Joe Biden is the newly elected President of the United States of America. He is the 46th President of the United States and is considered to be the best President for stock market traders compared to the President’s of the last 75 years. Let’s look at why Joe Biden is considered to be the best President for the traders.
In the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s Presidential rule in the United States, the stock market of the country has provided better returns compared to any other President from the past 75 years. The data was provided by JP Morgan.
JP Morgan’s analysts that were led by John Normand reviewed the administration performance of Joe Biden since the day of the inauguration and discussed on how the various policies on tax and the programmes related to spending could move the markets in the coming months. This was discussed on 23 April 2021 in a note to the company’s clients.
The analysts said that the record fiscal stimulus had increased the returns on equity to all-time highs in the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s rule. They added on to the note saying that the results are not bad for Biden whom Donald Trump had labeled as Sleepy Joe during the election campaign.
Returns
The returns provided by the S&P 500 after 100 days of Joe Biden’s Presidential rule are around 25% for the first 100 days from the day of inauguration. When compared to the returns received after the former President Donald Trump’s Presidential rule was below 15 % for the first 100 days from the day of inauguration.
The data from JP Morgan showed that the average S&P 500 returns on equity of the Democratic Presidents were more than double the average returns provided by the Presidential rule of Republicans since the end of World War II.
The highest returns which were received by any President for the first 100 days mark previously was by President John F Kennedy which was more than 20 %.
JP Morgan added on saying that the Biden’s policies since the day of the inauguration have benefited the market. This was because the proposed policies of Joe Biden were undoubtedly positive. Joe Biden has also planned to increase the capital gains to nearly double as much as around 43 % for the wealthy Americans.
The JP Morgan team said that there would be a drag on the market in the year 2021 due to the hikes on the taxes for corporations and individuals in order to fund spending on social and infrastructure with a strict regulatory environment.
Earnings
The JP Morgan team added that they did not expect that the increases in the tax would cause a big dip in the earnings. The view since the campaign of 2020 has been that a higher rate on corporate is expected to reduce the Earnings Per Share of S&P 500 by many dollars.
But within a sudden growth in the earnings environment which is because of the higher tax rates and the reopening because of the vaccine drives. The strategists of JP Morgan with regards to the US equity have checked and expanded the original analysis this week which shows that there is no change to the target of the 4400 mark by the end of this year in the S&P 500.
JP Morgan said that an increase in the capital gains tax rate in 1986 from 20% to 28% and 2013 from 15 % to 25 % had led to about 5 % drawdowns in a month in the equity market before the new codes coming into effect.
But the analysts said that it is a sample size that is smaller and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 had lower individual and corporate rates. The analysts added that overall, from the Biden’s tax policies they expected that it would increase a continuous rotation into the value based stocks that would be far from the big growth companies and the tech companies. This would be instead of a downturn in the market.
The president of America is paid a $400,000 a year; on top of that, they receive an extra $50,000 expense allowance, a $100,000 non-taxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment.
How old is Joe Biden?
The age of Joe Biden is 78 years.
Who is the wife of Joe Biden?
Joe Biden’s wife is Jill Biden.
Conclusion
The view of JP Morgan has been supported by the UBS Global Wealth Management. They have informed their clients in a note in the month of April that they had not found any correlation between the valuations of equity markets and tax rates on capital gains.
Money makes the world go round, quite literally. Interesting 21st century shift of focus, isn’t it? We will dwell on that phenomenon under a relevant topic, for now we will look at just the right investment opportunities that the wise are most likely to target in the year 2021. Something that should make your & my bank accounts recover fast as our nation has, from the Wuhan virus.
IMF (International Monetary Fund) has projected a GDP growth rate of 11.5% for India, highest among all major economies including China’s – this is the kind of positive announcement we needed to set foot in the year 2021. And it showed its magic already. Stock markets jumped in excitement after Budget 2021, doubling the cheer for investors. Not forgetting that markets are highly speculative and volatile and do not always truly behave as per the economic realities on the ground, hence risky. But at the same time equally rewarding if you observe the patterns carefully over time.
So if you think it’s time to gear up and make some far-reaching changes in your stock portfolio – in order to either revamp your share market investment that was hit by the turbulent 2020, or to readjust/diversify it to continue getting stable returns or simply to reap the gains of the rising share market – here are some of the best stocks to place your bets on in 2021.
1. Infosys
Industry: IT – Software
Market Cap (INR. cr): 550,100.64
Stock exchanges: BSE (500209), NSE (INFY)
Share price history:
Last 6 month high
1392.70
Jan 2021
Last 6 month low
912.60
Sep 2020
Last 52 week low
511.10
Mar 2020
Current share price (BSE)
1,291.35
Feb 19, 2021 (closing)
According to key brokerages, buying stocks in Infosys is worth it. IT major in the top spot shouldn’t be a surprise, especially in the post COVID economic environment. Businesses are increasingly relying on digitisation, making information technology most sought after domain. Healthy deal pipeline, cost efficiency & account expansion are some of the other factors going in this stock’s favour, experts speculate.
2. Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel
Industry: Telecommunications – service
Market Cap (INR. cr): 316,940.60
Stock exchanges: BSE (532454), NSE (BHARTIARTL)
Share price history:
Last 6 month high
610
Jan 2021
Last 6 month low
394.05
Sep 2020
Last 52 week low
381.05
Mar 2020
Current share price (BSE)
580.95
Feb 19, 2021 (closing)
Telecommunications powers IT & vice versa. Both are interdependent. With internet penetration growing rapidly, and India’s rural population largely having access to internet though Smartphone, (up to 50% of population has gotten access by 2020), this sector is booming for sure. So Airtel overtaking Jio in adding new monthly subscribers in 2020 isn’t a shocker. Moreover, social distancing has made mobiles & broadband into a necessity for businesses & individuals across. Hence, foremost brokerages give thumbs up to this stock as well.
