TO start with , JAN - FEB 2011 indian market (nifty) went down to 5150 due to heay selling pressure from 6000 levels and APRIL 2011 nifty bounced back to 5950 and again with a week it slides to 5500 levels... many experts says that this due to inflation problem.. if it so then how did it bounced to 5950 levels with a month!! its just a simple game plan played by VERY RICH PEOPLE..they play with the sentiments of the middle class people who are trading in the markets.. middle class traders usually go the sentiment of the markets and this becomes a big advante to VERY RICH INVESTORS.. they buy heaving resulting making middle class and small investors to buy with them.. finally they stop and sells heavily and book theirs profits and stays calm for sometime .. this affects the middle class and small traders very badly which makes their hard earned money wasted.. therefore it is always better to be EITHER LONG TERM INVESTOR ( SAY 5 YEARS) or stay from the markets.. Intraday trading will get you profits in a short span of time but it ll surely make triple the time of loss in a spot as markets direction cannot be guessed. i personally feel if you are really very rich you can earn profit or else please dont waste your hard earned money to the rich people.. RICHER BECOMES RICHER AND POOPER BECOMES POORER..in tv's you may see experts giving advises but at the end of the shows they tell thay " they don't hold personally the stocks which is adviced by them". Advising is easy but risk is taken by us. its better to put money in banks because atleast we get guaranteed income and we can be assured that our hard earned money is in safe hands. AS I SAID ADVISING IS VERY EASY, ITS UP TO YOU TO GIVE IT A THOUGHT ABOUT IT.