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What is a Clearing House?

The Indian stocks and securities market has seen considerable changes over the last few years. Fintech for financial inclusion has played a significant role in improving the efficiency of daily transactions.

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5 Products to Avoid in Financial Planning

Avoiding pitfalls and dodging away from the rough balls is something that we, as investors, should learn and be aware of. While the art of investing does not involve any rocket science, it is essential that one is aware of the various risks associated with each product.

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What Budget 2021 Means For Taxpayers, Investors and Consumers?

The annual Union Budget is like packaged candy for a crying kid. And if it isn't very obvious, the wrapped candy is the expected budget reforms, and the crying kid is the economy. This year, the kid had been crying quite loudly, and while the entire nation was already hoping for candy, it was also expecting it to be bigger in size and sweeter in taste.

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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) vs. Fund Of Funds (FOFs)

The Indian investment scenario has seen a significant change over the last three decades. Nowadays, investors have various investment avenues to pursue based on their liquidity situations and risk appetites.

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What is an Arbitrage?

Did you know that you can earn money simply by selling stock from one stock exchange to another?

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What is Short Selling in Stock Market?

Imagine you are a vegetable vendor in your local mandi. Onion prices are running irrationally high. You don't wanna miss the opportunity. But you've already sold out all your onions that day. So, you make an arrangement… you borrow some onions from your neighbouring vendor and assure him to return a few more onions than what you borrowed after a few days. Then, you sell these onions now at the prevailing high price. And once the price of onions drops, you buy them, then you return the borrowed onions and make profits from the excess sale proceeds. Simple, isn't it?

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What is Hedging?

Complimenting your mom on the day of your results, helping your siblings when you need a favour, or praying to God on the day of a job result; these are some things we all do in life, whenever we come across a point where situations seem out of our hands. We hope that doing so will save us from the eventual risk of getting the worse outcome, right?

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Mistakes to Avoid while Investing in a Mutual Fund

A person who only started to write yesterday can't just become Shakespeare tomorrow, right? Similarly, when it comes to investing, most of us hold onto a lot of similar misconceptions and false notions. This ultimately prompts us to take some wrong routes and makes us cause some serious blunders.

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What is the Difference between Bonds and Debentures

Financing is the requirement of every organisation, whether it is a small organisation, a settled company, or even the government that requires huge funds for daily survival. Borrowing funds through loans is probably the most common way to get additional funds.

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Changes in Mutual Fund Rules Effective in 2021

One of India's largest asset management companies (AMC), Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, on April 23, 2020, made an announcement that shook the entire mutual fund and its investor community. Franklin, in its announcement, declared the winding up of six of its debt funds.

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The Power of Compounding

Give me one candy you have and have it multiplied by 2,3,4 and so on. Sounds intriguing right? Now wouldn’t it be wonderful if the same can be done with your hard-earned money? In that case, all you have to do is use the powerful mantra of Compounding.

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7 Common Mistakes Made By First-time Investors That Can Be Avoided

Looking from the outside, investment in the stock market seems to be an easy task. However, quite often, first-time investors realize that the truth is far from this myth.

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Bonds – A must have product in your investment portfolio

In his famous book 'The Ascent of Money,' Niall Ferguson states that the birth of the bonds market is the second greatest revolution in the ascent of money after the creation of credit by banks.

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Why Do Companies Go Public: Merits and Demerits

Suppose you have started a company with a few of your friends as the shareholders. The profit and loss of the company are shared among all these shareholders. As the company continues to grow and has bigger growth potential, any company’s founder would wish to expand its business even bigger, enter new markets, invest in a major R&D idea, product diversification, amalgamation and acquisition, etc. To achieve these greater goals, the company will require a huge capital investment.

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IPO Investment Tips: Strategies for Investing in IPO

IPOs are usually very popular among retail investors. The recent IPOs like Burger King and Mrs Bector's have given 150% and 57% returns since their listing days (as on 11/01/2021).

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Know the Intermediaries involved in an IPO

Do you know the intermediaries involved in an IPO process? Do you know the intermediary’s role in the IPO process? As a prudent investor, you should know answers to these questions. Well, the common dictionary defines an intermediary as an individual who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement; whereas a financial intermediary is an institution or individual that serves as a middleman among diverse parties in order to facilitate financial transactions.

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16 Important Deadlines for 2021

The world changed dramatically in 2020. We were hit by a rare disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a substantial loss of human lives. And, to contain the spread of this contagion, the country had to go into the Great Lockdown. The result? There has been a magnificent collapse in the economic activities with lingering uncertainty about its revival.

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IPO Jargons: Understanding the Basic Terminologies

These days, many investors, including experts and beginners, especially in the Indian stock market, seem to be pumped up about investing in IPOs or Initial Public Offerings of companies. As disturbing as it was, the past year did bring about a chain of successful IPOs, which made them seem like an attractive investment opportunity as they created the image of providing a great return in a very short duration.

What is a Clearing House?

5 Products to Avoid in Financial Planning

What Budget 2021 Means For Taxpayers, Investors and Consumers?

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) vs. Fund Of Funds (FOFs)

What is an Arbitrage?

What is Short Selling in Stock Market?

What is Hedging?

Mistakes to Avoid while Investing in a Mutual Fund

What is the Difference between Bonds and Debentures

Changes in Mutual Fund Rules Effective in 2021

The Power of Compounding

7 Common Mistakes Made By First-time Investors That Can Be Avoided

Bonds – A must have product in your investment portfolio

Why Do Companies Go Public: Merits and Demerits

IPO Investment Tips: Strategies for Investing in IPO

Know the Intermediaries involved in an IPO

16 Important Deadlines for 2021

IPO Jargons: Understanding the Basic Terminologies

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