3. SBI
SBI
Industry: Banking, Finance
Market Cap (INR. cr): 356,404.36
Stock exchanges: BSE (500112), NSE (SBIN)
Share price history:
Last 6 month high
310.80
Jan 2021
Last 6 month low
175.55
Sep 2020
Last 52 week low
149.55
May 2020
Current share price (BSE)
399.35
Feb 19, 2021 (closing)
SBI is the largest public sector bank & one of the biggest corporations of 2020 according to Fortune Global 500. It is also one of the best performing stocks of recession year 2020. Consistently falling NPAs must be the reason for investors’ growing confidence in this bank with over 22,000 branches. Top brokerages too favour investing in this stock.
4. Bajaj Finance
Bajaj Finance
Industry: Financial Services (NBFC)
Market Cap (INR. cr): 331,365.79
Stock exchanges: BSE (500034), NSE (BAJFINANCE)
Share price history:
Last 6 month high
5372.75
Dec 2021
Last 6 month low
3008.85
Sep 2020
Last 52 week low
1783.10
May 2020
Current share price (BSE)
5499.05
Feb 19, 2021 (closing)
This is another stock that brokerages approve for inclusion into your long term investment portfolio. Short term lending is the companies’ forte. A subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv Ltd. and part of the Bajaj group of companies – Asset management, wealth management & insurance are its other core financial services. What is contributing to this sector’s growth? Low interest rates, foreign fund inflows further lowering cost of money thereby liquidity and of course consumer behaviour i.e. tendency to spend more than save.
5. HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank
Industry: Banking & Financial Services
Market Cap (INR. cr): 847,754.65
Stock exchanges: BSE (500180), NSE (HDFCBANK)
Share price history:
Last 6 month high
1511
Jan 2021
Last 6 month low
994
Aug 2020
Last 52 week low
738.90
Mar 2020
Current share price (BSE)
1544.50
Feb 19, 2021 (closing)
Started as Housing Banking Development Corporation, the largest provider of housing loans, HDFC Corporation diversified into retail banking in 1994. The largest private sector bank by assets and largest by market cap, HDFC Bank gets an almost unanimous ‘buy’ recommendation from brokerages. After the market crash of March-May 2020 across all sectors, this one has shown an almost steady upward momentum. The health of this bank is also reflective in its investment of INR 1,000 crores for reconstruction of Yes bank in order to prevent its collapse in Mar 2020 due to excessive bad loans.
This is not an exhaustive list or a blanket recommendation for all investors given the varying degrees of risk & reward taking potential. Plus, each investor has a set of expectations unique to his needs/goals. Therefore these are just a few shares (out of several), keeping one common goal out of many in mind, among multitude of investors – low risk with a good return over a long term (typically 3 years or more).
Wondering what are the parameters you should consider while zeroing in on a stock? A few factors you must consider before you make your investment are:
Market Capitalisation: It is simply the market value of the publicly listed company i.e. the number of outstanding shares multiplied by the current price per share. Hence it is a variable & keeps changing. Look out for the trend over a period of time to derive meaning. It represents size of the company (large cap/mid cap/small cap); a high market cap (relative to the industry of the company & its peers) further indicating a more stable growth, hence low risk perception.
Sector/Industry Assessment: To look for the growth prospects of the sector you plan to invest in has crucial value. Say you want to buy stocks of a company operating in the software industry. Currently IT is a booming sector; software products & services are in huge demand due to digital drive by govt as well as global shift in consumer behavior showing inclination towards technologies like cloud, AI, robotics, 5G etc. Similarly healthcare/pharmaceutical & e-commerce are seeing an unprecedented growth due to obvious & significant post pandemic socio-economic changes. Other promising sectors would be power, infra, chemicals et al. It all comes down to which sector attracts you.
Financial health of a company: Revenue, operating/net profit or loss, EPS, P/E ratios etc. are some of the basic pointers of the performance of a company. Analyse & compare these over a couple of quarters or years depending upon your short/long term investment goals.
Economically, 2021 clearly is a risky terrain, just showing some green patches but with whole lot of uncertainty about the future path. So ‘caution’ is the word for 2021. Growth looks certain, in all sectors of the economy but the direction & extent will vary depending on how long & successful the vaccination drive turns out to be and that is what will eventually decide the sum total of returns you pocket.
What Is Unique About Investing in Stock Market
Very simplistically put, just like how you plan your diet according to your taste, you must plan your stock portfolio to best suit your financial needs and interests. Pack your investment portfolio with choice of healthy, interesting & may be a few experimental options as well. And then start to watch & study the trend of your stock performance or ROI (return on investment) over time, because this is primary in becoming a successful investor & ensuring a robust financial health.
P.S: Again, these are only a few stocks with large market cap that brokerages & market analysts have favored buying or holding for a rather careful investor looking to safely park his money (away from gold or real estate) for a long term. There are many more, in many other industries with mid & small market cap that could give you rich returns if you do basic research & then keenly watch their trend. Timing is as important as the budget & the shares you pick. So here’s wishing a happiness ‘index’ for your shares too!
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs for Share Market
How do you double your money?
Most of us us think its a wild goose chase, but did you know according to ‘rule of 72’ you could calculate the time it’d take to double your money? The time it’d take to double your money = 72/rate of return
Example: At 10% return money will double in 72/10 i.e. 7.2 yrs; Similarly at 8% return money would double in 72/8 i.e. 9 years.
Do I need a large sum of money to invest in stocks?
Absolutely not! You can start investing with a small amount of a couple of thousands to begin with. And that is usually recommended for beginners.
