............................................................................................................................. Description For the first time in India, there is a book that shares the winning formula. Investment is not speculation. Nor is it a rocket science. It is about developing an attitude that would make you immune to market volatility and would make money for you in all market situations, bulls as well as bears. The author has painstakingly put together his investment research spread over many years; lessons learnt during his successful journey in the world of investment and his thorough academic exposure, making this book a truly unique and indispensable work for everyone. This book is for everyone. Read and re-read this book, till you acquire the right investment attitude. This book will be as useful to Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, Company Secretaries, and MBAs, Fund Managers and Institutional Investors, as it is to non-finance professionals, housewives, and other investors. Students of Chartered Accountancy, MBA and CFA courses shall find this book useful as it attempts to fill the void between theory and practice. An Overview of Chapters: • Stay Invested for Long Term • Can you time the market? • Penny Stocks: You Get What You Pay for the Underside of the Bull Market • Investing is buying a piece of business • Circle of Competence : The Information Edge • Fundamentals of Fundamental Analysis • Where has my money gone? • Adventures in Bean Counting • Is PE Ratio the Holy Grail? • The Crazy Market: A Study of Crowd Psychology • Can the retail investor succeed? • Creative Accounting and Window Dressing: The Art of Looking Smart! • Diversification • Discover the 8th Wonder of the World • Investing is a Business...Treat it that Way • Can a Monkey Produce an Iliad? • Issue of Capital and Value Creation (or Destruction?) • The Relevance of Dividends • Common Mistakes the Investors Make ............................................................................................................................. Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Stay Invested for a long term Chapter 3. Can You time the Market? Chapter 4. Penny Stocks: You get what you pay for the underside of the Bull Market Chapter 5. Investing is buying a price of Business Chapter 6. Circle of Competence: The Information Edge Chapter 7. Fundamentals of Fundamental Analysis Chapter 8. Where has my Money Gone? Chapter 9. Adventures in Bean Counting Chapter 10. Is Pe Ratio the Holy Grail? Chapter 11. The Crazy Market: A Study of Crowd Psychology Chapter 12. Can the Retail Investor Succeed? Chapter 13. Creative Accounting and Window Dressing: The art of looking Smart! Chapter 14. Diversification Chapter 15. Discover the 8th Wonder of the World Chapter 16. Investing is a Business…Treat it that way! Chapter 17. Can a Money Produce an iliad? Chapter 18. Issue of Capital and Value Creation (Or Destruction) Chapter 19. The Relevance of Dividends Chapter 20. Common Mistakes the Investors make Appendix ............................................................................................................................. Author Details Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal is M.Com., M.A. (Economics), M.A. (Public Administration), LLB., FCA, DISA (ICA), CISA (ISACA, USA), CISM (ISACA, USA), Ph D (Tax). He has been a merit rank holder in most of the exams. He became a CA at a young age of 21 securing an all India merit rank. He also secured a merit rank in Information Systems Auditors Exams of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was conferred with Ph D by Nagpur University on his thesis on a critical study of direct taxes in India. He is a partner in T S Rawal & Co., Chartered Accountants, and has been practising since past 19 years. He is an authority on Income Tax, Cyber Laws, Investment Strategy and Information Systems Control and Audit. He is a guest faculty on Company Law, Income Tax, Cyber Laws, and Financial Management in various institutions, colleges, and Government organisations. He is a visiting Faculty on Income Tax and Cyber Laws at Nagpur University, Post Graduate Deptt. of Law. He is a sought after speaker in Conferences and Seminars in India and abroad. He is a guest faculty for MBA courses in Global Business School, Raisoni University, Nagpur University Management Department, KIDS Ramtek, GS College MBA Deptt. and many such Institutions. He is a visiting faculty on Corporate Finance and Investment Management, and Taxation for Business Decisions at Institute of Management Technology (IMT). ............................................................................................................................. |