Gross Domestic Product or GDP
Gross Domestic Product or GDP is the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country in a specific period of time, typically a quarter/year. GDP is one of the primary indicators used to gauge the health of a country’s economy. A significant change in GDP, usually has a significant effect on the stock market. Real GDP refers to economic output adjusted for Inflation while Nominal GDP is not inflation adjusted. India’s GDP in...
Deepavali 2018 and SIP for My Retirement
Deepavali is a special day for most of us. During my childhood days, Deepavali used be my favourite day in the entire year, more precious than my birthday, last day of school closing for annual leave or other festival days. Its not the new clothes, savouries, sweets, meet and greet family and friends that made the difference but the Crackers! Things have changed a lot in the past 2 decades, when the interest level for...
SENSEX See-Saw
Greetings from PenguWIN: I presume you are aware of the volatility and battering of stocks in the Indian Equity markets. Experts attribute this carnage to a variety of reasons including Rupee depreciation, continuous increase of Crude oil price, build-up of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Global trade war, bank frauds, rise in bond yields, high valuation of Small and Mid-Cap stocks, Mutual Funds Recategorization and introduction of long-term capital gains tax. Investors who started investing in Equity...