Money can work

A lot can happen in just a year! # Large Cap Stock Returns (%) 1 Adani Transmission Ltd 356% 2 Future Retail Ltd 337% 3 Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd 219% 4 Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd 213% 5 Vakrangee Ltd 198% 6 Titan Company Ltd 178% 7 IIFL Holdings Ltd 152% 8 DLF Ltd 133% 9 TVS Motors Ltd 111% 10 Sun TV Network Ltd 111% In fact, average return on these stocks is 200.8%   i.e., your investment was TRIPLED in 2017 !

Risk comes from the fact that you are speculating without knowing the fundamentals. I have heard people saying a million times, "Stock market is very risky, many people have lost all their hard earned money!". But, the fact is, Saving in a bank account is more riskier than investing in stock market! Yes, you heard it right! People think they are smart enough to save money in their savings account/fixed deposits/recurring deposits, pile up cash every month and in long-term, they would have a huge cash for a rainy day. But, as I said risk comes from the fact that you are speculating without knowing the fundamentals. Many people just forget about inflation! That's a secret wealth destroying machine! Take a look at the inflation of the last 10 years in India Averaging it comes close to 7.97% Now take a look at the savings account, fixed deposits, and recurring deposit interest rates - averages around 6% to 8%. Now add to this taxes, additional ...

There are several investment options out there, but investing in stocks is perhaps the best option and here are five reasons why. 1. Start Small You can start investing in stocks even with small amount of money, as little as 500 INR ($7.75) per month. On contrast, If you want to invest in real estate you would need huge capital to start with which many of us cannot afford to. Hence, investing in stocks is a great way to get started! 2. Liquidity You can cash-out and exit stock investments anytime . If the circumstance arises such as any emergency you can easily exit all your stock holdings and take the money out with just a few clicks. On contrast, it is very difficult to sell any real estate property etc. 3. High Growth Stock market is the best way to build your wealth. If you look at some of the richest people in the world, they all had more than 90% of their wealth made in stocks . Legends like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani, Benjamin Graham etc. all of ...