| In keeping with global trends and the ever-rising oil | | | | But really , any investor with average financial |
| prices, the Indian Stock Market is facing a downtrend | | | | intelligence can see that if the investments are made |
| in both the near-term trend and the long-term | | | | on the basis of strong fundamentals and not on |
| horizon. The Market which touched the dizzy heights | | | | hearsay, then such investment can still bring in profits. |
| of 23000 (BSE Sensex) is now trading at around the | | | | This is the time for the long term investor to step in |
| 14000 levels, a frenzied drop of around 40% | | | | and start investing. Investing in stages is the best |
| approximately. The reasons are as clear as daylight. | | | | strategy. Each dip in the market can be used to buy |
| The Indian Stock Market has been scaling new levels | | | | or invest in really blue chip stocks., companies that |
| without any real fundamental reasons. | | | | perform strongly, consistently and that have fat |
| Feel-Good-Factors like Low inflation figures, Good | | | | order books. Such investments will have to be made |
| industrial production figures and positive economic | | | | with a real long investment horizon. |
| indicators probably buoyed up the Index. But it was | | | | Speculation,short-selling and trying to make that quick |
| too good to last. The crunch came when the FIIs | | | | buck can really land the unwary investor in to trouble. |
| started offloading their investment and the new IPOs | | | | Leave the day trading to the slick operators on the |
| started failing to collect the expected subscriptions. | | | | bourses. Invest in selected stocks and forget. |
| With inflation climbing steadily during the month of | | | | The markets will come back. The market will |
| May 08, the large investors started selling their | | | | definitely find some good news to ride back into |
| holdings and booking profits. This left the Indian | | | | glory. The intelligent investor can afford to wait. The |
| Stock Market on the lurch. The stock market pundits | | | | investor in a hurry and haste may stand to lose his |
| say that the Dalal Street has fallen into the bear grip. | | | | bet. |
| Stay away from shares, they hasten to advise you. | | | | |