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A Demat account holds your shares and securities in electronic format. You need to select a depository participant (DP), which can be banks, financial institutions, brokers, or any entity authorised by SEBI to open your Demat account.

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Making money in stock markets is not a gamble, but a process of systematic and scientific investments. It is important to be aware and equipped with the fundamentals of stock markets.

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The capital market in India has been growing rapidly. The latest statistics also show that Individual investors make up around 45% to 39% of the total volumes of the Indian equity markets. The rapid increase of digital technologies has transformed the entire trading system of the country. New people are joining the league and people from different places can invest in a large number of products owing to The Securities and Exchange Board of India which introduced the electronic book-keeping of shares.

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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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A critical tool for maximizing your wealth and safekeeping, Demat accounts make share trading quick and easy. It eliminates the risks and challenges associated with physical share certificates. In India, if you wish to invest in the stock market, it is mandatory to open a Demat account.

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If an investor is holding physical share certificates, then as per the SEBI Regulations these shares have to be dematerialized before they can be sold. Since more than 99% of the shareholdings are in demat mode, it makes sense to convert your physical certificates, if any, into electronic credits in demat account.

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Hacking means someone accessing your online account without having any authority to do so from your side. Unethical hackers try to get access to online accounts such as trading and demat accounts because they can steal money and other assets from such accounts.

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It is not possible to have joint trading accounts. But a joint demat account is allowed. This joint demat account can have 1 primary account holder and up to 2 joint account holders.

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A dematerialised Account or Demat account is used for holding securities and shares in a digital format. The Demat account holds shares and securities. It helps investors track their investments in bonds, shares, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds under one umbrella. Besides, they can cover the physical shares in digital modes. The digitisation process of the Indian stock trading for investors with a Demat account […]

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As a budding trader, you have already opened your Demat account with the depository investor, i.e., DP. You may start trading in just some stocks at first. But when your trading skills enhance, there are chances that you will extend the trading and invest in different shares. So, if you wish to begin your stock market investments by investing in securities, a CDSL Demat account […]

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The current 21st-century stock market involves buying and selling shares in a seamless way online. While it may sound easy for modern investors, the process becomes challenging for the ones who still have physical shares. Suppose you hold your physical shares and wish to sell them; you won’t be able to do so through online modes. Thus, SEBI simplifies the process in a few ways. […]

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It is a known fact that the Demat account is utilized for holding high dependability in a nation like India. When you purchase security with the help of trading accounts, these elements are held with the demat accounts. Simultaneously, the security is withdrawn from the demat accounts when one decides to sell them off. The Depository Participant or the broker that offers a CDSL demat […]

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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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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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Investing in stock markets requires you to follow certain statutory steps. Foremost, is to link your Aadhaar with Demat Account. Market regulator, Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) made it compulsory for all brokers/brokerage firms to link Aadhaar with the Demat Account of investors using their trading platforms. Following this, National Securities Depositories Ltd (NSDL) made provisions for the online linking of Aadhaar with the Demat Account of all investors.

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