Equity vs Debt vs Hybrid Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are a pool of money collected from several investors for a common investment goal. They are broadly also categorised as equity funds, debt funds and hybrid funds. Each type of mutual fund has a different investment objective and...
How to Update EPF Nominee Online
EPF Nominee Every salaried employee in India has an account with Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). Also, every EPF account holder must have a nominee for their EPF account. This will enable the nominee to withdraw from their EPF account...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
What is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)? Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an investment from an investor in one country into a business or corporation of another country to establish a long-lasting relationship. In other words, the investor, company or government...
Record Date
What is a Record Date? Whenever the company declares dividends, it sets particular dates. The record date is the date on which the company determines which shareholders are eligible to receive the company’s dividends. This is also known as the...
Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
What is Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)? Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) involves investing in securities and financial assets in another country than a home country. The securities include stocks or American Depository Receipts (ADR) of companies in an overseas country. Also,...
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InvITs – Infrastructure Investment Trusts
What are InvITs? InvITs or infrastructure investment trusts are collective investment vehicles similar to mutual funds. They pool money from individual and institutional investors and invest in infrastructure projects or assets such as roads, power plants, and pipelines. The investors...
Trading Vs Investing
What is Trading? Trading is a short-term process that involves buying and selling stocks, commodities, currencies, derivatives or other financial instruments. The primary objective is to make profits from the short-term movement in prices of these securities. Hence, traders take...
Equal Weight Index
What is an Equal Weight Index? An equal-weight index is a stock market index that gives the same weightage to all stocks that are included in it. In other words, each stock in the index is given the same importance...