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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, stock trading has gained more popularity. According to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the number of new Demat accounts being opened during April 2020 and January 2021 was around a record-breaking 10.7 million. The stock market is one such conventional place where people invest profoundly.

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We’ve all heard of Demat Accounts. But, what are they and how can you use them? If you are not very finance-savvy, this article will definitely help.

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Today, the media is flooded with news related to the stock market and how investors are pooling the highest ever amount in the stock market. If you think about it, investing in the stock market is not a complex thing to do.

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Demat accounts are primarily used for investing in shares and securities in an electronic form that is more accessible with a Demat account. Specifically, these accounts are meant to convert share certificates from physical to electronic format, thereby providing greater accessibility for account holders.

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The Indian financial market offers investors numerous opportunities to invest and make hefty profits through different investment instruments. However, investing requires the knowledge and the fulfilment of numerous other processes before you can buy your first security.

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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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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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Paper-strewn floors and traders frantically monitoring the trading screens at a stock exchange is probably the first image that comes to our mind when we think about the word ‘market’. But with the advent of electronic trading, traders are no more burdened with physical, paper stock certificates to trade.

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Read on to know common misconceptions about Demat account as well as the facts on the topic. Click here to read more on myths about Demat account at India Infoline.

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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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