Market capitalisation
Market capitalisation
You can determine a company’s value (and also, the value of its stock) in many ways. The most basic way is to look at the company’s market value, also known as market capitalisation (or market cap).
Common Approaches to Investing
Common Approaches to Investing
There are ample ways in which investors can be classified. The most common ones are based on the amount of time an investor is willing to commit, the amount of risk one is will to bear and also, on the philosophy, which an individual chooses to follow.
Analyzing the Liquidity position of a firm
Analyzing the Liquidity position of a firm
Liquidity is simply a company’s ability to meet obligations on time. Liquidity is important because it sustains the ability of an enterprise to meet its obligations in a timely manner.
Options - Exiting your trades
Options - Exiting your trades
When you open an option position, you have two choices: Buy it or sell it. The actual orders used would rather be ‘buy to open’ or ‘sell to open’. Once you are long or short of an option, there are a number of things you can do to close the position.
The Moneyness of Options
The Moneyness of Options
The relationship between the spot price of the underlying and the strike price is described by the moneyness of an option.
A closer look at Option Premiums
A closer look at Option Premiums
The option premium (i.e. the price of the calls and puts that you see on your trading screen) has two components:
Back to Basics - Economics simplified
Back to Basics - Economics simplified
The art (or science, as some would like to call it) of balancing our infinite needs with resources that are finite in nature is called Economics.
Classification of Stocks
Classification of Stocks
Several categories of stocks are available in the market that may fit your goal. The following literature provides you with the attributes of these different categories of stocks.
Understanding Risk
Understanding Risk
Risk is simply the probability of losing money on an investment. A more technical definition of risk would be the volatility of return on the investment. An asset with erratic returns is considered to be riskier than an asset, whose value stays rather static or moves slowly.
Decoding Profitability Ratios
Decoding Profitability Ratios
Companies are in business for one purpose i.e. to make profits. If a company accumulates considerable losses year after year, it will not stay in business for long. Profits are the driving force of growth and also, the main source of repaying loans, making new investments along with providing an adequate return to owners so that they retain their interest and financial backing.
Demystifying EBITDA
Demystifying EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) is a measure of profitability (like net income and gross profit) designed to allow analysts to compare profitability between companies and industries.
The P/E Ratio
The P/E Ratio
Price-Earnings Ratio
The price-to-earnings ratio is the relationship between the current share price and earnings per share (EPS). It is the ratio between the current share price and EPS. This ratio is also known as price multiple or earnings multiple. Usually, for this, the earnings of a company of the last 12 months or one year are used.