Yes, you can make money when the stock market goes down, but the methods that profit directly from a fall (short selling, puts, futures) are risky and most retail traders who use them lose money. For most investors, the realistic goal in a falling market is to buy good assets cheaper and limit damage, so … Read more >>
A silver ETF can make sense for the long term, but only as a small part of a diversified portfolio, not as your main investment. Silver more than doubled in 2025, peaked in January 2026 and then gave back roughly half of that peak value within months, which shows both why people buy it and … Read more >>
Unlisted shares are shares of companies that are not traded on a stock exchange, so you buy them privately from an existing holder rather than through your broker’s order screen. Pre-IPO shares are simply unlisted shares of a company that is expected to list, which is why they attract most of the interest. This guide … Read more >>
There is no single official price for an unlisted share, so you check its value by comparing several price signals (dealer quotes, recent funding rounds, ESOP buyback prices and valuation reports) and then testing them against the company’s own numbers and its listed peers. A fair estimate is usually a range, not a figure, and … Read more >>
High-quality bonds, such as government securities and gilt or short-duration debt funds, have usually held their value or gained during Indian stock market crashes. That is because investors rush to safety and the RBI tends to cut rates. Lower-rated corporate bonds are different: in a crisis they can fall in value or become impossible to … Read more >>
Technical analysis can make money for a small number of disciplined traders, but the evidence that it beats simply holding an index after costs and taxes is weak for most individuals. SEBI’s own data shows that most retail traders who trade frequently, the group that relies most on charts, lose money. This article explains what … Read more >>
Yes, some people make money trading options, but very few individuals do. SEBI’s own studies show that between 88% and 93% of individual traders in equity futures and options (F&O) lost money in every period it has examined, and most of those losses come from options. This article sets out what SEBI found, how call … Read more >>
India’s manufacturing push has created a set of smaller listed companies, in electronics, auto parts, railway and defence electronics, engineering and materials, whose sales are tied to government incentives and to global firms shifting supply chains. The nine companies below all rank outside the top 250 Indian stocks by market capitalisation, and each has a … Read more >>
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio tells you how many rupees the market is paying for every rupee of a company’s annual profit. A P/E of 25 means investors are paying ₹25 for each ₹1 the company earned per share over the last year. This guide covers the formula, trailing and forward P/E, where to look up … Read more >>
You can make money in intraday trading, but most individuals who try do not. SEBI’s study of the equity cash segment found that about 71% of individual intraday traders made a net loss in FY23, and the share was higher among young and very active traders. Below, we look at what that study found, work … Read more >>