What is Free-Float Market Capitalization?
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What is Free-Float Market Capitalization?

Market Capitalization

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 Factors Influence Market Trends
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Factors Influence Market Trends

There is a massive panic surrounded the markets, where Nifty fell from a record high of 12,003 (on June 3) to 10,990 plunging nearly 9% in the span of 2 months, majorly dragged by auto, banking & financials, energy, infra, and metals stocks.  Mid-capsand small caps stocks have gone through a free fall, which is more exhaustive when compared to large caps.  So much is the agony in the mid-cap sector that since January 2018, investors have lost more than ₹28 trillion in all the corrected stocks. The BSE MidCap and the BSE Small-capindices lost 21% and 31%, respectively, since January 2018. More than 1,976 stocks traded on BSE have dropped since January - that’s 86% of all traded stocks. Chances are, if you owned 20 stocks, 17 of them would have suffered losses. One of the reasons for Midcap& Small cap downturn:  

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What is Inflation and Index fund
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What is Inflation and Index fund

With the opening up of the economies and the growth in various sectors, numerous enterprises spread over sectors like FMCG, education, banking, automobile, healthcare etc. have been set up which provide the people with goods and services which are needed and essential for the survival as well as improvement in the standard of living. As these enterprises set up and grow, they require funds to operate which can be in the form of equities or debt from the outside investors for a specified or an unlimited period of time. The sources from where such organizations can raise funds can be: equities, loans, mutual funds, debentures, bonds etc.

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Can Indian Investors invest in Foreign equities?
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Can Indian Investors invest in Foreign equities?

As an investor, have you ever wondered if you could diversify your portfolio by holding international shares of companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Walmart, etc.? These companies aren’t listed on the Indian Stock Exchanges. Then how can you add these shares in your portfolio? Read on and find below.

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Basics of Future and Options
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Basics of Future and Options

Some are investors. Some are speculators. Then, you have Derivative traders... like a blend of both! Arguably amongst one of the most complicated asset classes, derivatives are not easy to understand for all. But worry not, we bring to you a simple explanation of this interesting investment avenue.

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RBI and Currency Printing Limits: Explained
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RBI and Currency Printing Limits: Explained

When the economy badly needs support in times of crisis, one question circulates like wildfire - “Why can't the government ask RBI to print tons of money?” Well, here's why.

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Yes Bank Update
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Yes Bank Update

The share of the company has dropped significantly which has created a panic among the investors.

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Do political biases affect the investors?
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Do political biases affect the investors?

We all live in a world of perceptions. Our perceptions about the outside world lead us to our beliefs, which in turn shape our behavior and actions. Here, are a few examples that justify how biases affect our lives.

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Sukanya Samridhi Yojana
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Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (SSY) is a government scheme that was introduced by the finance ministry and launched by our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22nd January 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. The scheme is targeted at the parents of a girl child and has been launched to promote the welfare of the girl child.

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National Savings Certificate
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National Savings Certificate

The national savings certificate is an initiative started by the Government of India. NSC is a fixed income investment scheme that can be opened with any post office. The target market for this scheme is small to middle-income investors who are provided an opportunity to save money while saving on income tax. This scheme is a secured scheme that has a very low risk in it just like the Public Provident Fund scheme.

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3 most important things about the Stock Market
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3 most important things about the Stock Market

Compounding Machine: The BSE SENSEX has compounded at a rate of roughly 15% over more than three decades. So, it is safe to conclude that it is the inherent nature of the stock market to rise continuously in the long run in country where the economy is developing. There are two critical  components in this explanation - 

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The Start-up India Scheme
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The Start-up India Scheme

The Government of India initiated this campaign “Start-Up India” on 16th January 2016. This campaign was initially announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi during his presence at Red Fort, New Delhi on 15 August 2015. This action aims at following three objectives:

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Ease of doing Business in India
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Ease of doing Business in India

India is ranked 100 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The major improvements such as resolving insolvency, paying taxes online, protecting minority investors and getting credit made India to jump to the 100th rank.

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Initiatives under the Digital India Scheme
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Initiatives under the Digital India Scheme

The Digital India Scheme has been undertaken by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, as an initiative of the Government of India, with the vision to digitally empower the society and knowledge economy of India.

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Benefits of Digital India Scheme
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Benefits of Digital India Scheme

The Indian horizon saw a new light in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the Digital India scheme. The introduction of Digital India was for the simplest of reasons: making India technology savvy, promoting mobile phones, improving connectivity, making services available on the internet, etc.

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Gift Deeds | Explained
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Gift Deeds | Explained

Gift deed is a legal document where a donor voluntarily transfers his assets to the donee. Assets may be property or properties or even money, which are transferred or given as a gift to the donee without any pecuniary (money) interest from the donee. The person making the gift must be solvent, and he must not make such gifts with the intentions of making any illegal gains or for evading tax.

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Affidavit for Gap in Education
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Affidavit for Gap in Education

For innumerable reasons, an individual pursuing educational course may have to halt his studies and take a break. He may need time to prepare for competitive exams and join coaching centres for the same, preventing him/her from joining any college for that particular year. When the individual decides to join an educational institution after the gap, the institution may ask him to account for his “gap year” – the year for which he/she wasn’t enrolled in any institution. To account for his gap year, the individual has to submit an affidavit detailing his reasons for taking a year off.

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