8 questions to ask before you buy a stock

Everyone who advises about investments (including us) preaches that investors should do adequate research before they plonk down their hard-earned money on a stock. Unfortunately, this has been hard to do, at least till recently. By and large, Indian companies are stingy with information and the inputs that investors need to select, reject or monitor a stock are hard to come by in a convenient package. However, all that has changed with the launch of the new Stock Snapshot page on this website. For the first time in India, this one feature on our website presents a 360° view of practically any stock listed in the country. The price history of the stock, key ratios, financials and much more is available here. All you need to do is to type in a few characters of a company's name in our sitewide search box, and click on the name that pops up. It will give you a host of information including the 8 points mentioned below.

This article was originally published on December 12, 2017.