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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

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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Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: Benefits and Features

Sovereign Gold Bond is an initiative by the Government of India that was started in November 2015. It is a scheme that was started under the Gold Monetisation initiative by the government. Sovereign gold bonds are an excellent substitute for investment in real physical gold. RBI issues these bonds on behalf of the government of India. There are plenty of advantages you get by investing in this scheme.

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What is PF and PPF?

Provident Fund (PF) is a savings scheme started by the government of India for retired salaried people of India. As per the part of this scheme, a group of people comes together to invest money in an account which is later given back to the individual when he retires.

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What is Top up and Step up, SIP in mutual funds?

A Systematic investment plan refers to investing a fixed amount of money at fixed intervals like monthly, weekly, or quarterly. If the investor can earn more while still invested in SIP, then he can either start a new SIP or can top-up the current SIP to invest more. Top-up SIP is a feature in which an investor has an option to raise the systematic instalment value by a fixed amount. This feature is provided by many mutual funds. This enables the investor to invest a higher amount of money during the tenure of SIP.

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What is Algo Trading?

In a world where everything is computerized, why not use the same line in trading?

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Efficiency Ratios Analysis

As an investor, you need to determine how productively your company is managing its assets and liabilities to maximize profits.Revenue turnover, profits or assets; all these figures may tell you, how big an enterprice is . However, these figures cannot give you an idea whether the business is efficient or not.

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What are Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs?

ETFs are mutual funds which are listed and traded on stock exchanges like shares. ETFs are listed on a recognized exchange and their units can be bought and sold directly on the exchange through a stockbroker during the trading hours.

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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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Rights Issue: What is it?

A rights issue is an invitation to existing shareholders to purchase additional new shares in the company (in proportion to their existing shareholding) at a specified price (generally at a discount) and time. The company gives a right to its existing shareholders to subscribe to the newly issued shares in proportion to their existing holdings. For instance, a 1:1 rights issue means existing shareholders can buy one extra share for every one share already owned by him/her.

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How to set your personalized financial goals before starting to invest?

The moment you read a success story on paper about how somebody has earned millions of rupees by investing in stocks, you feel goosebumps in the tummy as you have discovered the roadmap to becoming rich overnight. It is great to have such zeal and vigour to invest in stocks, but there has to have a solid strategy for becoming a millionaire through stock investment.

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What are Hedge Funds?

A hedge fund is popularly called as alternative investment fund (AIF) in India. Going by the meaning of the word ‘hedge’ which means ‘to avoid,’ so hedge funds talk about avoiding the risk of investment. Though hedge funds are mistakenly taken as similar to mutual funds there is a great deal of difference in the two.

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What are bonus shares?

Bonus shares are the company’s accumulated earnings which are converted into free/additional shares that are passed on to the current shareholders by the stake held by each of them without charging any additional cost.

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What is Stock Split?

The stock split refers to dividing one share into two or more number of shares. The stock split results in an increased number of shares of the company. Stock split results in dilution of the number of shares, but the market capitalization of the company remains the same before and after the dilution. Imagine if you have a 100 rupee note and you are given two 50 rupee notes instead of one hundred rupee note, then, it is as good as a stock split.

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What is a dividend?

A dividend is a share of profits paid to the shareholders and which is earned by a company. The dividend usually refers to the distribution of profits earned by the company. When a company earns profits at the end of the year, then it reinvests a certain portion of it into business to grow it further, which is called as ‘retained earnings.’ The remaining portion is distributed to the shareholders as dividends.

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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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Importance of learning in investing.

Before delving deeper into how vicarious learning plays a crucial role in investing, let us first understand what is vicarious learning. Vicarious learning is the process of learning merely by observing our surroundings. Vicarious learning happens when we as observers pay ample attention to what is happening around, retain the observation, produce similar motor reproduction and are motivated to perform or learn what we see around, than vicarious learning automatically takes place in the process. However, if any of these factors are missing, then the observer is not able to efficiently learn from the surroundings.

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What are Different types of Insurance Policies?

With so many choices of life insurance policies around, settling down with the right insurance policy can be really overwhelming. You do tend to get lost and wonder where to start from.

Posts Tagged: investment decision

Do political biases affect the investors?

Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: Benefits and Features

What is PF and PPF?

What is Top up and Step up, SIP in mutual funds?

What is Algo Trading?

Efficiency Ratios Analysis

What are Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs?

National Savings Certificate

Rights Issue: What is it?

How to set your personalized financial goals before starting to invest?

What are Hedge Funds?

What are bonus shares?

What is Stock Split?

What is a dividend?

Growth of discount brokers in India

Importance of learning in investing.

What are Different types of Insurance Policies?

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