mixed views on how long cases would continue rising and the impact on the economy. Key indices ended about where they started after seeing selling by foreign investors but buying by domestic investors. The article also provides a case study of an investor who began SIP investments at age 27 and now has a portfolio worth Rs. 82 lacs, demonstrating the power of compounding returns over time through disciplined SIP investments. It recommends dynamic asset allocation funds as a way to benefit from equity upside while reducing risk through adjusted allocations based on market movements.
Behavioral finance integrates psychology into traditional finance to explain why people make irrational financial decisions. It studies concepts like representativeness heuristic, loss aversion, fear of regret, herding, anchoring, illusion of control, and prospect theory. Behavioral finance recognizes that investors do not always act rationally as assumed by conventional finance. It provides insights into common cognitive biases and established behaviors that influence investment decisions.
The document provides commentary on investments for the third quarter of 2018. Key points include:
- Markets reached numerous highs in the quarter despite trade tensions and upcoming midterm elections.
- The portfolio manager made several changes to the portfolio, including selling two positions, adding two new positions, and adjusting target sector weightings and cash levels.
- The portfolio generated a return of 7.03% for the quarter, outperforming the benchmark. Performance was driven by security selection and modest allocation effects.
This document discusses investing in mutual funds and provides an overview of Primerica, a financial services marketing organization. It notes that mutual fund investing entails some risk and shares may be worth more or less than the original investment. It then provides details on Primerica, including that it is the largest independent financial services marketing organization in North America, has over 5 million insured lives and 2 million client investment accounts, and clients have over $61 billion in asset values. The document aims to demonstrate why now is always a good time to invest using market cycles, proven investment fundamentals like dollar cost averaging and discipline, and investment solutions.
The document discusses having an edge over situations and dealing with uncertainty in the market. It provides several perspectives:
1. Human minds can develop an ability to have an edge over some situations some of the time, but never all situations all the time. Eventually what matters is when we do not have an edge.
2. The current market meltdown shows nearly 50% of decision makers still have doubts about proposals and solutions. Transformative thinking is needed to move beyond the current circumstances.
3. Achieving mastery over complex market forces requires believing one can do it through rediscovering one's true self and embracing an expanded approach that draws on awareness, conscience, and imagination.
The newsletter discusses the rising COVID cases in India during April 2021 and the resulting volatility in the stock market. It provides analysis of key market indicators like foreign and domestic institutional investments. It also features an inspiring case story of Ramesh, who started systematic investment of Rs. 25,000 per month at age 27 and now has a mutual fund portfolio worth Rs. 82 lacs through the power of compound interest and discipline. The newsletter recommends dynamic asset allocation funds to help navigate market volatility.
Behavioral finance, heuristics and marketing A.W. Berry
Economic and financial heuristics explain how people's money related decision making is influenced by psychology and sociological trends. This is relevant in the marketing profession and to corporate strategists because purchase decisions, stock market investing and other financial decision making is linked to consumer behavior.
OUR NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST, 2021 IS ON STANDS. THIS NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE GOOD IDEA TO PLAN FOR FINANCIAL WELL BEING. THIS MAGAZINE ADDS VALUE TO ALL READERS !! THIS MAGAZINE IS COMPLIMENTARY TO ALL READERS !!
As an Investment Advisor, you will have to play an important role in enabling your clients to reach their financial goals without the emotions of fear or greed playing havoc. It is essential to understand Behavioural Finance, especially Heuristics and Biases that creep into financial decision making.
This document summarizes an annual seminar presentation given by Sushila, a doctoral research scholar. The presentation outlined her research on the impact of behavioural biases on individual equity investors in the National Capital Region of India. The presentation introduced behavioural finance concepts and highlighted key behavioral biases like anchoring bias, availability bias, and loss aversion. It described Sushila's literature review process, identification of 17 biases, and development of a conceptual model relating demographic factors and biases to investment decisions. The presentation concluded with details about Sushila's questionnaire to measure biases and a paper she published on applying behavioral finance to stock market investment decisions.
This document discusses several theories related to decision making under risk and uncertainty:
- Expected utility theory proposes that individuals make rational decisions by assigning probabilities to outcomes.
- Prospect theory, developed by Kahneman and Tversky, suggests that individuals frame decisions in terms of potential gains or losses rather than final outcomes. Losses loom larger than equivalent gains.
