From the days of the “Common Man” famously caricatured by the inimitable R.K. Lakshman, every budget has tried to build its central theme around the Aam Aadmi. Over the last few years, the Aam Aadmi has also become a lot more conscious of

When rolling settlements were first introduced in India in 2001, it marked the end of Badla trading and the beginning of F&O trading in Indian markets. But it had a surprising side impact. It led to the rise of intraday trading in India, since an

The one big event that sets the trend for the stock market during a year is the Union Budget. In year 2019, Indian stock markets are doubly blessed as there will be two comprehensive budgets. The interim budget was almost like a full budget so one ca

We normally do not focus on the subtle differences between the trading account and the demat account. Of course, they are linked to each other because that is how shares pass to and from your account. Let us look at some of the key differences betwee

Is it possible to be consistently profitable in intraday trading? Now that sounds too simplistic but you need to understand that intraday trading is less about risk taking ability and skill and a lot more about how you manage your risk. In intraday t

Stock market investing is as much a mind game as it is about skill and experience. In fact, it is a lot more about the gut than about the brain. However, investment is for the long term and hence cannot be totally impetuous. There has to be a body of

SIPs give you the advantage of matching outflows to inflows and also proffer the benefit of rupee cost averaging. But even in SIPs you need to make a selection. Here is how you should go about investing in a systematic manner. Step 1: Set out long

Your demat account is your gateway to stock ownership. In fact, it is a lot more. You can hold shares, bonds, ETFs, gold bonds and even your mutual funds in your demat account. The demat account is a statement of ownership and SEBI mandates that it i

Direct Funds or Direct Plans of Mutual Funds are of fairly recent origin. Till August 2009, mutual funds charged entry loads, which were used to pay commissions to sales facilitators. Since entry loads were to the tune of 2 to 2.5, it imposed a huge

We usually use the terms mutual funds and ETFs interchangeably. Conceptually they are both the same. An exchange traded fund (ETF) is also an example of fund manager managing retail money in a professional manner with the benefit of diversification.

Derivatives, as the word suggests, are contracts and not investments. They are referred to as derivatives because their value is derived from an underlying asset. That underlying asset could be an equity stock, an index, a bond, a commodity, a bond i

There is a certain noticeable irony about Indian women in capital markets. In the last 10 years, we have had some of the finest and largest banks and financial institutions in India led by women. State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC and K