The corporate world epitomizes the classic Tom and Jerry cartoon for me. Everyone is chasing someone and then the bigger Dog comes to take the prize away. The story is especially similar in the stock market, and it scripts the rise and fall of many major companies.
There is always history being created with the buying and selling of shares. The recent battle between modern-day online investors and multimillion-dollar hedge funds came to light with GameStop. Let us delve into this bizarre tale.
GameStop was officially born in 2000 while tracing its roots to Babbage’s Etc. founded in 1984. GameStop Corp. operates retail outlets specializing in selling video games. Electricals and gaming related merchandise. The company is headquartered near Dallas, Texas USA.
GameStop has the honor of being the largest video games retailer having shops across United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. It was a successful business model, however with the advent of the online storefront and some failed investments, its fortunes have somewhat declined in the last decade. Also, it hasn’t been doing very well in the pandemic either.
So what happened that its share price skyrocketed? Well, that is the story.
However, we need to understand a bit more about the related parties that played major roles.
Are you on Social Media? Like Facebook or Twitter, well Reddit is also a social platform where users post content. This is then upvoted or downvoted and rankings happen. You can create your own community to discuss or share things that you like, for example, football, technology, or anything specific.
Any discussion or post also feeds into the main section of Reddit. So, in simplest terms, it is like a giant forum, divided into many sub-forums. Around 500 million people visit the site every month. It lives up to its motto “Front page of the internet” and is the sixth most commonly visited site on the internet.
How is Reddit related to GameStop?
Reddit and GameStop relationship
The important link in this story is a forum on Reddit called wallstreetbets. This community had more than four million members focused on discussing the share market, stock, shares, and investment.
It was this community that decided to challenge the big investing Hedge funds to create a short squeeze.
Getting too technical? Let us make it simple.
We know GameStop was not thriving and with the pandemic, people were more inclined to
do shopping online, so the position of GameStop was not great. The large traders in the stock market do betting on the performance of such companies doing well or failing. They then borrow shares in these companies and sell them promising to buy these back later. The premise here is that they would be able to buy back at a lower rate and return it to the owner. The investor (hedge Fund) would end up pocketing the difference as profit.
This would have been the case with GameStop if wallstreetbets had decided not to intervene.
The technical Terms
Let us learn the technical terms first and then discuss more details.
Hedge Funds: Hedge Funds are non-traditional or alternative investments using funds in one portfolio collected from different investors, (Pooled funds) that employ different strategies to earn a profit. They are aggressively managed to have leverage in domestic and international markets to earn high returns. The access is usually for accredited investors only as they are less regulated.
Short Selling: Short Selling is a way of profiting when the value of an asset i.e., Gold, Silver, Oil, or shares falls. A short Seller (mainly big investors) borrows stocks or assets from the owner for a token fee. Then, the seller sells it at market price with a promise to buy these back later. The short seller intends to buy it back later assuming these will fall in price. So, they will have to pay a smaller amount. Once bought, it is then returned to the original owner and the seller would have made a profit or loss depending on the value in the market.
Short Squeeze: A short squeeze occurs when the price of a stock increases unexpectedly especially when sellers expect it to drop. Thus, they have speculated against it and this forces the traders to buy back at a higher price to avoid losses. But this only creates upward pressure on the price, squeezing it even higher.
What happened: The story detail
GameStop was one of the companies that were expected not to perform well and many hedge funds had speculated upon this happening. The share price hit lows of $2.57 in 2020, rising only to about $18.84 by 31st December 2020 as large hedge funds backed the company.
However, there were many including Melvin Capital, Point72, D1 Capital Partners that were short-selling GameStop anticipating it not to perform well and lose a lot of value.
At this juncture, a flurry on amateur investors from the Wallstreetbet forum on Reddit called for people to stockpile these shares. And these small-time investors used their spare cash to buy GameStop shares. Thus, pushing the prices up, more than 1500% at one point, they put the value of the company in Fortune 500 List. The share price reached a high of $350 by 27th January.
This created a short squeeze in the market causing a loss of billions to Hedge Funds that had bet against GameStop. They had to buy back the shares, creating additional demand and pushing the price even higher. By Friday, hedge funds and other short sellers had made an estimated loss of $19 billion.
Not only this but other companies lagging in a performance like MC Entertainment, Koss Corp and BlackBerry, also saw sharp gains in their share prices. They were bolstered by day traders as larger investors bet against them.
The Aftermath
After the unexpected surge in trading of GameStop shares, many trading platforms like Robinhood and interactive brokers curbed the buying and selling of the US Games firm stocks and other similar stocks. These restrictions caused prices to go down by around 55%. This has caused the small investors to be disgruntled by limitations.
The Significance of the GameStop Rally
Short Selling is a common phenomenon in the share market. It is usually big funds and investors fighting over the future of a company. This was probably the first-time small investors have taken the battle to the doorstep.
This single act demonstrates the power of social media and an organized approach. There is free data available easily and it can be transmitted via social media. A united organized and planned approach by small investors was the cause of major losses to bigger fish in the market.
For the Reddit forum, it is being touted as their attempt to break teach a lesson to the large investors. A section of the masses states the aim was to create losses for stockbrokers and hedge funds. Many Reddit users are pointing this to be revenge for creating a financial crisis in yesteryears.
It is very important to remember that these small investors may end up losing funds as the price of GameStop starts downhill, which has already started.
The moral of the story
GameStop’s turbulent journey is a clear show of power that organizing and planning via social media can have and its significant reach among people. It may make the large investing houses think again about betting against a company.
Andrew Left, head of Citron Research admitted after the GameStop fiasco that there would be a change in how hedge funds and short-selling operate as his company made losses in this deal.
