The profitability of the banking sector falls when interest rates rise and vice-versa. Here’s what this implies for banking shares.

MONEY TODAY applies the methods of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett to the Indian market to generate lists of stocks that pass their test.

Volatility will rule the stock markets for some time. But instead of worrying, reaffirm your faith in long-term investing.

Few investors are willing to put their money in companies that are doing badly or in new-fangled business ideas. But such investments can be very rewarding.

The book profiles five great traders and draws lessons from the common methods they employed. Reading it can help investors maximise their gains and minimise their losses.

To find out which were the stocks most wanted by mutual funds, we examined the portfolios of all open-ended equity mutual funds and equity-oriented balanced funds.

Many of today's leading stocks we re also leaders yesterday and will be tomorrow. Find out which a re these stocks and whether you should invest in them.

Nine rules to build a stock portfolio that will survive and thrive under all market conditions.

What would it have taken to find Infosys (or Wipro or ITC) in 1993? The first requirement was a risk appetite.

In the past two years mid-cap stocks have given some of the best returns and posted some of the worst losses. Here are the funds' favourites.

Returns from stocks are most dangerous to bet on. But not if you use a benchmark like Nifty. MONEY TODAY tells you how to bet safely on stocks.

Systematic investment plans have been a hit with investors because they help break investments into easy-to-pay instalments and deliver good returns. But there’s another instalment plan that beats even SIPs in returns. It's the value investment plan or value cost averaging. Here is a low-down on VCAs

Stocks that can make a fortune for you, or lose the one you invested in them.K nowing you are in the company of institutional investors is some comfort.

Your search for the most rewarding stocks should start with the most favoured industries because the strongest industries often produce the best stocks.

Can you create genuine wealth with a few accounting entries? Indeed you can — it’s called financial engineering.

Stocks are one of the best investments you can make - if you pick the right ones.

India's unusual laws have provoked uniquely desi business structures. You need to go beyond western norms of governance to understand these.

There is still scope for growth in stock prices, but don’t expect your portfolio to go ballistic in 2007.

When markets get volatile — as they have been in the recent weeks — even seasoned investors find it difficult to understand equity investments.

Though at times stretched, the cricketing analogy may lure cricket-loving financial neophytes to the intricacies of financial planning, says Devangshu Datta.