EBITDA is an acronym for Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization and so from the definition itself we can understand that its basically an operating income before Depreciation and Amortization and its a measure of operating cash flow.

Everyday when you watch TV for Financial news you specially hear couple of terms very frequently aka Fundamental and Technical analysis and today I would try to explain them in very newbie’s terminology for every one to refer to.

The year 2009, for the stock market investors will be a year different from 2008. This New Year 2009 is expected to be a year with two unique trends. The first trend deals with consolidation during the first half and the second trend is about building on that consolidation.

The Stock Market Indices serve varied purposes starting from economic research to helping investors decide upon an appropriate portfolio for their investments. As said earlier, since the Index is an indicator of the overall mood of the investors in the secondary market, it also helps a company answer questions like is it the right time to take out an IPO, how to price the issue, etc.

The market is going through a roller –coaster like situation. Since past six and a half months, the Sensex has gone up by over 200 points on 31 days and fallen by such margins on 33 days. There were eight days when it jumped over 500 points, but there 11 other days when it fell by this huge margin. This also includes events with nasty dips like the one in January when it fell by over a thousand points and then few days later it soared by over 800 points.