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CONTENTS FOR SHARE MARKET
1. INVESTMENT BASICS
- What do you mean by an Investment?
- Why should one invest?
- When to start investing?
- What care should one take while investing?
- What is meant by Interest?
- What factors determine interest rates?
- What are various options available for investment?
- What are various short-term financial options available for investment?
- What are various long-term financial options available for investment?
- What is meant by a Stock Exchange?
- What is an 'Equity'/Share?
- What is a 'Debt Instrument'?
- What is a Derivative?
- What is a Mutual Fund?
- What is an Index?
- What is a Depository?
- What is Dematerialization?
2. SECURITIES
- What is meant by 'Securities'?
- What is the function of the Securities Market?
- Which securities can one invest in?
2.1 REGULATOR
- Why does the Securities Market need Regulators?
- Who regulates the Securities Market?
- What is SEBI, and what is its role?
2.2 PARTICIPANTS
- Who are the participants in the Securities Market?
- Is it necessary to transact through an intermediary?
- What are the segments of the Securities Market?
3. PRIMARY MARKET
- What is the role of the 'Primary Market'?
- What is meant by Face Value of a share/debenture?
- What do you mean by the terms Premium and Discount in a Security Market?
3.1 ISSUE OF SHARES
- Why do companies need to issue shares to the public?
- What are the different kinds of issues?
- What is meant by Issue price?
- What is meant by Market Capitalization?
- What is the difference between a public issue and private placement?
- What is an Initial Public Offer (IPO)?
- Who decides the price of an issue?
- What does 'price discovery through Book Building Process' mean?
- What is the main difference between offer of shares through book building and offer of shares through a normal public issue?
- What is Cut-Off Price?
- What is the floor price in the case of book building?
- What is a Price Band in a book-built IPO?
- Who decides the Price Band?
- What is the minimum number of days a bid should remain open during the Book-building process?
- Can the open outcry system be used for book building?
- Can an individual investor use the book building facility to make an Application?
- How does one know if shares are allotted in an IPO/offer for sale? What is the Timeframe for getting a refund if shares are not allotted?
- How long does it take to get the shares listed after the issue?
- What is the role of a 'Registrar' to an issue?
- Does NSE provide any facility for IPO?
- What is a Prospectus?
- What does 'Draft Offer document' mean?
- What is an 'Abridged Prospectus'?
- Who prepares the 'Prospectus'/'Offer Documents'?
- What does one mean by 'Lock-in'?
- What is meant by 'Listing of Securities'?
- What is a 'Listing Agreement'?
- What does 'Delisting of securities' mean?
- What is SEBI's Role in an Issue?
- Does it mean that SEBI recommends an issue?
- Does the SEBI tag make one's money safe?
3.2 FOREIGN CAPITAL ISSUANCE
- Can companies in India raise foreign currency resources?
- What is an American Depository Receipt?
- What is an ADS?
- What is meant by Global Depository Receipts?
4. SECONDARY MARKET
4.1 INTRODUCTION
- What is meant by the Secondary market?
- What is the role of the Secondary Market?
- What is the difference between the Primary Market and the Secondary Market?
4.1.1 STOCK EXCHANGE
- What is the role of a Stock Exchange in buying and selling shares?
- What is Demutualisation of stock exchanges?
- How is a demutualised exchange different from a mutual exchange?
- Currently, are there any demutualised stock exchanges in India?
4.1.2 STOCK TRADING
- What is Screen-Based Trading?
- What is NEAT?
- How to place orders with the broker?
- How does an investor get access to an internet-based trading facility?
- What is a Contract Note?
- What details are required to be mentioned on the contract note?
- What is the maximum brokerage that a broker can charge?
- Why should one trade on a recognized stock exchange only for buying/selling Shares?
- How to know if the broker or sub-broker is registered?
- What precautions must one take before investing in the stock markets?
- What Do's and Don'ts should an investor bear in mind when investing in the Stock markets?
