Investment and Finance - Introduction

Ok here is some information about my interest in the field of Investment and Fianance... In my future posts I'll be writing more about this. To start with here is some background...

Summary of basic knowledge in Investment and Finance field till date:

1. Interested in the working of Global economy
2. Investment – Stocks, Real Estate, Commodity
3. Enjoyed reading few books on Investment
a. Rich Dad Poor Dad
b. Warren Buffet Way
c. One up on Wall street – Peter Lynch
d. The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham
e. Read a lot of articles on Investment on web (all articles on Investopedia, ICICI Direct, Economic Times, etc)
4. Very impressed by Buffet ideology of Value and Long Term Investing which in turn is based on Benjamin Grahams’
5. Understand basics of Oil Prices, Interest Rates, Inflation and the impact on global economy and markets
6. Interested in studying and exploring Indian market and companies
7. Regularly track Indian Stock Market, News on NDTV Profit, CNBC, Economic Times news paper, Investment magazines
8. Understand the functioning of business and the parameters involved like Revenues, Expenses, P&L, EBIDTA, Debt, Net Profits etc
9. Understand the factors affecting business like Demand / Supply, Competition, Value addition, Management principles, Mission and Values, Employee Satisfaction, Productivity, Economic conditions, GDP etc
10. Understand software industry and software products in depth
11. Overall interested in keeping track of world news and reading on various topics