- The disposition effect refers to the tendency of investors to sell winning stocks and hold on to losing stocks.
- Heuristics are mental shortcuts used to make quick decisions with limited time, information, or other constraints. Common heuristics include familiarity, ambiguity aversion, and diversification.
Diaz Invest's News Letter - September 2015Primson Diaz
News Letter Contents..
Say NO to emotions in Investing
Simple Approach to Investing
Fund Manager Interviews
Mutual Fund News & Performance Chart, etc…
More information
Please visit
www.diazinvest.com
Most beginner stock market investors have limited knowledge and experience, relying on a buy-and-hold strategy with only a few trades per month. However, many beginners do not understand the time commitment required for successful investing or are swayed by emotions. It is important for novice investors to set realistic objectives based on their investment timeline and risk tolerance. Maintaining an unemotional approach by focusing on company fundamentals rather than short-term price fluctuations is key to avoiding poor investment decisions as a beginner.
The document discusses contrarian investing and provides examples from history. It notes that investors often make the mistake of piling into popular trades, as seen during the tech bubble, while fortunes have been made by remaining calm during crises. Contrarian investing involves taking positions that are opposite the prevailing sentiment. The document examines the tech bubble crash as an example of when contrarian positions were successful. It also identifies some potential contrarian opportunities today in international stocks and high-yielding securities due to possible overvaluations.
Investors do not always behave rationally as assumed by traditional finance theories. Behavioral finance incorporates insights from psychology to understand how investor behavior actually departs from rational decision making. Some key insights from behavioral finance include that investors exhibit cognitive biases like overconfidence and framing effects. They are also influenced by emotions. While traditional theories assume markets are efficient, behavioral finance suggests market inefficiencies can persist due to limits to arbitrage from factors like information and trading costs. Understanding actual investor psychology is important for behavioral finance in explaining anomalies compared to models of rational decision making.
Global Financial Private Capital is an SEC registered investment advisory firm located in Sarasota, Florida. The document discusses behavioral finance and how irrational decisions by investors can influence markets. It provides examples of common biases like loss aversion and analyzes how a missed payment by a Portuguese bank led to fears of a market correction despite Portugal's small size in the global economy. The firm believes corrections are hard to predict but see opportunities to profit when fear and panic cause irrational selling.
The newsletter discusses volatility in investment portfolios and argues that it should be seen as an opportunity rather than a risk. It presents evidence that volatility decreases significantly with increased investment time horizons and that the primary risk for long-term investors is the permanent loss of capital rather than temporary price fluctuations. The newsletter advocates for focusing on economic fundamentals over 3-5 year periods and distinguishing noise from signals when identifying investment opportunities created by market volatility.
Dissertation on behavioral finance and its impact on portfolio investment dec...Rahmatullah Pashtoon
Extreme volatility has plagued financial markets worldwide since the 2008 Global Crisis. Investor sentiment has been one of the key determinants of market movements. In this context, studying the role played by emotions like fear, greed and anticipation, in shaping up investment decisions seemed important. Behavioral Finance is an evolving field that studies how psychological factors affect decision making under uncertainty. This thesis seeks to find the influence of certain identified behavioral finance concepts (or biases), namely, Overconfidence, Representativeness, Herding, Anchoring, Cognitive Dissonance, Regret Aversion, Gamblers’
Fallacy, and Mental Accounting, on the decision making process of individual investors in the Indian Stock Market. Primary data for analysis was gathered by distributing a structured questionnaire among investors who were categorized as (i) young, and (ii) experienced. Results obtained by analyzing a sample of 74 respondents, out of which 12 admitted to having suffered a loss of at least 50% because of the crisis, revealed that the degree of exposure to the biases separated the behavioral pattern of young and experienced investors.
Gamblers’ Fallacy, Anchoring and Representative and Herding bias were seen to affect the young investors significantly more than experienced investors.
The newsletter provides an overview of the market reaction to rising COVID cases in April 2021. It discusses how markets remained volatile as investors had mixed views on how long cases would continue rising and the impact on the economy. Key indices ended about where they started after seeing selling by foreign investors but buying by domestic investors. The article also provides a case study of an investor who began SIP investments at age 27 and now has a portfolio worth Rs. 82 lacs, demonstrating the power of compounding returns over time through disciplined SIP investments. It recommends dynamic asset allocation funds as a way to benefit from equity upside while reducing risk through adjusted allocations based on market movements.