4.2 PRODUCTS IN THE SECONDARY MARKETS
- What are the products dealt with in the Secondary Markets?
4.2.1 EQUITY INVESTMENT
- Why should one invest in equities in particular?
- What has been the average return on Equities in India?
- Which factors influence the price of a stock?
- What is meant by the terms Growth Stock / Value Stock?
- How can one acquire equity shares?
- What is Bid and Ask price?
- What is a Portfolio?
- What is Diversification?
- What are the advantages of having a diversified portfolio?
4.2.2. DEBT INVESTMENT
- What is a 'Debt Instrument'?
- What are the features of debt instruments?
- What is meant by 'Interest' payable by a debenture or a bond?
- What are the Segments in the Debt Market in India?
- Who are the Participants in the Debt Market?
- Are bonds rated for their credit quality?
- How can one acquire securities in the debt market?
5. DERIVATIVES
- What are Types of Derivatives?
- What is an 'Option Premium'?
- What is a 'Commodity Exchange'?
- What is meant by 'Commodity'?
- What is the Commodity derivatives market?
- What is the difference between Commodity and Financial derivatives?
6. DEPOSITORY
- How is a depository similar to a bank?
- Which are the depositories in India?
- What are the benefits of participation in a depository?
- Who is a Depository Participant (DP)?
- Does one need to keep any minimum balance of securities in his account with his DP?
- What is an ISIN?
- What is a Custodian?
- What is a De-mat Account?
- How can one convert physical holding into electronic holding i.e. how can one Dematerialize securities?
- Can odd lot shares be dematerialized?
- Do dematerialized shares have distinctive numbers?
- Can electronic holdings be converted into Physical certificates?
- Can one dematerialize his debt instruments, mutual fund units, government securities in his de-mat account?
7. MUTUAL FUNDS
- What is the Regulatory Body for Mutual Funds?
- What are the benefits of investing in Mutual Funds?
- What is NAV?
- What is Entry/Exit Load?
- Are there any risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds?
- What are the different types of Mutual funds?
- What are the different investment plans that Mutual Funds offer?
- What are the rights that are available to a Mutual Fund holder in India?
- What is a Fund Offer document?
- What is Active Fund Management?
- What is Passive Fund Management?
- What is an ETF?
8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 CORPORATE ACTIONS
- What are Corporate Actions?
- What is meant by 'Dividend' declared by companies?
- What is meant by Dividend yield?
- What is a Stock Split?
- Why do companies announce Stock Splits?
- What is Buyback of Shares?
8.2 INDEX
- What is the Nifty index?
8.3 CLEARING & SETTLEMENT AND REDRESSAL
- What is a Clearing Corporation?
- What is Rolling Settlement?
- What is Pay-in and Pay-out?
- What is an Auction?
- What is a Book-closure/Record date?
- What is a No-delivery period?
- What is an Ex-dividend date?
- What is an Ex-date?
- What recourses are available to investor/client for redressing his grievances?
- What is Arbitration?
- What is an Investor Protection Fund?
9. CONCEPTS & MODES OF ANALYSIS
- What is Simple Interest?
- What is Compound Interest?
- What is meant by the Time Value of Money?
- How is the time value of money computed?
- What is Effective Annual return?
- How to go about systematically analyzing a company?
- What is an Annual Report?
- Which features of an Annual Report should one read carefully?
- What is a Balance Sheet and a Profit and Loss Account Statement?
- What is the difference between a Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account Statements of a company?
- What do these sources of funds represent?
- What is the difference between Equity shareholders and Preferential shareholders?
- What is the difference between secured and unsecured loans?
- What is meant by the application of funds?
- What do the sub-headings under the Fixed Assets like 'Gross block', 'Depreciation', 'Net Block', and 'Capital-Work in Progress' mean?
- What are Current Liabilities and Provisions and Net Current Assets in the balance sheet?
- How is the balance sheet summarized?
- What does a Profit and Loss Account statement consist of?
- What should one look for in
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