Stock Investing Strategies Part -1 (Begineers)

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As in my previous post mentioned that I am going to start a new section of STOCK INVESTING STRATEGIES (refer Part-0) with reference to that, 

Stock Investing Strategies Part -1:-

Before going in to actual study of STOCK INVESTING STRATEGIES, it is necessary to understand some of the basics of SENSEX (or) Standards of Share market…. like 

what is sensex ?

How to calculate sensex?

What is market capitalization?

What is free float?

What is free float market capitalization?

 Sensex? – It is an index, what is Index? Index is an indicator which shows generally most of the stocks has gone up or down. Here we have two Indicators; Sensex is an Indicator of all major companies under BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange) and Nifty is an Indicator of all major companies under NSE (National stock exchange)

Sensex is calculated by considering top 30 listings under BSE, It is calculated by the method of free float market capitalization which is accepted by worldwide. Before we study free float market capitalization, it is necessary to understand what market capitalization is!!

Market capitalization: It is the worth of a company in shares, Example: If you are buying all the shares of a company then the price of total shares will become market capitalization. 

Free float: Generally, any company doesn’t allow all the shares in to the open market, some of the shares with board directors and some of the shares with investors and also with government etc, by excluding all these bodies the remaining shares will treated as open market shares. So we can do trading only in this open market shares.  

Total no of open market shares * Price of the share = Free float Market capitalization

For your reference: 

According to the BSE, any shares that DO NOT fall under the following criteria can be considered to be open market shares:

• Holdings by founders/directors/ acquirers which has control element
• Holdings by persons/ bodies with "controlling interest"
• Government holding as promoter/acquirer
• Holdings through the FDI Route
• Strategic stakes by private corporate bodies/ individuals
• Equity held by associate/group companies (cross-holdings)
• Equity held by employee welfare trusts
• Locked-in shares and shares which would not be sold in the open market in normal course.

Now the free float market capitalization simply means that the sum of all free float market cap of top 30 listings under BSE gives the free float market cap of particular intraday trading. The company with higher free float will have the higher weight in index. That means most of shares will be in open market gives the higher free float. Here the percentage of free float in total capital is not the free float market capitalization, according to the authority board there are different slabs to decide free float adjacent factor, which multiplies with free float open market shares and gives total free float market capitalization. Please go through the following table for better clarity. 

In reliance case, No of shares = 3274230107 with Full Mkt. Cap. 288001.28

No of open market shares =    ?               With Free Float Mkt. Cap 158400.7

By calculation the no of open market shares = 1800826558

So the % of free float will be 55% and the free float factor according to the slabs is 0.55 (see below)

So now we know what is sensex and free float market capitalization, so what are you waiting for? lets calculate today’s sensex. 

To calculate sensex the formula is : (Free float market cap/ base market capital)*100   
           
Free float market cap: sum of all the free float market cap of top 30 listings under BSE;

 Base market capital: To find out this I am recording free float market cap for last two days in BSE, on feb 18^th the free float market cap is 1657414.24 with sensex 19501.08, by this 1657414.24/19501.08 = 84.99089

Today’s free float market cap i.e on 19 th feb 2013 is 1668865.61, then the sensex value will be 1668865.61/84.99089 = 19635.817 (apx) check with 19 th feb sensex value in BSE India.

Well… I am tired….

In next blog posts we will see some more basics like, how companies will choose under top 30 listings in BSE and how to read Sensex or Index charts etc, after that we will go for the fundamental analysis and technical analysis nothing but stock investing strategies.

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