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Trading as a Career Option
In my long stint in the financial market and the academic world I have come across many greenhorns who want to take up t...
Why Stock Prices Move
In our everyday life we sometimes wonder about the most basic question of stock market – why does the price of a share g...
How to Identify a Multibagger
In all our discussion about equity market we come across the question “tell me some Multibagger”. This disease of lookin...
How to Judge Short Covering
The stocks in the short term gyrates due to demand supply situation. Several factors contribute to vigorous movements of...
Synthesis of Numbers - The DuPont Way
A good Fund Manager always goes behind the apparent numbers to bring out the essence out it. They are the educated sleut...
Biggest Trades of All Time
Its always good to draw some inspiration from the History. For traders it gives the hope to make it big one day, but the...
Understanding Liquidity
Liquid is something which is neither solid nor gas. It is that which conforms to the shape of the vessel containing it. ...
How to Day Trade for a Living
Many people have taken to day trading as a full time job. They love stock markets and live and die along with it. Many i...
Best Sector for Long-term Investment
Long-term investment may mean different thing for different people, but for me and for the purpose of this article, let’...
Trading Mistakes to Avoid
As a trader it is always imperative to avoid / minimize mistakes and let the profits run. Its much easier said than done...
Overview of Income Tax in India
In India, different entities including Individuals are required to pay income tax on their taxable income to the Governm...
How Chit Funds Work?
Chit Funds (also known as Chiti) are a very old and popular type of savings instrument used in many parts of India. It i...
Big Data and the Role of the Data Scientist
The latest adventurers are into analysing Big Data to get invaluable nuggets of insights. They scour the vast tracts of ...
Understanding Hypothesis Testing and p-value
Behavioral scientists, market researchers, astrophysicists, drug testers all seek to better understand the target group....
Inventory Valuation Methods
Recall the inventory equation: If the cost of inventory remained constant over time, then the valuation of invent...
Costs Included in Inventory
While accounting for inventories it is important to determine the costs that should be included in the inventory. The co...
Inventory - Introduction
Before we begin, let’s review the various types of inventory and the inventory equation. For a merchandising firm, the i...
Decision Rule in Hypothesis Testing
A decision rule is the rule based on which the null hypothesis is rejected or not rejected. We first state the hypothesi...
Test Statistic, Type I and type II Errors, and Significance ...
Test Statistic A test statistic is a quantity, calculated based on a sample, whose value is the basis for deciding wheth...
Biases in Sampling
As we have seen in this chapter, all our estimates are based on the sample selected from the population. It is therefore...
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