The concept of buying and selling stock was a niche to brokers for a long time. However, Share-dealing apps like Robinhood and easy access to information online about companies and trading strategies have opened the field for ordinary small-time investors as well. And They are a force that has to be reckoned with.
This also raises serious questions about the ethics, morality, and legality of collusion among investors to push prices up. While many people were happy seeing the downfall of giants, we have to remember that short term trading is a reality, whether done by small or big investor. Every penny gained by someone is at the cost of loss to someone.
Institutional investors have to be more aware of the mood of the small investor and will have to put in a lot more research into opinions expressed in the forums. Like one short-seller burned by GameStop deal has decided to stop short selling and instead invest in companies with potential for growth rather than bet against them.
Social Media has emerged as a new influence that can cause massive surges in the market, especially posts by influencers. However, critics warn that one would be wise not to follow these advisories blindly. There is a conflict of interest rife within the investment houses and the expert opinion usually are aligned to one of the companies.
There has been a surge in amateur investing during the pandemic as people were stuck at home and had time on their hands. They poured time and money into learning more about investing. This has a rippling effect as they trade in stocks and risks without understanding them fully.
The availability of apps for trading is another grave factor to be considered. While the savvy investor can earn a profit, but inexperienced and ill-informed investors may not only lose funds but also will not be protected by any legislation or law.
Similarly, hedge funds are also less regulated than other funds like mutual funds. The aggressive strategies used by them are not always completely transparent. GameStop incident was seen as a public way to punish the perpetrators of morally dubious practices. There is a clear need for more stringent rules to curb such trading practices.
The Tesla Boss enjoys tweeting and has been known to feud with short-sellers. And when he decides to tweet everyone takes notice. He threw in his gauntlet in the fray saying “Here come the shorty apologists. Give them no respect. Get shorty” and another on Tuesday “Gamestonk!!” was enough to send the price up again.
Trade business ideas are essential financial ideas. It includes the purchasing and selling of product and services. There are monetary transactions being done in exchange for the product and services. Exchange can occur inside an economy between the producers as well as the consumers.
Trading business organizations are the companies that deal with this purchasing and selling of products and services. They don’t make products by themselves. Instead, they get it from different producers or distributors and offer it to end client or retailers. Trade organisations work in a way where they can keep up their own stock in a shop or distribution center. Otherwise, they can also request things dependent on client request.
There are these few trade business ideas, that you can think about.
Garments Trading
Let’s start with something which is very familiar to all. Setting up a garment trade business ideas is one among them all. You can think of opening up your own store or even make an online website.
You need to display your products in front of your customers. A wide variety of the products you will be selling needs to be available in your physical as well as an online store. A garment trading business is essentially a very rare one.
Trade Business Ideas- Garment Trade
Another creative option is starting selling from a boutique or any particular brand. In this way, you can get brand loyalty from the customer also. This ensures good quality products. If anything goes wrong, it is the responsibility of the brand to look after it. You might only need to do the basic exchange or return purpose.
Hardware Trading
The technology can be found anywhere. Almost every house-hold possess either a laptop or a desktop. At least a smartphone can be found. Selling the parts of the software can be one of the trade business ideas you can opt.
As the option suggests, it would be better if you provide both the physical and offline store. This will help you reach customers who are far away. However, you would need to market yourself in case you want to have good growth in your venture.
FMCG basically stands for Fast Moving Consumer Goods. This includes all the daily needs that a normal household need. These include packaged foods, toiletries, cosmetics, beverages, prepared meals etc.
The advantage of choosing FMCG is that it gives you a wide range of products to choose from. Your store will attract regular visitors on a large scale. Since people from your locality might miss something or the other in their daily lives. At least once a week, you would need to visit the store for your basic items. This will increase the volume of your sale as well.
Book-store Trading
There might be a controversy going around regarding ‘Internet shall replace books someday’. It is somewhat a true possibility. But the Indian book market is expected to make a steep rise in the sale, making it around 739 billion by the end of 2020. This data has been collected from a relevant survey.
Trade business ideas 2020- Book-Store
So, you can indeed open up your book store, if you choose this one from all the trade business ideas that are available. The students require books all year-round. So you cant count them as your daily customers. You can attract book lovers as well. This could be a bonus for your trade business ideas on the book store. It is because book lovers will come searching for almost every new book that has been published recently.
You need to have a good connection with all the publishing house that producing the best sellers. Keep in touch with a few international publishers as well. In this way, you can keep your store versatile and open to your customers.
The rise and fall of e-book readers
Gift-store Trading
Gifting for an occasion or to say sorry to your friend or girlfriend. Gift Shop can be the one-stop trade business ideas that can solve this issue. A gift-store is supposed to keep unique and creative items that can attract more customers.
You need to be innovative enough while displaying your products. This makes people think that you can think out of the box. You can certainly opt for the customization option, which will add more to your reputation.
If you have interest and knowledge on the usage of automobiles then this is one of the best trade business ideas for you. You need to open up a store where you can keep all the products such as auto spare parts, engine parts and mounts, tyres and tubes, gears and gear parts and so on.
Trade Business Ideas – Automobile Accessories Trade Business
If you look into the research, it says that the automobile industry has a steep rise in recent years. This is because more people are investing in buying vehicles and their parts. In the near future, there is no negative growth that can be found. So, you can think of a choice to make.
Stock Market Trading
A simple and evergreen option of all the trade business ideas is stock market trading. If you are willing, you can do it remotely. It requires a smart mind and a fast software/application. The software/application will enable you to keep a proper track of the recent movement in the market.
Ideas you can opt for
However, this invites a lot of risks. You need to be well aware and have to be very cautious about where you will be investing. With the right strategy, your luck also plays an inevitable role, of course, if you do believe in the existence of luck.
