As a starter should i invest in stocks now as market is rising rapidly or should wait.?

Question

indian market is rising very rapidaly. i want to invest but not able to decide wheather invest now or wait for some fall.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I think you can investment in the markets (in the US) at any time. Even if the stock market is going down, there are things you can buy that go up, when the markets go down, like the Grizzly fund (GRZZX). Oil (USO), Gold (GLD) and Silver (SLV) are generally good investments when the US dollar is weakening, as some people think it might be.

I recently sold an investment I had in ICICI bank (IBN) after it had gone up quite a bit. The Indian market might be expensive right now - but I would definitely consider buying on a pullback.

Long term, the stock market has historically been the best place to invest. Even better, than real estate.

If you are looking for investment ideas, I think the first thing to do is see what the best traders are buying and selling. Take a look at http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.

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Good luck!

Answer 3

This is not a sound invetsment logic. Today the market is up , tomorrow it could go down. Investment in Stock market should be made with to have a decent return with a long term( 5 yrs) view.The returns are certain only in the long run. Since, you are starter, I would not advise you to go directly into equity.It will be very risky, since you lack the basic knowledge and expertise. I would rather advise you to invest in stock market but via the mutual fund route. It is relatively much risky but would give you decent returns in the long run. You can expect 25-30% p.a return on your invetsments but again make sure you take the help of a person who has sound knowledge of mutual fund, in deciding which fund to select. View the past performance of the fund and the track record of the fund house.

Answer 4

Hi,
Hope you can wait a bit before investing, Market is already up almost constantly from past two months. I cannot be very Optimist on all the stocks. Really encourage buying stocks like Biocon or Anil's side of Reliance, may be reliance communication. if you are looking for a long term investment. If you are going for futures play with utmost care. Indian stock market is rated as ' the costliest market in asia'. So enter the market with care. with really good scrips. Do never go with romours. Enjoy investing

Answer 5

Before investing in stocks consider wheather you have invested in the following.

Gold, Bonds, Insurance, Real Estate, Savings/RD, Mutual Funds.

Last is the share market and you can apportionate 10% only in Shares of your total savings *** Investment plans. Otherwise what you invested will melt like ice. Be careful. Stock Markets are not for everybody. Only when you have a long term plan of minimum 10 + years you should enter and should not cross the thumb rule of 10% of total savings investment sum.

Answer 6

Finding right time to invest in Equity Market is a Myth. We should be prepared enough to look forward a time horizon of more than 3 years when investing in Equities as we are buying future value of a company through shares. Further as a starter lets deploy money through some diversified equity Mutual funds in small tickets (preferably through Systematic Investment Plan -SIP) over a period of time. So you need not worry on timing. Further look into market valuations and never ever invest all the surplus funds in Equities at a time.

Answer 7

It is normal principle that when markets rise, the possibility of fall increases with every rise. Thus if the stock rises from 90 to 100 and then drops back to 94. It will be safer to buy when it goes above 100 next time as compared to when the went up for the first time.

Answer 8

Investing is not something you do when the market is high or low. It is something done with consistentcy knowing that in the long run, you are likely to make money when investing in quality companies.

Just because the market is rising doesn't mean there aren't some undervalued opportunities out there.

Talk with a trusted advisor who understands your risk tolerance and then get started as soon as possible.

Answer 9

if u are long term investor any time is good time for entering the market provided u enter in good companies preferably top 3 companies in any good sector.

Answer 10

why don't u take advice of some brokers, who have more knowledge about the market behavior in future.