Behavioral finance integrates psychology into traditional finance to explain why people make irrational financial decisions. It studies concepts like representativeness heuristic, loss aversion, fear of regret, herding, anchoring, illusion of control, and prospect theory. Behavioral finance recognizes that investors do not always act rationally as assumed by conventional finance. It provides insights into common cognitive biases and established behaviors that influence investment decisions.
The document provides commentary on investments for the third quarter of 2018. Key points include:
- Markets reached numerous highs in the quarter despite trade tensions and upcoming midterm elections.
- The portfolio manager made several changes to the portfolio, including selling two positions, adding two new positions, and adjusting target sector weightings and cash levels.
- The portfolio generated a return of 7.03% for the quarter, outperforming the benchmark. Performance was driven by security selection and modest allocation effects.
This document discusses investing in mutual funds and provides an overview of Primerica, a financial services marketing organization. It notes that mutual fund investing entails some risk and shares may be worth more or less than the original investment. It then provides details on Primerica, including that it is the largest independent financial services marketing organization in North America, has over 5 million insured lives and 2 million client investment accounts, and clients have over $61 billion in asset values. The document aims to demonstrate why now is always a good time to invest using market cycles, proven investment fundamentals like dollar cost averaging and discipline, and investment solutions.
The document discusses having an edge over situations and dealing with uncertainty in the market. It provides several perspectives:
1. Human minds can develop an ability to have an edge over some situations some of the time, but never all situations all the time. Eventually what matters is when we do not have an edge.
2. The current market meltdown shows nearly 50% of decision makers still have doubts about proposals and solutions. Transformative thinking is needed to move beyond the current circumstances.
3. Achieving mastery over complex market forces requires believing one can do it through rediscovering one's true self and embracing an expanded approach that draws on awareness, conscience, and imagination.
The newsletter discusses the rising COVID cases in India during April 2021 and the resulting volatility in the stock market. It provides analysis of key market indicators like foreign and domestic institutional investments. It also features an inspiring case story of Ramesh, who started systematic investment of Rs. 25,000 per month at age 27 and now has a mutual fund portfolio worth Rs. 82 lacs through the power of compound interest and discipline. The newsletter recommends dynamic asset allocation funds to help navigate market volatility.
Behavioral finance, heuristics and marketing A.W. Berry
Economic and financial heuristics explain how people's money related decision making is influenced by psychology and sociological trends. This is relevant in the marketing profession and to corporate strategists because purchase decisions, stock market investing and other financial decision making is linked to consumer behavior.
OUR NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST, 2021 IS ON STANDS. THIS NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE GOOD IDEA TO PLAN FOR FINANCIAL WELL BEING. THIS MAGAZINE ADDS VALUE TO ALL READERS !! THIS MAGAZINE IS COMPLIMENTARY TO ALL READERS !!
As an Investment Advisor, you will have to play an important role in enabling your clients to reach their financial goals without the emotions of fear or greed playing havoc. It is essential to understand Behavioural Finance, especially Heuristics and Biases that creep into financial decision making.
This document summarizes an annual seminar presentation given by Sushila, a doctoral research scholar. The presentation outlined her research on the impact of behavioural biases on individual equity investors in the National Capital Region of India. The presentation introduced behavioural finance concepts and highlighted key behavioral biases like anchoring bias, availability bias, and loss aversion. It described Sushila's literature review process, identification of 17 biases, and development of a conceptual model relating demographic factors and biases to investment decisions. The presentation concluded with details about Sushila's questionnaire to measure biases and a paper she published on applying behavioral finance to stock market investment decisions.
This document discusses several theories related to decision making under risk and uncertainty:
- Expected utility theory proposes that individuals make rational decisions by assigning probabilities to outcomes.
- Prospect theory, developed by Kahneman and Tversky, suggests that individuals frame decisions in terms of potential gains or losses rather than final outcomes. Losses loom larger than equivalent gains.
- The disposition effect refers to the tendency of investors to sell winning stocks and hold on to losing stocks.
