Stock Market Articles: 1. Basics of Stock Market :  The article describes basic notions of stock market: blue chips, growth stocks, income stocks, defensive stocks and others...{As it was mentioned before, ordinary shares' purchasers typically invest their funds into the company-issuer and become its owners. Their weight in the process of making decisions in the company depends on the number of shares he/she possesses. Due to the financial experience of the company, its part in the market and future potential shares can be divided into several groups... Blue Chips, Growth Stocks, Income Stocks & Defensive Stocks ...} continued 2. Making Outsized Returns in the Stock Market - Using the Dow Theory : ... It is interesting and amazing to note that not until Charles Dow started compiling the Dow Jones Industrial and Dow Jones Rail Index and started writing about the stock market a little over a hundred years ago, stock speculation was regarded merely as a game for the rich or as gambling for the brave. Sure, there were the tape readers, but the majority of the public regarded Wall Street as a source of excitement...continued 3. Forces that Move Stock Prices : ... Among the largest forces that affect stock prices are inflation, interest rates, bonds, commodities and currencies. Taking human nature into account, as well as, the market forces, a personal working cyclical model can be used for viewing sector rotation, industry behavior and changing market sentiment ... continued 4. Five common investment mistakes : (1) Not setting an investment objective (2) Not doing your homework (3) Succumbing to the "noise" (4) Getting attached to investments (5) Timing the markets    IPO Articles: IPO Knowledge Base and FAQs: All about IPOs IPO Allotment for Retail Investors: A nice article to know the basics of how the IPO allotment is done for retail investors. IPO Article: A crash course in how to assess 'value' in share issues from companies that do not have a performance track or any peers.   General Articles: RIL Demerger: Is RIL demerger is a bonanza for RIL shareholders? I read this article in a leading newspaper. But still today's (8th Aug 2005) RIL performance against Reliance Capital puts a "?". No doubt RIL is a long term bet as of now.   ... More Trading articles ...