Do you play the stock market

tsk1979 · 21st October 2005, 15:33

If yes, which are the sites you trust the most?
There are host of free sites as myiris.com, moneycontrol.com, ndtvprofit.com etc., and some paid ones like fortuneinstocks.com, midcaps.in, pennyshares.in, 10paisa.in etc., etc.,

sandeepmdas · 21st October 2005, 16:07

tsk1979, Actually I've been thinking about opening a thread in TBHP regarding finance and investment. Thanks for posting.

Few online communities have the passion and sincerity of our members. I think we need a channel to discuss stock and investment matters online. After all cars are owned and driven by money....

IMHO, opening a demat+savings account in ICICI bank is the best way to start.
The following are the leading online broker sites that I visit.

ICICIdirect.com - see the online university and demo
sharekhan.com
motilaloswal.com

satish_appasani · 21st October 2005, 16:41

Was never interested in stocks though I worked for 1.5 years for a company whose only product is Share Broker's management software.

Got my first stocks yesterday as part of the Stock Options in my job.

Badcheetah · 21st October 2005, 17:03

lost a lot of money (for me atleast )some years back and ever since have not even looked the market. there are some friends who still play the market and ask me to do so , but i guess i would like to stay away from this BULL and Bear stuff ..

good luck to those who are still active .

PS: Dad baught some shares of infosys good ol days back and is sitting happily on them .....

GTO · 21st October 2005, 20:20

I play a lot on the market, but more longer term and A grade rather than short term. Well, I have made some sensible choices and have always bought on fundementals : credentials of business, market, ownership, product / service etc.

Old fashioned investor. But one happy investor.

GTO

gkrishn · 21st October 2005, 21:50

I have pretty good portion of my saving in the market. Infact thats how i even started saving my salary. Kind of semi aggressive investor. 50% thru mfs and 50% thru stocks.

I am used to only icici direct. Their web interface is one of the best(my friends do have account in other brokerages). But its damn slow. Some time the login process will be so slow that by that time it logs in... it will time out and log out.

Pretty recently I found a work around for this and now i am happy... these icici guys i have to say are way toooo, i repeat, way tooo partial towards NRIs. The bandwidht/server load they provide to indian retail investors is pretty bad.

Heard sharekhan is pretty good too. Also the geojith, i hear give lot of good short term calls.

kooldude · 21st October 2005, 22:13

actually my mom deals in stock market she is used to icici direct. My sisters husband earned around 10 crores in these shares

tsk1979 · 21st October 2005, 22:37

I am with kotakstreet. Their brokerage and other rates are lower and they offer free advice by phone call too!

Sid Schumacher · 22nd October 2005, 10:53

I'm too young and ignorant to get into the Stock Market game...my dad and grandpa are quite well informed about that part of business.

nitrous · 22nd October 2005, 14:46

Just can't wait to get into this bandwagon.

I'll try to invest like Warren buffet.

5u3zEr0 · 22nd October 2005, 23:33

Never have. I just dont have any money to invest. All the money is ploughed back into our family business and boy it still needs more money!

gchandra · 23rd October 2005, 22:53

I do :-) i used to do a lot, but has reduced now , since now i dont trust the market, its all the game played by FIIs , They come in , buy a lot, raise the prices and then they sell. We poor retail people are the ones at loss or at a moderate gain.

My brother is an analyst, he used to tell me what to buy, but its of no use, no prediction works in the current market :-)

I do it through ICICIDIRECT.com, and its pretty simple, all you need is money ....

hawkeye · 23rd October 2005, 23:00

I play on the market. But its long term (minimum 1 yr) and with my spare money.

And I am happy with that.

rareone · 20th June 2007, 15:32

Hey Guyz.

I am pretty new to stock market.

I have a query hope you guys can help me out.

Just tell me for online trading which is better.

icicidirect.com

or

hdfcsec.com

So that I can finalize & open a account in that.

rapideffect · 20th June 2007, 15:43

I do play the market and watch shares, infact my wify is doing the regular stuff nowadays. Earlier I used to do a lots of research browsing over the net to find the market situation and fundamentals of companies. Nowadays I don't have much time to sit on it.

We use Sharekhan terminal for both trading and long term/short term buying. The most interesting thing with sharekhan is their research report section. This has made me invest in Aban Loyd (for example) which I bought at 600-700 levels a year and half ago now trading at 3000+.