- Heuristics are mental shortcuts used to make quick decisions with limited time, information, or other constraints. Common heuristics include familiarity, ambiguity aversion, and diversification.
Diaz Invest's News Letter - September 2015Primson Diaz
News Letter Contents..
Say NO to emotions in Investing
Simple Approach to Investing
Fund Manager Interviews
Mutual Fund News & Performance Chart, etc…
More information
Please visit
www.diazinvest.com
Most beginner stock market investors have limited knowledge and experience, relying on a buy-and-hold strategy with only a few trades per month. However, many beginners do not understand the time commitment required for successful investing or are swayed by emotions. It is important for novice investors to set realistic objectives based on their investment timeline and risk tolerance. Maintaining an unemotional approach by focusing on company fundamentals rather than short-term price fluctuations is key to avoiding poor investment decisions as a beginner.
The document discusses contrarian investing and provides examples from history. It notes that investors often make the mistake of piling into popular trades, as seen during the tech bubble, while fortunes have been made by remaining calm during crises. Contrarian investing involves taking positions that are opposite the prevailing sentiment. The document examines the tech bubble crash as an example of when contrarian positions were successful. It also identifies some potential contrarian opportunities today in international stocks and high-yielding securities due to possible overvaluations.
The document provides an overview of investing basics for those new to the stock market. It discusses key concepts like understanding investment risks, gaining expertise over time through practice rather than just reading theories, starting to invest early to benefit from compound interest, setting clear investment objectives, developing an appropriate investment strategy, maintaining a diversified portfolio, controlling emotions, and adjusting one's portfolio over time in response to market changes. The document emphasizes that investing requires ongoing learning and adapting to changing market conditions.
Important Lessons For Successful Investing.StockAxis
"Important Lessons for Successful Investing" is provided by StockAxis, one of the best investment advisory firms in India. This presentation contains information and tips on successful investing, including the importance of having a long-term investment strategy, understanding market cycles, diversification, risk management, and the significance of choosing high-quality companies for investment. The document also provides insights into some common mistakes made by investors and how to avoid them. Overall, this presentation serves as a useful guide for individuals who are interested in investing or seeking to enhance their investment knowledge.
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DoublePlus_Finserve_Newsletter_May22.pdfBhavesh Shah
- The document discusses the volatility in the Indian stock market during May 2022 due to rising global interest rates and inflation. This led to foreign investors pulling out money from emerging markets like India.
- It recommends the "invest or ignore" strategy of continuing systematic investment in equity mutual funds during market downturns to benefit from lower unit prices. Investing in quality funds and ignoring short-term volatility is advised.
- An example story is provided of an investor who achieved his retirement target through disciplined SIP investments over 15 years, accumulating over twice his original target.
If you are beginning your investment journey (or if you want to rethink with a structured approach), there’s no better place to start! This document outlines a structured approach to investing that we wish we had when we started to invest.
This document provides an introduction to trend following strategies for novice traders. It discusses how markets move based on the constant battle between bullish and bearish investors. When one group gains an advantage over the other, it can be difficult for the losing side to reverse the trend. The document advises traders to take an objective, neutral view of the market and look for major trends rather than trying to time every small movement. It emphasizes the importance of identifying clear support and resistance levels on charts in order to get into trades that have the greatest potential to yield large profits.
Best Mantra during fluctuating market!
In this issue we'll be sharing some investment mantra to manage your emotions of fear during such volatile market. The best one is "Invest or Ignore"
SnapVest is a mobile app that makes investing easy and social by allowing users to make directional stock picks from their phone. The app is designed based on principles of behavioral finance and psychology, including concepts like mental accounting, herd behavior, overreaction, illusion of control, and overconfidence, in order to trigger biases that may influence investing behavior. Users can view what other investors are doing and quickly make up/down picks on stocks within a countdown window.
Investing in philippine stock market for beginners - a quick start for Filip...Omeng Tawid
Investing in philippine stock market for beginners - a quick start for Filipino (Pinoy) investors:
Excerpt:
Stocks are simply shares of ownership in a
corporation. Thus anyone owning stocks or shares of
a company is called the company’s shareholder or
stockholder. Being a part-owner, you partake in the
performance, growth, earnings and profits, as well as
losses, of these companies.