Home Accessories Trading
The homemaking business is growing at each step. If you want to be a part of it, you can invest your time, labor and money without any hesitation. The rising number of houses and flats is making it one of the best trade business ideas.
Trade Business Ideas – Home Appliances
People will come flocking for the home accessories to decorate their households. You have options to choose from such as furniture, kitchen appliances, toilet appliances, home decor and the list goes on. These will help you to choose from a number of products you would like to sell to your customers.
With these trade business ideas, you can start your career now. You have to fulfill the basic requirements and know a few things that are required to initiate your business. So, you can choose from all the above niche. With the right strategy, your business can surely take off with flying colors.
A stock market is a trading place where you can trade shares of companies. You can buy or sell a stock by people only if you can list it on an exchange. Hence, it is referred to as the meeting place of the stock buyers and sellers.
Nowadays, it is very essential for you to stay updated with every market movement. The stock marketing traders keep rising and falling on a daily basis and hourly, too. The stock market apps check the real-time streaming market price. Also a virtual portfolio, stock charts, and much more.
You will get your personal investment account, built by experts, spare change investments. Everyday investment, investment to get a bonus, and many more.
b. Acorns Personal
In the most popular tier, you will be unlocking the financial wellness system. You will get everything that comes with Lite: a retirement account and acorns spending.
Different accounts in the tiers:
You can save and invest every day by checking accounts. Invests spare change(if you wish to opt-in) and invest very little into a portfolio of ETFs. Acorns can rebalance your portfolio and help you to stay within its target allocation.
You can save for retirement by setting easy recurring contributions. Based on your goals, employment, and income, acorns recommend the right plan. Acorns have no overdraft fees, plus fees or any fee-reimbursed ATM access nationwide.
Diversified portfolios.
You can do rebalancing.
You will get access to found money partners to earn.
Accessible through mobile and web apps.
A dedicated support team supports investment.
You will get access to acorns later, which is an easy way to save for retirement.
You can get a debit card that saves, invests, and earns for you using the Acorns spend access.
Stash makes investing approachable for beginners. It has a $o account because Stash offers fractional investing. Depending on the account type, charges are $1 to $9 a month. Suppose you want a little hand-holding while building a portfolio for stocks and ETFs. Then, stash will be a good fit for you.
This stock market app offers other account options, too. You get the brokerage, bank accounts, and retirement account for $3 a month. There are also two custodial accounts, a metal debit card, and a turbocharged reward program. And a monthly investment research report for $9.
Stash is best for:
Investors who need guidance in selecting investments.
New investors.
Thematic or impact investors.
Pros:
It gives educational content and support.
It provides Fractional shares.
Investment offerings that are value-based.
Cons:
There is no investment management.
It has high ETF expense ratios.
Guide To Stock Market Shares
3. TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade’s best for this course offers you in-depth. And free analysis knowledge and portfolio-building steerage. $o commissions for the stock, options, and exchange-traded fund. You have got an alternative of 4 commercialism platforms. In November 2019, Charles Schwab announced the acquisition of TD Ameritrade. Meanwhile, this app continued to accept new accounts. That is emotional to him once the acquisition is finalised.
TD Ameritrade is best for:
It has beginner investors.
It additionally has advanced traders.
Investor education advice
It has a commission-free trade.
It has fund investors.
Pros:
It offers commission-free stock, ETF, and choice trades.
Free analysis.
It additionally has high-quality commercialism platforms.
E-trade gives you a library of educational resources and professional-level trading. And tools to help you assemble a risk-appropriate. It also gives you a $0 commission for all stock, ETF, and trade options. In February 2020, Morgan Stanley announced a $13 billion deal to sell E-trade.
Olymp Trade is the most popular online broker in the industry. It gives you the opportunity to trade in the following markets.
Stocks
Commodities
ETFs
Cryptocurrency
Benefits:
It gives attractive spreads.
Leverages of up to 1:400.
There are a variety of payment methods offered that are non-verified
It supported MT4.
It supports many languages.
You can give 77 assets to choose from.
It has a low least deposit amount.
Gives intuitive design
It has a mobile app.
Drawbacks:
Gives you withdrawal problems for non-verified accounts.
It concerns dubious regulation.
It gives you bonuses with unclear terms.
It has only two account types.
6. IQ Option
You can use this platform to provide its purchasers with a platform to cater to commerce desires. This platform contains commerce tools that are not found in any commerce platform. Position top-up helps the dealer hold a trade open if it’s reaching a stop loss. You might use it with discipline and offer new risk management.
Trading costs And charges:
This is often the excellence between buying for and commercialism prices.
Fees applied for the positions controlled nightlong are referred to as swap fees.
Intelligence quotient alternatives will begin charging €10 every month.
The bulk of payment service suppliers don’t have any fees. There is a charge of Commission of 2.9% on cryptocurrency trades.
Upstox provides low-cost trading services. There is no charge for orders placed in the equity delivery trading segment. It also provides a great trading platform and tools to the clients. This app includes Upstox Pro Web, upstox MF, and Upstox Pro Mobile. Algo Lab also provides platforms like Nest Desktop, Amibroker, Dart Stock, and Fox Trader.
Advantages:
It places buy and sell orders on the move.
It provides a universal search tool to find desired stocks and contracts.
It accesses many segments, including NSE cash, features and options, and currency scrips.
It has advanced charting tools using 100+ technical indicators.
This app is a virtual stock trading application offering real and live world market data. It helps beginners to start by using real markets and their data. It gives customers virtual money to trade stocks. And also understanding how stock investments work. It supports 13 countries and enhances stock analysis offerings.
How it works:
Get an account – you have to register to use a stock trainer using your email ID or any other social network login. After registering, you will get your virtual investment money. And now, you can start your journey of stock investing.
