What happens when Brokers go Bankrupt or are Busted?
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What happens when Brokers go Bankrupt or are Busted?

Trading directly in the stock market can be quite overwhelming. Wouldn't it be nice if there was some intermediary who can connect the investors/traders with the ever-changing stock market?

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11 Best Full Service Brokers in India
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11 Best Full Service Brokers in India

Whenever we try to think of an Indian infotainment show, “Kaun Banega Crorepati” is the first one to knock on our minds. As the name insinuates, this television game show gives an opportunity to its contestants to win whopping amounts of money.

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Angel Broking IPO Details
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Angel Broking IPO Details

"It was 150 percent, 102 percent." Confused as to what these figures are? These are the figures that the market witnessed with respect to the subscription of IPOs that were issued a few days ago. The IPO market seems to be all good and happy with the various companies experiencing a record-breaking subscription in the Dalal street. While the market has become a war zone with heavy fluctuations in recent times, the optimism for these IPO'S seems to be unaffected. 

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SMC Global Securities Ltd Review
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SMC Global Securities Ltd Review

To fulfill the financial need of India’s widespread geographical demography, content on SMC’s new website can be translated (from English) into ten various regional languages viz. Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu. It offers ease of access to real-time live streaming quotes and favorite option record tracks to your frequently visited scrips just like google tracks your history and pops up with recommendations, along with ads linked to your preference and offers research & advisory assistance backed by 24*7 technical and advanced office reports.

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Kotak Securities Review
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Kotak Securities Review

Kotak Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank, was established in 1994. They offer stockbroking services and the distribution of financial products in India. They have 1400+ branches, franchisees, and satellite offices that offer services to nearly 12 Lakh customers. The company is listed in BSE and NSE. They are also a depository participant with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL). But what is it that makes Kotak Securities different from other members of its scope?

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IIFL Securities Review
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IIFL Securities Review

With its branches spread across the country, this leading full broker financial player in the Indian financial services space has 2377 birds in 500+ nests. It is involved in the business of loans and mortgages with its subsidiaries - IIFL Home Finance Limited and Samasta Microfinance Limited. It provides home loans, gold loans, business loans, including loans against property and medium and small enterprise financing. Microfinance, developer and construction finance, and capital market finance; catering to both retail and corporate clients also fall under its umbrella of work. When did it commence? Is it trustworthy? Has it been operating long enough to rely upon for financial spoon-feeding? What is its operation bandwidth? 

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Angel Broking Review: An Honest Opinion on Brokerage
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Angel Broking Review: An Honest Opinion on Brokerage

It provides access to fundamental & technical analysis services along the content to stay updated with the financial markets via its blogs. But the question crops up, how does it thrive if it offers the services? Since when did it start competing with the other in stockbroking lineage? Let us unravel the mystery. In 2019, Angel Broking reorganized its brokerage edifice to compete with the other stockbroking service providers. Now, it is offering flat rate brokerage plans under the name "Angel iTrade PRIME." In this scheme, it provides trade-in all segments (Intraday, F&O, Currencies & Commodities), at fixed ₹20 per Trade, except Equity Delivery. With 0 charges, it is free to all users.

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Alice Blue Brokerage Review
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Alice Blue Brokerage Review

Alice Blue Brokerage found its origin in 2006. It is a discounted stockbroker from Bangalore that provides stock and commodity trading services at BSE, NSE, and MCX. Alice Blue also offers depository service (Demat account) through its membership with CDSL. Is the claim of the best-discounted stockbroker stands true for Alice Blue? How much does it charge to be the best? Is it tech-oriented to the level it should be as a fintech company? 

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SAMCO Brokerage Review
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SAMCO Brokerage Review

SAMCO Brokerage is a Mumbai based fintech company established in 2015. It was awarded "India's best equity broking house" by CNBC-Awaaz in 2019. It has a stockbroking menu caters margin funding, loan against shares, and other financial products. It also offers depository services via CDSL. It is an economic stockbroker known for its lowest-cost brokerage, margin products, higher exposure, and free trading software. Its NBFC unit offers margin funding, loan against shares, and other financial products. It is listed in NSE, BSE, and MCX.

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Stoxkart Brokerage Review
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Stoxkart Brokerage Review

Stoxkart is a rapidly growing financial discount brokerage house to make trading simple and more economical by breaking all obstacles that traders and investors face in India in terms of value, assistance, and technology. It offers trading platforms at very contentious pricing. It enables us to trade in different segments like Equity, F&O, Commodity & Currency. It also provides access to the online services of Mutual Fund Investment.

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5paisa Brokerage Review
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5paisa Brokerage Review

5paisa is a preeminent discounted stockbroker in India. 5paisa Capital Ltd is a publicly-traded and professionally managed company promoted by IIFL founders. It commenced in March 2016 and rose to 2nd largest discount stock broker in India by Dec 2018. What area does it operate? How does it charge? Does it have any client base of its own? Is it even listed? To solve your quest, we have the following answers trailed up - 5paisa online trading is available in equity, Derivatives: commodity, and currency at BSE, NSE, and MCX. 5paisa caters to more than 7,000 retail customers. It has targeted to acquire around 50,000+ customers in the current fiscal period. The customer base is fresher and active traders. 5paisa has intended to initiate trading in commodities and to offer financial services such as personal loans shortly. It also aims to include funding products like IPO, NCDs, etc.

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Zerodha Review: Know about the brokerage charges and products
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Zerodha Review: Know about the brokerage charges and products

For years traders have been paying brokerage fees for every transaction executed irrespective if it is a winning trade or losing one, the brokerage is common for both cases. That’s when traders were pleased with the introduction of online discount brokers like Zerodha in the year 2010, the huge payments of brokerage have come down to zero. Zerodha has been a pioneer for the discount broking model in India when they kick-started operations in 2010 with the aim of breaking all barriers in terms of pricing, support, and technology for traders and investors. They coined a name by the fusion of the English word “Zero” and the Sanskrit word “Rodha” meaning barrier which when put together is  Zero Barriers reflecting the companies objective when they started operations.

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Upstox Review 2020: Know about Brokerage Charges
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Upstox Review 2020: Know about Brokerage Charges

Just a few years ago when the ‘smartphones’ and ‘apps’ were not part of our language, people interested in trading had to reach out to their brokers. The brokers would not only trade on behalf of the customer, they would also undertake activities like advisory and wealth management of the customer.

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Growth of discount brokers in India
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Growth of discount brokers in India

The discount brokerage has set up a totally new investment scenario in India. You would be surprised to know that plenty of first time investors are showing up due to the presence of discount brokers around. So, let us understand what discount brokerage is and what the benefits of opting for it.

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