Personal Finance Articles

What is Stock Exchange? A stock market is a place where the shares of publicly listed companies are traded. It originated in India at the end of the 18th century when a lot of negotiable instruments were introduced in the...

What is the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) Movement? This is a financial movement defined by extreme savings and investment. The FIRE movement allows you to retire early by saving up to 70% of your annual income. This accumulated fund...

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) account can be opened by an NRI or PIO with any authorized bank in India. In India, there are three types of NRI accounts, namely, NRE account, NRO account, and FCNR account. This article covers NRI...

Nifty BeEs is an exchange-traded fund that replicates the S&P CNX Nifty Index. It is the first ETF introduced by the benchmark in 2002 January. It trades on the National Stock Exchange and hence can be bought or sold in...

The Indian Financial System has independent regulators for different sectors. Banking, Insurance, Capital Market, Commodity Market, Pension Fund, are the major financial sectors in India. The regulators are autonomous agencies that are responsible for regulatory and supervisory activities. Each regulatory...

ICICI Bank offers different savings accounts for different types of investor needs. The ICICI bank savings account interest rate up to 3.0% - 3.50% p.a. The interest computation is on a daily basis however, the payments are on a quarterly...

Gold in its purest form is yellow in color however as an alloy it is available as White Gold and Rose Gold too. Pure gold is 24 Karats, but it is soft, so other metals are added to it to...

What is a redeemable security? Redeemable security is the one which can be liquidated into cash by the issuer at investor's request. The most common redeemable security available in the market is the open-ended mutual fund. Any open-ended mutual fund...