Stock analysis is used by traders to make buy and sell call. It’s an approach to make informed decisions while investing in stocks. Stock analysis can be categorised into – fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is evaluation of data from sources, including financial records, economic reports, company assets, and market share. Analysts typically study the company’s financial statements – balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and footnotes. These statements are made available to the investors in the form of quarterly earnings, disclosures to stock exchanges in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) norms. In fundamental analysis, the analysts particularly check for a company's core income, income from other sources, profitability, guidance, assets and liabilities and debt ratio among other parameters. The other method, i.e. the technical analysis focuses purely on statistical data. It works on two assumptions; one, the stock price reflects the fundamentals. Second, the study of past and present movement in prices can help determine the future price trends. Technical analysis primarily deals with price, volume, demand and supply factors. This method is effective only when supply and demand forces influence the market. However, when outside factors are involved in a price movement, technical analysis may not be successful. More
Experts now feel that it is better to stay put in the market and remain stock-specific than focusing on the index
Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a negative opening for the broader index in India, a fall of 22.5 points or 0.19 percent. Nifty futures were trading around 11,560-level on the Singaporean Exchange.
As per the options data, the support level for Nifty is shifted lower compared to last week and the immediate support is seen around 11,500 to 11,400 levels whereas 11,800 will act as a strong hurdle in this expiry.
Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital recommends buying HCL Technologies with stop loss at Rs 1058 and target of Rs 1100, JK Paper with stop loss at Rs 168 and target of Rs 179 and Ipca Laboratories with a stop loss at Rs 774 and target of Rs 798.
Dolly Khanna, along with her husband Rajiv Khanna who has been her investment advisor, raised stake in 9 out of 20 stocks in her portfolio. She booked profits in 8 stocks while maintained a stake in 3 companies.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com shared his readings and outlook on specific stocks and sectors.
Sameet Chavan of Angel Broking is of the view that one may buy JSW Steel with a target of Rs 1750.