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In our post, Demystifying Derivatives: Margin and risk capital for futures contract, we discussed the margin requirements in futures. We also discussed, how marked to market pricing works, how it affects your margins and your profits...

Derivatives are very important instruments in capital markets. However, most retail investors do not have a good understanding of these instruments. I have seen some of my friends and relatives trading in derivatives without...

Earlier this week we saw major correction in equity markets around the world, including India. This sell off in equity markets was caused by a several comments made by US Federal Reserve officials over the last few weeks, hinting at a rise in...

Over the last few days the Nifty corrected from its 52 week high of 8,969 to 8715 (as on September 9, 2016). This 250 point (approx) correction may have come as a surprise to some investors, but to readers who have followed our technical...

When looking at different mutual funds for investments, you may have come across scheme names like ABC Growth Fund or XYZ Value Funds (ABC and XYZ being the AMC names). The scheme name itself, sometimes...

Over the past months or so, I have read a number of financial blogs, where debt fund investors have been advised to avoid and exit long term debt funds. The reason given by most authors was that, “the 10 year yield is at a multi...

If you follow the stock market during the earnings season, you will see that the headline numbers are usually the revenue and earnings (EPS) growth. In our post, Importance of EPS in Equity Investing, we had discussed that, the quality of EPS...

Behaviour of capital markets is, more often than not, unpredictable and economists have developed complex concepts, trying to explain the behaviour of capital markets. These concepts often leave retail investors confused...

Experts, philosophers and even our wise elders said the same thing – ‘Change is the only constant’. With time, everything changes and evolves. The same can also be said in the context of life insurance plans. Where earlier traditional plans like Whole Life...

In the first part of this article, we discussed that when you reach your early 40s, you are actually approaching the mid-point of your career after working for around 20 years. We also discussed how this stage of your life is important both from a...