View Poll Results: Stocks as a percentage of my net assets are -
0 - 25% -- I'm like the most conservative Indians. I love FDs.	419	31.62%
26 - 50% -- I have a few stocks.	591	44.60%
51 - 75% -- I'm an active trader.	217	16.38%
76 - 100% -- Hey, I'm an i-banker!!!	98	7.40%
Voters: 1325. You may not vote on this poll

21st October 2005, 15:33	#1
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,695 Thanked: 23,484 Times View My Garage	Do you play the stock market If yes, which are the sites you trust the most? There are host of free sites as myiris.com, moneycontrol.com, ndtvprofit.com etc., and some paid ones like fortuneinstocks.com, midcaps.in, pennyshares.in, 10paisa.in etc., etc.,
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21st October 2005, 16:07	#2
sandeepmdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 695141, SY208AA Posts: 1,574 Thanked: 2,727 Times	tsk1979, Actually I've been thinking about opening a thread in TBHP regarding finance and investment. Thanks for posting. Few online communities have the passion and sincerity of our members. I think we need a channel to discuss stock and investment matters online. After all cars are owned and driven by money.... IMHO, opening a demat+savings account in ICICI bank is the best way to start. The following are the leading online broker sites that I visit. ICICIdirect.com - see the online university and demo sharekhan.com motilaloswal.com
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21st October 2005, 16:41	#3
satish_appasani Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,114 Thanked: 110 Times View My Garage	Was never interested in stocks though I worked for 1.5 years for a company whose only product is Share Broker's management software. Got my first stocks yesterday as part of the Stock Options in my job.
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21st October 2005, 17:03	#4
Badcheetah BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 123 Thanked: 3 Times	lost a lot of money (for me atleast )some years back and ever since have not even looked the market. there are some friends who still play the market and ask me to do so , but i guess i would like to stay away from this BULL and Bear stuff .. good luck to those who are still active . PS: Dad baught some shares of infosys good ol days back and is sitting happily on them .....
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21st October 2005, 20:20	#5
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,817 Thanked: 321,403 Times View My Garage	I play a lot on the market, but more longer term and A grade rather than short term. Well, I have made some sensible choices and have always bought on fundementals : credentials of business, market, ownership, product / service etc. Old fashioned investor. But one happy investor. GTO
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21st October 2005, 21:50	#6
gkrishn BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 650 Thanked: 149 Times View My Garage	I have pretty good portion of my saving in the market. Infact thats how i even started saving my salary. Kind of semi aggressive investor. 50% thru mfs and 50% thru stocks. I am used to only icici direct. Their web interface is one of the best(my friends do have account in other brokerages). But its damn slow. Some time the login process will be so slow that by that time it logs in... it will time out and log out. Pretty recently I found a work around for this and now i am happy... these icici guys i have to say are way toooo, i repeat, way tooo partial towards NRIs. The bandwidht/server load they provide to indian retail investors is pretty bad. Heard sharekhan is pretty good too. Also the geojith, i hear give lot of good short term calls.
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21st October 2005, 22:13	#7
kooldude BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Charlotte,North Carolina Posts: 282 Thanked: 0 Times	actually my mom deals in stock market she is used to icici direct. My sisters husband earned around 10 crores in these shares
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21st October 2005, 22:37	#8
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,695 Thanked: 23,484 Times View My Garage	I am with kotakstreet. Their brokerage and other rates are lower and they offer free advice by phone call too!
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22nd October 2005, 10:53	#9
Sid Schumacher BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 262 Thanked: 3 Times	I'm too young and ignorant to get into the Stock Market game...my dad and grandpa are quite well informed about that part of business.
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22nd October 2005, 14:46	#10
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 333 Times View My Garage	Just can't wait to get into this bandwagon. I'll try to invest like Warren buffet.
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22nd October 2005, 23:33	#11
5u3zEr0 BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Madras Posts: 379 Thanked: 3 Times	Never have. I just dont have any money to invest. All the money is ploughed back into our family business and boy it still needs more money!
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23rd October 2005, 22:53	#12
gchandra BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hyderabad AP Posts: 54 Thanked: Once	I do :-) i used to do a lot, but has reduced now , since now i dont trust the market, its all the game played by FIIs , They come in , buy a lot, raise the prices and then they sell. We poor retail people are the ones at loss or at a moderate gain. My brother is an analyst, he used to tell me what to buy, but its of no use, no prediction works in the current market :-) I do it through ICICIDIRECT.com, and its pretty simple, all you need is money ....
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23rd October 2005, 23:00	#13
hawkeye BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 189 Thanked: 12 Times View My Garage	I play on the market. But its long term (minimum 1 yr) and with my spare money. And I am happy with that.
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20th June 2007, 15:32	#14
rareone BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 256 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	Confused... Hey Guyz. I am pretty new to stock market. I have a query hope you guys can help me out. Just tell me for online trading which is better. icicidirect.com or hdfcsec.com So that I can finalize & open a account in that. Last edited by Aditya : 8th January 2016 at 08:14. Reason: SMS language, excessive dots
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20th June 2007, 15:43	#15
rapideffect BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 146 Thanked: 4 Times	I do play the market and watch shares, infact my wify is doing the regular stuff nowadays. Earlier I used to do a lots of research browsing over the net to find the market situation and fundamentals of companies. Nowadays I don't have much time to sit on it. We use Sharekhan terminal for both trading and long term/short term buying. The most interesting thing with sharekhan is their research report section. This has made me invest in Aban Loyd (for example) which I bought at 600-700 levels a year and half ago now trading at 3000+.
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