List of Share Market Articles

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.

The concept of average is quite clear. If we buy 3 items at Rs.40, Rs.50 and Rs.60 each then the average price is Rs.50. In other words, the average price is nothing but the total value divided by the number of items.

The greatest resource for a company is its employees. You can start a company with very little capital. However, to see it succeed, you have to rely a great deal on the employees and their hard work. Take the example of any big company that is enjoying success today.

Algorithmic Trading is the process of using pre-programmed trading instructions to execute trading orders at high speed in the financial market.

Equities refer to small pieces of a company’s worth, considering all pending liabilities. If you are investing in a company by purchasing equities, you become an owner of the company in the same ratio as the equities bought.

With the recent IPO frenzy, terms such as OFS, FPO, etc. are trending topics. OFS refers to Offer for Sale

The Indian stock market has consistently outperformed almost all other financial instruments in terms of returns

A share market is a place where shares are publicly issued and traded. A share serves as a tradeable document that validates your ownership of a company.

If you are an investor, you wouldn’t be concerned about the type of products and services, as long as the company is making profits and is appreciating its share price. However, the company has to think about both the factors and how it has to take their business forward in the best possible way along with giving good returns to the investors.

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.

What is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)? Many companies have taken the route of SPAC for getting publicly listed on stock exchanges in countries such as US. They provide an alternative to floating an IPO. A SPAC is a shell company. It raises cash from the public through its IPO and gets listed. A private company that wants to get listed can merge with […]

Margin Trading Facility or better known as MTF in market parlance, is a special privilege that is offered to buyers of shares and securities wherein they can buy worth more than they can afford to pay in cash. Here is how it works.

As fervent propagators of financial literacy, IIFL endeavours to explain essential concepts that new investors in the stock market should know about. One such concept is called a tracking stock.

For decades, the stock market has been a lucrative opportunity for investors worldwide. Particularly today, as the stock market has gone digital, it attracts a larger number of participants than ever before.

The stock market is a fast-paced environment with thousands of participants trading at any time of the day. If you are an investor or a trader, it can get tough to track stock prices and transact in multiple securities throughout the day.