The underlying user metrics also allow you to assess member’s stock picking abilities across the dimensions of timeframe, risk and return. This allows you to identify members and stock picks which match your personal style investment goals.

We believe that a fair, robust and flexible member rating mechanism is the most important part of any investment community. This is why we have designed a rating system which has no bias towards any particular investment style and which considers the performance of every single pick you make. We believe our algorithms are superior to any others in the market and our suite of supporting metrics is the most useful you will find.

• Discuss stocks, sectors and investment strategies with friends and top rated members
• Make stock picks and become a top member
• Find and profit from picks which match your personal investment style

While there is no shortage of people – on websites, messageboards, chat rooms, groups, TV, and newspapers – who are willing to give stock picks , very rarely is this advice supported by any demonstrable track record. Moreover, no consideration is given to the fact that the person giving the advice may have very different investment goals to you. If you are a low risk, long term investor, but the so-called ‘expert’ is a short term, high risk investor, following their advice may do you more harm than good.

On MoneyVidya.com we believe that the value of a stock pick is determined by two things. Firstly, the track record of the person making the pick. Secondly, how well matched the pick is with your personal investment goals.

The central features of MoneyVidya.com are the ability to follow stock picks that other members have made, analyze their track record and investment style and to establish personal credibility by making your own stock picks for the community.

We believe that our rating system is more sophisticated than anything which is currently available in the market for several reasons. For example, we take account of the variation in returns and analyze risk separately from return. We also take account of dividend payments and other corporate actions when calculating Pick Return and have the most flexible stock pick format around, whereby you can flex the timeframe of the picks to your choosing and use additional features such as Target Prices and Stop Loss Limits to maximise profitability.

It also means that we understand that the site is far from perfect – apart from bugs, there will be a lot of features that you, the user, wish MoneyVidya.com had. We’ll actively ask for your feedback, and do our best to incorporate it into our next release.

We’re building the site for you, so do make an effort to tell us what you think.

1. On existing sites, you don’t really know who you are speaking to.
   
   MoneyVidya.com aims to be a transparent community, so you know much more about who you are speaking with because they will each have a profile describing their interests, investment style and areas of expertise.
   
   You will also be able to analyse members stock picking credentials using our proprietary Member Rating System, and underlying user metrics. This means that you will be able to gauge who to listen to and whose advice best matches your investment goals
2. Existing sites weren’t very good at pooling together and organizing information.
   
   On MoneyVidya.com, all picks, discussions, news, and research is automatically organized into stocks and sectors, easily navigable and searchable.
   
   Soon, we’ll be able to use community inputs to predict stock movements.
3. Existing sites don’t tailor the information for you
   
   MoneyVidya.com will deliver, on your profile, in your inbox, and on your mobile – information about stocks, sectors and top members that you’re interested in – completely free.

Gautam Kshatriya
CEO

Gautam was most recently a Management consultant specializing in Financial Services, at Ernst & Young, London. He enjoys playing squash, and has a terrible sense of humor. He loves traveling,and backpacked solo around India a couple of years ago. He studied Economics from Warwick University the in England , and is originally from Mumbai.

If you want to say hello, drop him a line at gautam.kshatriya@moneyvidya.com

Alexander Frankl
CFO

Alex is originally from Norfolk, England and studied Economics and Philosophy at the University of Leeds. Alex has worked in a variety of industries including of all things a stint as a cruise ship bartender,

Most recently Alex worked a management consultant for Ernst & Young in London specialising in Finance effectiveness for Financial Services clients.. After a business trip to India Alex decided he liked it so much he joined the MoneyVidya team full time and emigrated here.

If you want to say hello, drop him a line at alex@moneyvidya.com

Karan Mehta
Blogger

Karan Mehta blogs at MoneyVidya.com. Karan is a graduate in Finance from Warwick Business School and a Level 3 CFA candidate. He has been working in Quantitative Portfolio Management for four years and developed multiple stock selection and asset allocation models. Karan is also Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Planning & Management, where he teaches Finance to MBA students. He has featured in the CFA Magazine and also in the Wall Street Journal.

If you want to say hello to Karan, drop him a line at karan@moneyvidya.com

Shalin Shah
Blogger

Shalin is currently working as an analyst at a Hedge Fund in New York , and double majored in Molecular Biology and Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in the US . He keenly follows the web 2.0 scene in the US and India .

If you want to say hello to Shalin, drop him a line at shalin@moneyvidya.com

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