Look for stocks – you have to find stocks in which you want to invest by using the company name or ticker symbol or by utilizing stock research tools. It contains top losers and gainers, insider trades, and analyst recommendations.
Analyze trade stocks – you can launch a stock data screen by clicking on a particular stock in the app. You can get detailed information on the stock with stock charts with time spans.
Market Size of Stock Trading App Development
9. Investing.Com
This is a global financial portal and internet brand. It is also composed in 24 languages and for mobile apps for Android and iOS. All these offer news, analysis, streaming quotes, and charts. Technical data and financial tools about global financial markets. It covers a wide variety of financial vehicles, including stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates, futures, and options. This is an online data and news website. It offers financial information but not trading services. You will get the services for free, and it does not provide investment consulting services. This is a reliable and good source of providing real-time forex data.
10. IIFL Markets
The IIFL market app is an advanced platform. This offers good investment strategies for the clients. You will get a customizable watch list and also a dashboard. The dashboard provides you with a summary of your account. And the idea of the stockbroking market.
1. Price alerts – you will get every notification about stocks. Hence, you will not miss any information.
2. Advanced widget – you will get to track stocks on your screen. Using these widgets, you can get information about trading.
3. Free guest user login – you can get this app for a lifetime as a free guest if you are not a paid user.
4. Finance and business news – you will also get all the news and updates about the financial markets.
5. Personalized watchlist – you will get with stock, currency, commodity. And futures options all in one. You will get customized column options that keep all the information.
6. Free research report – this app is the only app that provides you free research of the top 500 NSE or BSE-based companies. It will also offer users to research and provide technical support.
11. HDFC Securities Mobile Trading
You need to know about the fluctuations if you want to invest in the stock market. Hence, if you want profitability, then you will need to keep up with changes happening in the market. You will get the data to make better investments.
Advantages:
This app helps you in trade and sends notifications about any activity that will be important to you.
Some of the navigational and operational tools. That helps in managing your assets in an easier way.
You can manage many accounts with multitasking.
There is no time barrier for trading in this app.
You will get real-time alerts to be aware of the performance of your stocks.
Your account and transaction details are completely safe as it is protected by an effective encrypted firewall.
Disadvantages:
This is large in download size.
Performance is slow.
Buy and sell is not upfront on the app.
It is difficult to set up processes like stop loss and trigger.
It does not have detailed reports available for clients.
This is an Indian online business news website owned by E-EIGHTEEN Dot Com (p) Ltd. This offers the user information about the news. And insights related to business in India. This app provides the latest market data, business, and market news coverage, as well as Live TV. You can also manage the finance portfolio conversations on the message board. And other features on the app.
13. Mobile Invest
Aditya Birla’s mobile investment is an updated version. This app offers trade-in equity, derivatives, currencies, and commodities from a single platform. This provides all reports, fund transfer facilities, real-time research, and market news.
Features:
It provides real-time quotes.
Fund transfer – pay in and payout.
You will get trading from mobile in 3 clicks.
Also gives trade-in equity and F&O.
It also has a portfolio tracker.
It has an access ledger, control notes, transactions, and more.
It has a single sign-on for multiple exchanges(BSE, NSE, NFO, CDS, NCDEX).
It has a personalized dashboard.
It also has a real-time research dashboard.
It has advanced intraday charting.
Word indices.
It has voice support; you can interact through voice.
14. 5 paisa
5 paisa is a leading stockbroker. It is a traded and managed company promoted by IIFL founders. This is available in equity, commodity, and currency at BSE, NSE, and MCX. A charge of Flat 20 Rs brokerage irrespective of the trade size.
5 paisa mutual funds – it offers both regular and direct mutual funds. A charge of Flat 10 rs executed an order for online mutual funds investment.
5 paisa Demat account – This offers membership with CDSL. You will get an award for being a premier depository participant by CDSL in March 2019.
5 paisa trading platform – it includes a mobile trading app and a trading website. And installable trading terminal. You can build this platform on the latest technology. You will get recognized for the ‘best use of mobile technology in financial services.
Pros:
IIFL is a non-banking institution with experience over 2 decades.
As per the trading needs, you can choose from three subscriptions.
You can use the mobile app, website, and desktop trading terminal. There is no software charge.
It provides free technical, derivative, and fundamental research.
Cons:
It does not provide a 3 in 1 account.
It has high Demat debit transaction charges. It’s 25Rs or 0.025% charge for the greatest plan.
It gives an exchange transaction charge in competition with discount brokers.
At an extra cost of 100Rs, you will get a call and trade in the greatest plan.
Greatest plans do not contain research and advisory services.
Investing is difficult, it makes it easier. It helps you by observing the extras of the market. You’ll improve your portfolio management. It’s trusty by thousands of online investors. Stock charts supply the web’s highest-quality money charts with mere easy clicks. Also, you’ll run custom scans to search out new trades or investments. And set automatic alerts for your distinctive technical criteria.
Real-time charting where you go It is for the trendy capitalist. Stockcharts offers the industry’s best technical tools and resources. There’s no computer code installation and frustrating compatibility problems. You’ll access everything from any web-enabled device.
A complete set of tools Stockcharts has everything. You would like to arrange, organize, and execute any finance system. It’s a whole analysis and portfolio management toolkit. You’ll discover the market’s new opportunities with advanced scanning tools. You’ll pinpoint the entry with triumph charting and annotation tools. You’ll check your open positions and track portfolios with chartlists.
16. Advisory Mandi
It helps conceptualise solving the advisory industry challenges. This addresses the critical need for retail participants in the Indian advisory industry. This app believes in optimal value creation for investors by giving top-performing analysts instructions at the right time. It helps investors to make informed decisions. At the same time, investing their hard-earned money in the stock market. It also helps in educating novice investors by providing the right guidance, information, and happenings at the right time.
