What is Lifestyle Inflation? As our income grows, so does our desire to spend more money on the things we enjoy. This is known as lifestyle inflation, or the tendency to increase spending as income increases. Lifestyle inflation is also...

What is IPO Listing? Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the process by which an unlisted company gets listed on a stock exchange by offering its securities/ shares on the primary market. The purpose of an initial public offering can be...

​​What is Grey Market? Formally and legally, share trade on the primary and secondary markets. Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulates primary and secondary markets. New shares are issued and sold to the general public in the primary market....

Indian companies can get listed on foreign exchanges only through a Global Depository Receipt (GDR). GDR is a negotiable instrument. Therefore, through a GDR, Indian companies get access to foreign funds. This article covers what a GDR is, its features,...

What is Face Value in an IPO? Face value is the fixed price a company sets for its share before going for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). It is also known as ‘Par Value’. The face value can be any...

What is a Bad Bank? A bad bank is a bank/ entity that acquires risky and illiquid assets of banks and financial institutions. Bad banks help in cleaning the balance sheets of a bank by taking over its bad loans....

Options are financial derivative instruments that derive their value from the underlying assets. The underlying assets can be stocks, bonds, commodities, etc. Since underlying asset value fluctuates continuously, option prices also keep changing.  What are Options? Options are financial instruments...

Derivatives are financial instruments which do not have any inherent value. Instead, they derive their value from their underlying assets. The underlying assets can be stocks, bonds, commodities, indices, currencies, etc. Any change in the price of underlying assets reflects...