The spread of Coronavirus (Covid 19) epidemic has created panic all over the world. In India, the number of coronavirus cases is also on the rise. According to recent media reports, 1,170 people are affected by coronavirus. To break the chain of coro

If you have decided to invest in stocks, the next big question is how do you go about the process of investing in stocks? Investing is easier said than done because when it comes to investing you are putting your own money at stake. Euclid had said t

Demat Account is almost like a bank account. Just like you hold funds in your bank account, you hold shares and other securities in the Demat Account. Having a Demat Account is mandatory for trading in equities as per SEBI regulations. How t

When you buy or sell stocks in the market, your job ends with the transaction. However, there is a massive back-end process that goes on behind the scenes to enable your trade to go through smoothly. For example, the trade is only one part of the ent

If you expect the stock price to go up, the choice is quite simple. You either buy the stock for delivery and hold it in your demat account or you buy the futures, if available in F&O. But what if you have a negative view on the stock? You can se

Most of the investors would be thinking of if they could rule out the year 2020 from their investment portfolio as the first 6 months (H1) of the year 2020 was a challenging period for equity markets. The market made record high in January 2020 but s

Mutual funds play an important role in financial planning mainly because they are versatile products. They can offer the growth of equities, the safety of debt, the liquidity of cash and the uniqueness of gold. In short, it is possible to conduct you

The one big story of the budget was the dual tax regime with individuals now having to choose their tax regime. What does that mean? How the scrapping of DDT and status quo on LTCG tax impacts taxes! Now you need to choose your personal tax regime

If you gauge the markets by the movement of the Sensex and the Nifty on the day of the Budget then it was surely disappointing. A loss of 1000 points on the Sensex is just one side of the story. The bigger worry is that the last 1 year’s efforts to

In a way online trading is as simple as online shopping. Of course, you need to do a little more research and do some follow up monitoring, online trading is effectively as simple as that. Your trading account and demat account are online and everyth

Year 2019 was a year of few IPOs but there were many outperformers with just 3 out of 16 IPOs giving negative returns as on date. Analysis of the performance of the IPOs in the previous year is vital to give us a fair picture of what to expect in the

SBI Cards IPO opens on March 02nd 2020 and closes on March 05th 2020. The IPO will have an offer for sale component and a fresh issue component. The total size of the issue is Rs.10,354 crore and post the issue the stake of State Bank of India in SBI