Investment in stock markets is lucrative as well as risky. Investors investing money into unstable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable dimensions can be exceedingly risky. There are many who have lost huge amounts of money employing poor investment decisions and showing haste in getting huge profits on their investment. The main aim of this paper is to first understand the stock market in general. The paper also desires to investigate possible investment opportunities that prove beneficial to the investors, help them weigh their respective risks and returns relating to the investment, and end up making educated investment decisions. The idea is that a detailed investigation of the opportunities and risks for high returns in each investment will immensely help in the future selection and implementation of smart investments. This shall aid in developing strategies for intelligent investments and how to play safe in most unstable markets. This is hoped to facilitate methods of identification and possible anticipation of present and future market trends which will acutely influence future investment decisions and help avoid the risk factors for the investor.

KEYWORDS: stock markets, opportunities, globalization, secondary market, stock broker