The performance of a company depends on the performance of the economy. If the economy is booming, incomes rise, demand for goods increases, and hence....
The intrinsic value of an equity share depends on a multitude of factors. The earnings of the company, the growth rate and the risk exposure of the co....
In stock exchanges, continuous trading in securities takes place and these trades occur at different prices. As a result, even on a single day, prices....
Investors may purchase securities in the stock exchanges either using their own funds or funds borrowed from banks, brokers, etc. Conservative investo....
Traders engaged in speculative activity in the stock market are described by different names based on the type of activity they generally engage in. T....
People who buy and sell securities in the stock exchanges may have different motivations for doing so. A person may be interested in getting a good ra....
Trading in stock exchanges is carried out in two phases. In the first phase, the execution of the orders submitted by clients takes place between brok....
An investor can have his buy or sell orders executed either at the best price prevailing on the exchange or at a price that he determines. Accordingly....
A stock exchange is a market for trading in securities. But it is not an ordinary market; it is a market with several peculiar features. In a stock ex....
The stock exchanges play a very vital and sensitive role in the functioning of the economy, especially the private sector of the economy. The function....
For the securities of a company to be traded on a stock exchange, they have to be listed in that stock exchange. Listing is the process of including t....
Basically, a stock exchange is an organised market for trading securities. It is also called a bourse. It is an association or organisation of individ....
With the setting up of the National Stock Exchange in 1994, a transformation of the Indian stock market was initiated. Automated screen-based trading,....
With the liberalisation of the Indian economy during the 1990s, it was inevitable that the Indian stock market trading system be raised to the level o....
The traditional trading mechanism (floor trading using open outcry system), which prevailed in the Indian stock exchanges, resulted in much functional....
The Indian securities market has become one of the most dynamic and efficient securities market in Asia today. The Indian market now conforms to inter....
A stock exchange has an important role to fulfil in the economic development of a country. It is essential for the smooth functioning of the private s....
Primary market is the market in which new issues of securities are sold by the issuing companies directly to the investors. Secondary market is the ma....