For companies, raising capital through the primary market is time consuming and expensive. The issuer has to engage the services of a number of interm....
Primary market is the medium for raising fresh capital in the form of equity and debt. It mops up resources from the public (investors) and makes them....
In a public issue, investors are allowed to subscribe to the shares being issued by the company during a specified period ranging from a minimum of th....
The methods by which new issues of shares are floated in the primary market in India are: Public issue Rights issue Private placement. ....
When a new company is floated, its shares are issued to the public in the primary market as an Initial Public Offer (IPO). If the company subsequently....
The financial market may be classified as primary market or secondary market depending on whether the securities traded are newly issued securities or....
Different types of securities are traded in the securities market. These may include ownership securities, debt securities, short-term securities, lon....
Corporate securities and government securities constitute important investment avenues for savers. These are traded in the securities market. Creation....
The real estate market offers a high return to the investors. The word real estate means land and buildings. There is a normal notion that the price o....
For ages, gold and silver have been considered as a form of investment. They are considered as best hedge against inflation. This is a favourite form ....
The open-ended and close-ended schemes are classified on the basis of their objectives. Some of them are given below....
Life insurance is a contract for payment of a sum of money to the person assured (or to the person entitled to receive the same) on the happening of e....
Tax sheltered savings schemes are of great importance to the investors in the tax-paying category. The tax sheltered savings schemes offer tax relief ....
Deposits earn fixed rate of return. Even though bank deposits resemble fixed income securities they are not negotiable instruments. Some of the deposi....
The equity shares attract the interest of many. In the early nineties, the stock market was the best and safety place for the common individual to inv....
There are a large number of investment avenues for savers in India. Some of them are marketable and liquid while others are non marketable. Some of th....
Investors may be individuals and institutions. Individual investors operate alongside institutional investors in the investment arena. However, their ....
Investment has also to be distinguished from gambling. Typical examples of gambling are horse races, card games, lotteries, etc.....