List of Share Market Articles

An investor must know about every type of investor to understand the stock market better. This blog will shed light on accredited investor meaning and how they affect the overall stock market.

Both bonus and splits entail a small tweaking of your capital base. In case of bonus, the company issues fresh shares to the existing shareholders by capitalizing the profits held in the free reserves of the company.

Have you ever wondered about the continuous display of stock prices on a financial news channel or the ribbon of stock prices on major stock exchanges of the world?

The risk-free rate of return is a theoretical number within the capital markets that pertains to an investment that provides guaranteed returns with negligible or zero risk.

In this segment, we look at the types of margins that are levied on cash and futures and options positions. There are various margin types ranging from initial margins to MTM margins, which you must be familiar with.

When a company seeks to get listed on a stock exchange, the news and media will be raging with all the buzz around upcoming IPOs.

Whether you are a newcomer or an experienced hand, the eternal question in trading is always - what is the best time to buy (or sell) stocks?

The big question that mutual fund traders have on their minds is can I buy mutual funds on margin? That is an interesting question and we will come back to why it is practically tough in the Indian context.

Typically, promoters of a company dedicate time and effort to the growth of a company. It is only fair for promoters, founders, or key employees to be rewarded for resolute perseverance.

Several years ago, if someone told you that they left their high-paying job to start a business of their own, you would have been surprised. Fast forward to now, the high paying jobs have shifted to new-age startups that are being created every day.

The interest accrued on a savings account is never enough to help you multiply your wealth and achieve financial freedom. Investors such as Rakesh Jhunjhunwala started with just Rs 5,000 and went on to become a billionaire by investing in various financial instruments available in the market.

How would you forecast that the price of an asset or security is going to go down, and by how much? One way of identifying this phenomenon is through the use of the hanging man candlestick pattern, which is the bearish version of the hammer candlestick pattern.

The India VIX index is a volatility index that is a broad measure of the market’s expectation of volatility over the near term. It is calculated from the prevailing index option prices of the Nifty and is usually denoted as a percentage rather than an absolute value.

Capital appreciation refers to growth in the market value of assets or investments. For most people, the ultimate objective of investing is capital appreciation - buying assets cheap and selling them at a relatively higher price.

A common question among new investors regarding the stock market is: why do some investors say they have lost a huge sum of money while investing, while others have garnered immense wealth by investing in stocks?