The authorized and registered analyst offers their live analysis on the website. Investors will get to connect with the right advisor according to their needs in the market. It empowers the investors by giving them the power to make decisions. It simplifies the process of selecting the analyst by making an unparalleled framework where you can view unbiased past performance.
The investment path becomes very easy and convenient with the right resources according to the particular needs. It pioneered in implementing SEBI compliance in analyst registrations and promotions.
This app helps let the stock market be your companion. Kotak Stock Trader is a mobile app. It allows the trader to continue trading in domains like equities, currency, and derivatives. It gives you a couple of other attributes, like allowing tracking down the portfolio.
Online trading feature This app utilizes online trading to be online trading close to them. You can check on the market always and then get their trading done. You will also get stop loss and trigger price options.
Portfolio tracking feature The portfolio gets updated, and anyone can access the changes in real-time.
Livestock market data This app gives you live-streaming market data all the time. Also, the movement of the market will be in the form of charts at the end of the day.
Fund transfer You can transfer the funds between a bank account and the online trading account. You can also transfer funds from the bank account to the mutual fund account.
Margin checker You can access the margin by clicking the ‘available funds’ option.
Security It has layers of security, and it is secure to use the app. Authentication of 2 passwords is important for every user. There is no stored data for stock trading. A session expires after 30 minutes to make it safe.
18. ET Markets
This app gives you the latest live market data on the go and makes informed decisions.
ET Markets App helps You in:
You can track live indices and stock prices with advanced technical charting.
You will get many chart types, technical indicators, comparisons, and real-time data.
You can watch live ETNOW TV or an audio stream to stay updated on the latest happenings.
You can track your stocks, Sensex(BSE), nifty(NSE), mutual funds, and forex ETFs.
You can track the stocks in your watchlist, market gainers, losers, movers, etc.
19. Stock Edge
You will get end-to-end information about all the NSE and BSE stocks in India. It covers market movements, updates, financials, technicals, and derivatives. You can complete mutual fund data along with AUM analysis. It gives through simple and interactive charts and bars. You can also mark stocks, scans, investors, and mutual funds as your favourite. You will get premium features like investor portfolios and MF investment ideas.
It is useful for:
Investors This gives you a decision-making tool that helps in analyzing your stocks. It also helps identify new stock ideas relevant to the criteria.
Traders This tool offers information about pre-market and post-market data analytics. It has a unique scan feature that is greatest for intraday, swing, and derivative traders.
Analysts This app contains a one-stop solution for fundamental and technical research requirements.
The Angel Broking app offers trading anywhere to Angel Broking customers. This app offers to trade in all segments, including equity, derivatives, currency, and commodities at BSE, MCX, and NCDEX. Investments in IPO and mutual funds are also available in this app. The secure, fast, and simple app works for both seasonal investors. It gives customers real-time streaming quotes and charts. Live news, many watchlists, online fund transfers, and research reports. Demat holdings, margin statements, limits, order summary, and more.
Features:
It provides online trading on mobile devices.
Trading in equity cash.
Trading in equity derivatives.
Trading in currency derivatives.
Trading in commodities at MCX and NCDEX.
It helps to invest in mutual funds, bonds, etc., and it also tracks derivative positions.
It offers live-streaming stock quotes, charts, and news. It has over 40 technical chart indicators and overlays.
This app has stock advice on the go through ARQ, the auto advisory engine.
You get to research reports and advisory calls. Also, you have personalized notification alerts for trades and ideas.
It also gives a viewof Demat account holdings. Real-time online funding transfers over 40 top banks.
21. Economic Times App
This app helps you to track the latest business news on the go and make informed decisions. You will get the latest updates from markets, business, and economic news as it happens.
Features:
It gives you the latest and most popular business news.
It shares news articles with colleagues and partners via email, Facebook, etc.
This app offers to profit from stock market views and recommendations from experts. Also, it has the latest updates from the stock market.
You can manage your investments in the stock market with the ET portfolio. You will get to track the stocks in your watchlist, market gainers, losers, etc.
All new navigation – you will get easy navigation. That displays all the categories in different modes. It has a simple cascading display for content with tools to dismiss layers.
It offers you stock market news, top stories, and analysis. Expert opinions on investing and analysis from NDTV profit.
You can watch Live TV streamed from NDTV profit studios. You will get all of the NDTV profit program videos and market analysis.
This app provides you with all the episodes of NDTV profit shows like Gadgets Guru, the car and bike show, and more.
You will get to track the markets and get live stock quotes during market hours. Also seamless integration with Twitter and Facebook to share content.
23. Stock Twits
This is a social media platform. Designed for sharing ideas with traders and investors. This app was co-founded by Howard Lindzen and Soren Macbeth in 2009. Also, Time magazine has listed the company in the “50 Best Websites” list. In 2012, the company was awarded “the top 10 most innovative companies in finance”. Stock tweets allow users to communicate to ticker streams in real time using hashtags. Customers are also able to communicate on Twitter.
The contents can be with the StockTwits extended network. Such sites are Yahoo Finance and CNN Money. This app offers the ability to share content with their personal Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook accounts.
24. Feedly
User interface Feedly is the winner with Google Reader’s demise. Since Google discontinued Google Reader, users have joined Feedly. It offers all the features of Google Reader. There are no ads, popups, or anything that can distract your reading. You will get the index view, today’s view, and recently read. You will get to organize your feeds view to create a new collection.
Cross-platform support It works on all platforms. There is an official app for all major platforms. There are unofficial apps for other platforms. If you want to work on mobile and desktop, you need to use the Feedly web.
