What is a stock-market index?
Investorline Stiching Sensex In recent months, the Sensex has created headline after headline as it has marched seemingly unstoppable from 15,000 to 16,000 to 19,000 and, for a brief moment, 20,000.…
What is the Sensex and the Nifty?
What is the Sensex and the Nifty? These are the two most popular indices for Indian stock markets and are produced by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock…
Investment in Indian Companies by FIIs/NRIs/PIOs- Regulations
Investment in Indian Companies by FIIs/NRIs/PIOs Regulations Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) are allowed to invest in the primary and secondary capital…
What is a Yield & Yield Curve
What is a Yield? Yield is the interest paid by the bond expressed as a % of its current market price. E.g. the yield of 7.99% 2017 G Sec at…
Mutual Funds Glossary – Y
Terms Description Yield Distributions form investment income, usually expressed as a percentage of net asset value or market price. Unlike total return, yield has the single component of investment income…
Mutual Funds Glossary – V
Terms Description Value Stocks Stocks that are considered to be undervalued based upon such ratios as price-to-book or price-to-earnings (P/E). These stocks generally have lower price-to-book and price-earnings ratios, higher…
Mutual Funds Glossary – U
Terms Description Unit A Unit represents one undivided share in the assets of the Schemes. Unit Trust A special type of fund, usually a bond fund, that has a fixed…
Mutual Funds Glossary – T
Terms Description Total Assets Under Management The market value of the total investments of a fund as on a particular date Total Return Return on an investment, taking into account…
Mutual Funds Glossary – S
Terms Description Sale price The price at which a fund offers to sell one unit of its scheme to investors. This NAV is grossed up with the entry load applicable,…
Mutual Funds Glossary – P
Terms Description Pay-out Pay-out day is the designated day on which securities and funds are paid out to the members by the clearing house of the Exchange. Premium When the…