Basics
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LIST OF GLOBAL STOCK EXCHANGES
Sydney Futures Exchange, Australia, Australian Stock Exchanges, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Futures Exchange, National Stock Exchange of India, Bombay Stock Exchange, Jakarta Stock Exchange, Indonesia NET Exchange,Nagoya Stock Exchange
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INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL MARKET
Capital Market is generally understood as a market for long term funds and investments in long term instruments available in this market. However now this market also include short-term funds. Capital markets mean the market for all the financial instruments, short term and long term, as also commercial, industrial and government paper. The capital market [...]
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HOW TO TRADE ON-LINE?
1. Log on to the Broker’s website.
2. Register yourself as a client.
3. Fill in the client broker agreement on tamp paper.
4. Log on to the broker’s site using secure user ID and password.
5. The market watch page will show real time data.
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BSE AUTO
In August 2004 BSE launched a new Sector Series (90/FF) indices comprising BSE Auto Index, BSE BANKEX, BSE Capital Goods Index, BSE Consumer Durables Index, BSE FMCG Index, BSE Health care Index, BSE IT Index, BSE Metal Index, BSE Oil & Gas Index, BSE Mid Cap Index, BSE Small Cap Index. BSE Auto Index comprises [...]
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INDIAN STOCK INDICES
Stock Indices represents the performance of stock market and by proxy, reflects investorssentiment on the state of the economy. This section will keep you updated with the BSE and NSE indices along with index from NYSE Composite, NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jonds I. A., and other leading stock markets of the world.
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DEMATERIALISATION & REMATERIALISATION
Dematerialisation is the process by which physical certificates of an investor are converted to an equivalent number of securities in electronic form and credited into investor’s account with his/her Depository Participant
How can one convert physical holding into electronic holding i.e. how can one dematerialise securities?
In order to dematerialise physical securities one has to fill in [...] -
E-TRADING
One of the most revolutionary things to happen at the end of the twentieth century is obviously the revolution in communication through internet. The Net has become the way future business is heading towards. It is therefore no surprise that the Net has made a big difference in the way stock markets around world will [...]
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DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT
Who is Depository Participant?
A Depository Participant (DP) is an agent of the depository through which it interfaces with the investor. A DP can offer depository services only after it gets proper registration from SEBI. A Depository can be compared with a bank, likewise a DP may be compared with a branch of a bank.What is [...]
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STOCK EXCHANGES
Stock exchange is an association, organization or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, established for the purpose of assisting and controlling the business of buying, selling and dealing in securities.
Without an efficient stock exchange, the saving of the community, which are essential for economic progress would not be able for the business community. It [...] -
PRIMARY MARKET
The primary market is a place for the fresh issue of securities. Corporates, banks, FIIs and government can issue new securities and raise fund for investment purpose. This is typically done through a syndicate of securities dealers. The process of selling new issues to investors is called underwriting. In the case of a new stock [...]
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SECONDARY MARKET
The transactions involving the securities issued in the primary market take place in the secondary market. Thus secondary market deals in securities previously issued in the primary market and thereby provide liquidity to the investors. Investors can either buy securities previously issued or sell securities held by them in the secondary market on a continuous [...]
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BSE 200 INDEX
BSE 200 Index was constructed and launched on 27th May 1994. The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange registered a phenomenal increase from 992 in the year 1980 to about 3,200 companies by the end of March 1994. These factors necessitated compilation of a new broad-based index series reflecting the present market [...] -
BSE CONSUMER GOODS INDEX
Consumer goods index is a part of the BSE sectoral Indices. To track the performance of companies dealing with the consumer goods it was necessary to list them in a new index named CG Index. CG Index comprises the companies occupying 90% market capitalization in the field of consumer goods.
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BSE FMCG INDEX
Products that shows a sudden shelf turnover, at comparatively low cost are classified as Fast Moving Consumer Goods. Eatables, soft drinks, and cleaning materials falls in FMCG category. Examples of FMCG brands are Coca-Cola, Kleenex and Mars. FMCG Index monitors the performance of the major brands in the FMCG category. Scrips having a minimum of [...]
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BSE HEALTHCARE INDEX
Health Care and Pharma sector are emerging as strong effectors on the economy of India. BSE launched a new Health Care Index, monitoring the health care sector performance individulally.On August 23, 2004 five sectoral Indices viz BSE IT, BSE FMCG, BSE Capital Goods, BSE Consumer Durables and BSE Health care were shifted to Free-Float methodology [...]
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CNX Nifty Junior
The next rung of liquid securities after S&P CNX Nifty is the CNX Nifty Junior index. It may be useful to think of the S&P CNX Nifty and the CNX Nifty Junior as making up the 100 most liquid stocks in India.
As with the S&P CNX Nifty, stocks in the CNX Nifty Junior are filtered [...]
