A person does not need a finance background to succeed in stock markets. We believe that every person can be a successful investor if she puts in the efforts. You may read the following articles, preferrably in a sequence, to improve your stock analysis skills.
Step-by-step process of Stock Analysis:
After completing this series, an investor would be able to develop a checklist for selecting good stocks for her portfolio.
Learn from our analysis of companies as practical illustrations
We have written a lot of “Analysis” articles containing in-depth analysis of real companies. These articles act as case studies where investors can learn by reading stock analysis live in action.
You can use these articles to learn:
- How to understand the business model of a company by analysing its financial performance
- Whether a company has a strong or a weak business model
- How to interpret different management actions
- How to find if the management/promoters are taking the money out of the company for their personal benefits
- Whether the promotes are benefiting themselves at the cost of other shareholders
- Identify the warning signs/red-flags that can protect investors from negative surprises
You can learn all this by reading these case studies here:
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The “All Articles” page has:
- Conceptual articles in different themes orgnised together like all management analysis articles, all valuation analysis articles at one place for focussed reading.
- All company analysis articles are organised industry-wise. An investor may find analysis of all the companies from an industry together so that she may read them together for comparison and better understanding of the industry.
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You would easily find a lot of useful articles about investing that will interest you.
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A Brief about me:
I am Dr Vijay Malik and I am active in Indian equity markets since 2006.
- I have done MBA (Finance) from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi, one of the premier business school and I was awarded the Gold Medal for graduating at the top of my class.
- Additionally, I have done certifications like:
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from CFA Institute Inc, USA and
- Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Inc. USA.
- I graduated in medicine (MBBS) from Dr. V. M. Govt. Medical College, Solapur in Maharashtra. Thereafter, I worked for a few years as a medical officer before realising that finance is my cup of tea.
We started this website in 2014 and since then, I have written hundreds of articles about stock investing. These articles explain key concepts of stock investing as well as contain case studies containing analysis of real companies.
Hope you find the website useful!
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A Common Investor
14 thoughts on “Start Here”
Hello Sir,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I find your site and ebook extremely useful. I am a small investor and have a little spare money for investment. What should be the minimum portfolio value for taking your Premium Stock services?
Dear Rajat,
Thanks for writing to us!
Rajat, as mentioned in the FAQs on the product page of the premium service “Recommended Stocks”: https://premium.drvijaymalik.com/product/recommended-stocks/ , the decision for any minimum portfolio value needs to be taken by the investor herself. We do not put any such condition or provide any such guidance.
Q: Do you advise any minimum capital for investment in “Recommended Stocks”?
We do not provide any guidance about any minimum capital for investment. An investor needs to make this decision on her own.
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Hi Vijay Sir,
I hope you are fine.
My question is regarding stock advisory services available in the market.
1. Whether one should subscribe to the service of investment advisory ( research report)/ model portfolio etc?
2. Don’t you think these things create bias in the mind.
3. What points should be considered while selecting any advisory service?
Thanks
Dear Shaifali,
Thanks for writing to us!
We have a premium service “Dr Vijay Malik’s Recommended Stocks“. Therefore, we are not the best person to guide you in this aspect.
We suggest that you join the Facebook group “Asan Ideas for Wealth” and ask your query there. You would find many fellow investors who would be willing to guide you there from their view due to their personal experience using different such services.
All the best for your investing journey!
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Sir,
If we follow from the very first page that is “Get Ready for Starting Stock Investing”, do we need to read it as a chapter or should we click on the hyperlink in between as well to understand the words you have mentioned while writing that particular chapter? For example, if I start reading from “What I learnt from brief analysis of 2,800 Companies“, the first hyperlink is Capitalization. So, should I click it or ignore it as it will be covered somewhere else.
Please help!
Dear Sudhir,
Thanks for writing to us!
If any term interests you and you wish to learn more about it, then you may read about it by clicking the hyperlink or by searching about it on Google. However, remember to come back to the main article after some time so that you stay the course. This way, you will be able to complete all the articles mentioned in the list as well as know more about the terms & concepts as you come across them.
After finishing all the articles here, you may go to “All Articles” and read the articles, which are present on the website but are not a part of this list to further enhance your learning.
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Sir,
I am from a non-financial background and want to learn fundamental analysis seriously. I have completed accounting books of +1 and +2 grades. Can you please suggest a course which I can pursue to better my understanding of businesses and accounting? For example, I have till now come to know of three courses that can better equip us for fundamental analysis: CA, CFA and MBA in Finance. But it is difficult to pursue these courses for people like us who are already in a job.
I will be really grateful for your reply.
Dear Prabhjeet,
Thanks for writing to us!
All the three courses mentioned by you: CA, CFA and MBA (Finance) are good to improve investing skills. You are right that these courses demand a lot of time commitment and an investor Therefore, if an investor wishes to pursue any of these courses with a job, then she may have to do a lot of time planning, weekend classes etc.
Nevertheless, if an investor wishes to gain only knowledge and does not focus on the “certificate”, then she may read their study material on her own without formally enrolling for the courses and gain the same knowledge by self-study.
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Dear Dr Vijay,
I love this site and have read most of the articles on the site and have learnt a lot. I have a question regarding the updates on the site. How do I find the latest stock analysis that you have posted or if you have answered a query on a specific article or if you have written a new article altogether on the website? Maybe I have missed something about how to explore it correctly. Could you be please let me know how to navigate this site for new developments/updates?
Thanks,
Sandeep
Dear Sandeep,
To receive email notifications for new articles, an investor may sign-up by entering her email at the following link: https://www.drvijaymalik.com/sign-up/
The same form is available at the end of each article and also on the top of the sidebar on the desktop.
On the home page, the new articles reflect in the sections: “Latest Company Analysis” and “Recent Conceptual Articles.”
Regarding comments, an investor can choose to get an email notification when her comment is approved. We do not provide a facility for email notifications for every comment i.e. written by others on the website.
All the best for your investing journey!
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Good morning sir. It is really helpful to understand many difficult things by reading your articles. I want to ask that how a student can raise funds to start up his business (in pharma) if he or she has a brilliant idea or product.
Dear Shakeb,
Thanks for sharing your feedback! Unfortunately, we do not have any experience of raising funds; therefore, we are not the best person to guide you on fund-raising.
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik
Good morning, Sir,
I am happy to find the analysis of investments. As a student, I want to learn how to do the analysis of financial statements for investment purposes. Kindly help.
Thanks and Regards
Azra Kouser
Dear Azra,
Thanks for writing to us!
You should read all the articles on this page: Selecting Top Stocks to Buy – A Step by Step Process of Finding Multibagger Stocks
After reading all the articles on the above link in detail, if you have any queries, then feel free to write to us!
All the best for your investing journey!
Regards,
Dr Vijay Malik