What kind of investor are you?

In India, a democratic country that believes in freedom of speech, every Indian citizen has a view. And when it comes to stock markets, it is often very difficult to change the perception.

As someone rightly said, there is nothing called a long-term investor or a short-term investor, but there are informed investors and uninformed investors.

We believe that there is one more class, apart from this set of investors - the trader or punter or the sattawalla.

Can you spot YOU?

	Informed Investor	Uninformed Investor	Trader/Punter/Sattawala
My view on
Stock market is	An efficient platform	Scam	Casino
Equities are	Better investment avenue	Very risky	Fast money
Risk profile is	Moderate	What is the risk?	Who cares?
Return expectations is	Moderate	If it works, it works	Minimum 100%, in one month
Investment horizon is	3 to 5 years	Short-term works	Less than 1 day
Buying strategy	Regular investor	When market is close to peak	What strategy?
Fundamental analysis	Works	Makes sense, but	Who cares? What is the target price?
Company management	Extremely important	Indifferent	Does not matter
Technical analysis	Not my cup of tea	Seem to work at times	What is the target price?
Research Report is	A balanced scorecard	What is the target price?	What is the stop loss?
Stock price reflects	Growth prospects	Not so clear	Don't care
A broking firm is the one that	Does what I say	Knows in and out of markets	Gives tips
Media/Newspapers are	Used as updates	Experts in equities	Source for tips
Harshad Mehta/Ketan Parekh	Unlikely role models	Made money	The Gurus
Rumour mill	Doesn't get swayed	Easily swayed	Fast cash

Before investing a single penny in stocks, just identify 'Who am I'? The rest should not be difficult.

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