Term of the Day : Mutual Fund

A mutual fund is a professionally managed type of collective investment, managed by professional portfolio managers and issued by Asset Management Company, which pools money from many investors to buy stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities.

Term of the Day : Stock Market

A stock market or equity market is a public (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete) entity for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.

Term of the Day : Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management is an art and science of making decisions about investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and balancing risk against performance. Portfolio management is all about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the choice of debt vs. equity, domestic vs. international, growth vs. safety, and many other trade offs encountered in the attempt to maximize return at a given appetite for risk. 

Term of the Day : Portfolio [Finance]

In finance, a portfolio is a collection of investments held by an institution or an individual. Holding a portfolio is a part of an investment and risk-limiting strategy called diversification. The assets in the portfolio could include bank accounts, stocks, bonds, options, warrants, gold certificates, real estate, futures contracts, production facilities, or any other item that is expected to retain its value. 

Term of the Day : Security Analysis

Security analysis is the analysis of tradeable financial instruments called securities. These can be classified into debt securities, equities, or some hybrid of the two. More broadly,futures contracts and tradeable credit derivatives are sometimes included. Security analysis is typically divided into fundamental analysis, which relies upon the examination of fundamental business factors such as financial statements, and technical analysis, which focuses upon price trends and momentum. Quantitative analysis may use indicators from both areas.

Term of the day :Behavioral Finance

Behavioral finance is a  field of finance that proposes psychology-based theories to explain stock market irregularities. Within behavioral finance, it is assumed that the information structure and the characteristics of market participants systematically influence individuals' investment decisions as well as market outcomes.

Howler : Result of a communication gap

Today morning  I experienced a blunder due to communication gap at CIM. But it was really nice to see students turned up in good numbers on a holiday for study.Hats off to their commitment.Blunder led to some athletic stuff by students to enter the classroom. It was really nice to train such youngsters where actually today they were looking a place to sit to gain knowledge. You guys rock.... All the best......

Shane Watson's Little Cameo

News channels talked about wonderful knock by Shane Watson yesterday against Bangladesh team, He remained unbeaten on 185 runs and it took only 98 balls to reach at that score. Got surprised when these channels started comparing his knock with The Great Sachin's knock of 200* against South Africa. There is no doubt that Watson scored 185* with 15 sixes and 15 4s but it was against Bangladesh not against South Africa. Which is one of the top ranked team in the world. Remember Form is Temporary but Class is Permanent.

We Are World Champions in Cricket

Finally Dhoni and team turned dreams of 121 Crore people into reality by bringing back the world cup after 28 years. I really felt great because we won the ICC World cup 2011 and the great Sachin Tendulkar was the part of the team with leading 482 runs in the world cup. Hats off to the performance of the Yuvi.... He was just unstoppable during the world cup. And Zaheer's 21 wicket in the world cup proved that Indian team doesnt rely only on batsmen..Its really great to see India as World champion in the game which I have been following for past 20 years...

Jai Hind...

CIM Rocks @ Samiksha 2011: A Management Fest

Finally there is something to cheer after GTU results. CIM students won 2nd prize in Business plan game @ Samiksha 2011, A Management Fest organized by Shri R. D. Gardi Dept. of Management Studies, Saurashtra University. It was really nice to see students of CIM working with zeal and coordination.Keep it up guys.. We need to keep growing with such experiences and learn from past mistakes..

Cheers.......