This post is an attempt to explain common doubts regarding Share and Stock Market. We deal terms like Equity, Stock Exchange, Bull, Bear, Primary Market, Secondary Market, Depository, Depository Participant etc here. This post, 'Share and Stock Market basics' is a continuation of our article series … [Read more...] about Share and Stock Market : Common Questions
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SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
In this post we shall discuss Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). It is important that our capital markets have a strong and non-manipulative infrastructure. To ensure this, India has its capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India – SEBI. We shall see the … [Read more...] about SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
Minimum Qualifying Marks (Cut-offs) for Civil Services Exam 2013
UPSC declared the minimum qualifying marks for various communities for Civil Services Exam 2013. (UPSC uses the term ‘minimum qualifying mark’ instead of cut-off. This minimum qualifying mark is the mark of the last candidate (in the descending order of marks) who made it to the list, be it Mains … [Read more...] about Minimum Qualifying Marks (Cut-offs) for Civil Services Exam 2013
Speculation, Hedging, Arbitrage and Investment
You might have heard terms like speculation, hedging, arbitrage, investment, trading etc. while reading the business page of your newspaper. For most of us, these are terms not very easy to understand or explain. In this post we attempt explain the concept behind speculation and investment in … [Read more...] about Speculation, Hedging, Arbitrage and Investment
Capital Market Overview
What is capital market? What is a mutual fund? Read further to know more these concepts. The topic of discussion of this post is Indian Financial Market. We will see what money markets and capital markets are. Capital Market may be defined as a market dealing in medium and long-term … [Read more...] about Capital Market Overview
Money Market Overview
In the last article on Financial Market overview, we have seen that the money market is a market for short-term funds, which deals in financial assets whose period of maturity is up to one year. We are also familiar with the names of the Money Market instruments or securities. They are Call … [Read more...] about Money Market Overview