3rd party app integration It helps with third-party apps. You will get to see many apps on their app centre that work with this app. It supports IFTTT, zapier, sprouts social, etc, because it’s a premium feature.
Save a URL to read later. There is a “read later” feature on Feedly, which helps you to save an article to read later. It makes the reading process simpler and smarter.
25. Kite By Zerodha
Zerodha boasts over one crore active clients, comprising nearly 15% of India’s retail trading volumes. Its robust technology platform makes it suitable for both novice and experienced traders. Zerodha Kite, the company’s flagship mobile trading software, offers an array of features, including market watch, advanced charting with over 100 indicators, and various order types like cover order and good till triggered (GTT) order. Additionally, users can access Zerodha Kite via a Chrome extension for convenient order placement and stock tracking.
ICICI Direct is a full-service brokerage app and a part of the ICICI Group, which is one of the oldest brokerage service providers in India. It caters to the needs of both advanced investors and beginners by offering seamless online trading and investment services. The app provides free advisory services and research to its users, as well as free equity futures trading. Additionally, ICICI Direct charges no fees for futures trading and account opening services. It also serves as a stock market learning app for those looking to expand their knowledge and expertise in trading and investing.
Features:
Utilize analytical tools like live charting and graphs for option chains, along with real-time profit and loss statements.
Receive smart stock alerts to avoid high-risk and penny stocks.
Experience fast order placement with a simplified user interface, including swipe-to-buy and sell options.
Create multiple watchlists for stocks, indices, and F&O contracts.
Access a wide range of products, including equities, commodities, currencies, derivatives, margin trading, mutual funds, IPOs, FDs, bonds, insurance, and ETFs.
The MO investor app is a product of Motilal Oswal Securities – one of the leading stock brokerage firms in India. This app is highly regarded in the market for its advanced tools, instant price alerts, and user-friendly interface. The app offers a wide range of services that allow investors to invest in equity, derivatives, commodities, currency, mutual funds, IPOs, bonds, U.S. equities, and other portfolio management services. Additionally, for those looking to learn more about investing, the app offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses, as well as a vast range of blogs and attractive infographics.
Features:
Utilization of AI-driven tools aids in optimizing portfolio rebalancing, leading to enhanced returns.
Value-added offerings include SIP via WhatsApp, automated advisory services, live bot genie, and call and trade service.
Various funding options, including loans against securities, margin funding, and stock lending features, are available.
Extensive educational resources include online lessons, videos, and blogs.
28. Edelweiss Mobile Trading App
The Edelweiss mobile trading app is an excellent choice for active traders as it offers a range of advanced chart options, market analysis tools, and detailed reports. The app provides real-time commentary on market trends, access to research tools, a dedicated relationship manager, a free portfolio organizer service, and Whatsapp alerts. There are two brokerage plans available – the “lite” plan and the “elite” plan. The former is more affordable, while the latter is feature-rich.
Features:
User-friendly interface with real-time commentary for a seamless market view.
Sector-wise performance overview provided.
Specific sections are allocated for equity, derivatives, and commodity markets.
Flexible subscription plans like “lite” and “elite” cater to varying user requirements.
29. Paytm Money
Paytm Money is a popular online trading app that has attracted nearly 14 million users to date. The app allows users to invest in various segments, including equity, mutual funds and other financial instruments such as the National Pension System (NPS). However, Paytm Money users are not currently able to trade in currencies or commodities.
Launched in 2017, Paytm Money has experienced significant growth and is known for its low brokerage fees. The app charges zero fees for services such as account opening and maintenance and even offers low charges of zero and INR 10 per order for equity delivery and intraday trading, respectively.
30. Sharekhan
The Sharekhan trading app is an excellent choice for both experienced traders and investors. The app is well-known for its demat and full brokerage services. With this app, you can invest or trade in equities, derivatives, currency, mutual funds, bonds, IPOs, and commodities and keep track of your portfolio. Sharekhan trading app offers both delivery and margin trading to its users. The app has several innovative features, such as advanced search options, in-depth chart analysis, options contracts on a single page, and other up-to-date tools. It’s worth noting that the Sharekhan trading app doesn’t charge anything for account opening and deposits.
It offers various brokerage plans, including prepaid account maintenance schemes with reduced brokerage rates.
Users can save customized screens and graph templates for future use.
Customer support is available via toll-free phone, email, and live online chat.
Online fund transfers are quick and accessible through 12 banks.
Brokerage charges vary based on the selected plan and transaction value.
31. Groww
Groww is a platform that operates on a simple and transparent pricing model based on a flat fee structure. This means that you will only be charged a minimum brokerage fee of 0.05% of the trade value and a maximum brokerage fee of INR 20, irrespective of the segment you are trading in, whether it’s Equity Delivery, Intraday or F&O. You can use the brokerage calculator provided by Groww to estimate all the charges involved, so you can make informed decisions while trading.
Additionally, opening an account with Groww is absolutely free, and there are no maintenance fees charged for the Demat account. This means that you can start your trading journey with Groww without any upfront costs or hidden charges.
FAQs
What is the stock market, in simple words?
The stock market is where people buy and sell publicly traded company shares. It allows investors to own a portion of a company and potentially earn profits as it grows.
Which are the best stock market apps for trading?
The stock market is where shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold. Some popular stock market apps for trading include Robinhood, E*TRADE, and TD Ameritrade.
Which is the best stock market learning app?
Some other notable stock market learning apps include Money Control, Webull, Groww, Sharekhan, ET Market, etc. Each app offers unique features and resources for users to learn about the stock market.
What is the role of a stock marketing app?
A stock market app facilitates online trading and investment, providing users with real-time market data, research, and tools to manage their portfolios efficiently. It also offers educational resources and analysis to help users make informed investment decisions.
Michelle D’souza