The stock market is the place where people
converge to buy and sell shares or stocks through an
authorized stockbroker. That means once you have
your broker and enough money to buy stocks, you
can readily start investing in the stock market and
brand yourself as a noble shareholder of giant
fantastic companies.
In the Philippines, the Philippine stock market is the
place where you can invest in Philippine Stock
Exchange (PSE) - listed companies. And only those
people or firms accredited by PSE as authorized
brokers can participate directly in trading and putting
buy or sell orders.
Why Invest? To make your hard-earned money
work even harder for you
Investing enables one’s savings to grow or
appreciate to achieve various
long term financial goals. It is
said to be the most effective
way of building personal
wealth and attaining future
financial
security
for
oneself. It also safeguards
one’s capital against
inflation which erodes
the purchasing power
of your money if it’s not
invested.
Why stock market?
Because history says
so!
The fact is that stock
market is not the only
type of investment present
in the capital market. But history has proven that
nvesting in the stock market over the long-term has
outperformed all fixed-income instruments, plus it
offers good protection against inflation. The market
undeniably continuously experiences highs and lows,
dumps and trumps, and blows and dips, but these
short-term pictures are just tiny pixels compared to
the general uptrend portrait recognized in the long
run.
Who can invest? Everyone can!
Anyone can invest in the stock market. It is a readily
available choice of financial vehicle for those who
want to make their hard-earned money work even
harder for them. Millionaires or not, everyone can
earn in the same battle field.
Everyone motivated can do it.
When should you invest? When you’re ready!
That’s when you have money you won’t need for
your basic expenses, which you would otherwise put
in a bank. It’s better if it’s made available in a longer
time as it allows the investment to ride through the
Market corrections and volatility during retirement can be unnerving, but they are part and parcel of being a stock investor in today's markets. Are you ready?
- Stocks represent ownership in a company. Companies issue stock to raise money for growth in a process called equity financing, selling portions of the company. This allows companies to expand without taking on debt.
- Stock prices change based on supply and demand from investors. Prices rise when demand is high and fall when supply is high. Fundamentals like company earnings and future growth expectations also impact investor sentiment and demand.
- While no one can predict with certainty how stock prices will change, prices are generally volatile and can rise or fall rapidly based on investors' shifting expectations of company value.
The monthly newsletter by seeman fiintouch LLP august 2021Ashis Kumar Dey
The monthly newsletter discusses the steady growth in the Indian equity market contributed by declining COVID cases, rising GST collections, and high liquidity in the capital market. It notes that two major Indian indices, Nifty and Sensex, have been rising continuously since April. It also reports that SBI Mutual Fund's new fund offer of SBI Balanced Advantage Fund collected Rs. 14,500 crore, making it the largest NFO in India so far. This signals growing acceptance by retail investors of mutual funds and their market-driven returns over fixed returns. The newsletter advises readers on managing emotions like greed and fear during bull runs by using dynamically managed mutual funds.
This is a presentation by Investor Buying Behavior Consultant Mawunyo Adjei pointing out emotionally driven financial decisions of Investors. It also includes ideas on how to control emotional investing.
The document discusses why short-term market events should not influence long-term investment decisions. It notes that while macroeconomic announcements and quarterly results may cause short-term volatility, they do not impact long-term wealth accumulation. The document advocates for a buy-and-hold strategy through systematic investment, arguing this approach helps investors avoid wrong decisions from reacting to daily market movements and allows the power of compounding to work in their favor over the long run.
This document provides an introduction to becoming a successful investor. It discusses several key points:
1) Markets are difficult to predict in the short-term, but following a strategy of regular savings and rebalancing can help reduce risks over the long run.
2) Risk and potential returns are correlated - higher risks allow for higher potential returns but do not guarantee them. Understanding risks is important.
3) Diversification through asset allocation and collective funds can help manage risks. Selecting funds based on manager performance is also discussed.
This document provides an introduction to becoming a successful investor. It discusses several key points:
1) Markets are difficult to predict in the short-term, but following a strategy of regular savings and rebalancing can help reduce risks over the long run.
2) Risk and potential returns are correlated - higher risks allow for higher potential returns but do not guarantee them. Understanding risks is important.
3) Diversification through asset allocation and collective funds can help manage risks. Selecting funds based on manager performance is also discussed.
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