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As the trading world has shifted to the online space, it has become more and more accessible to the average investor accompanied by several useful tools and platforms.

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Equity investing has become a common practice in India as new retail investors are looking to make better profits than other investment avenues and multiply their wealth over time. The Securities and Exchange Board of India, which regulates the Indian securities market, has made tremendous efforts overtime to shift the investing process from physical to digital. Today, it takes a few clicks on the mobile or the laptop to seamlessly buy and sells shares.

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The Indian stock market has evolved to offer better features and ease of trading to new-age investors. There was a time when the Indian share market followed the open outcry system where if investors wanted to buy and sell shares, they had to be physically present at the stock exchanges.

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Demat accounts are fairly similar to bank accounts. However, the key difference is that they hold securities and financial instruments instead of money. These accounts have become the preferred method of storing securities and are regulated and maintained by depositories such as the NSDL or CDSL in India, and traders generally avail their services through brokerage firms..

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You are on your favourite trading app (like IIFL), and you’re watching happily as the stock you bought some time ago has risen to reach your target profitable price.

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Today, opening a demat account in India is done in just a few clicks. Easy, convenient and effective, any budding investor can start their journey in the world of financial markets by opening a demat account.

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Shareholding is categorized into two different sets of apps. These apps have literally mugged them off the permission to access the details of the integrated platform. This also intrudes on the facility of keeping a check on the incomes via investments. In order to simplify and ease this challenge, one can quickly transfer their existing shares from a single demat account to another one. You […]

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Demat is like a bank account that holds your shares and other securities. The statement of demat holdings broadly consists of a statement of demat transactions and demat holdings statement.

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Earlier, buying and selling of shares were done by being physically present at the exchanges. Today, with the advent of digitalisation, shares no longer need to be tangible assets. They are dematerialized, making it much easier for everyone to buy and sell them.

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The concept of Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA) was introduced by SEBI in 2012. The idea was to reduce the burden of demat charges on investors with a small portfolios below a threshold of Rs2 lakhs. Demat accounts entail a plethora of charges.

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1991 witnessed the liberalisation of the Indian economy. Post this, SEBI was established by the Indian Government as the regulator for securities markets in the year 1992. Soon after that, SEBI started bringing reforms in the securities sector. Economic reforms started getting passed to accomplish specific goals, such as the growth of capital and personal inflows, modernisation, and the introduction of a free-market economy. The […]

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A Hindu Undivided Family is a group of family members that consists of a common ancestor and his male descendants along with their wives and unmarried children.

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A good number of traders use the BTST (Buy today, sell tomorrow) facility. When you buy shares you get delivery on T+2 date. But brokers allow you to sell the stock on T+1 on the understanding that once you get the stock you will give the delivery. In such cases, if the stock goes into auction, the risk is on the trader and not on the broker.

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Bonus shares are extra shares that a firm gives to its shareholders at no cost, sometimes referred to as scrip dividends or stock dividends. Rather than issuing cash dividends, the corporation issues these shares using its reserves and profits. However, receiving bonus shares as a shareholder can be a thrilling opportunity, particularly if the business is doing well. In the meantime, many investors are unaware […]

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Buying real estate such as vacation homes, a residence, or an office is among a few of the investment opportunities Indians abroad seek to invest in.

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