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What is a Ticker?

While investing in the US stock market, investors must know one of the important aspects of the ticker symbol. Every stock or security name has a certain number or letters along with it. This is the stock ticker symbol.  What...

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Bad Bank in India

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....

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How To Set-Up Stop Loss?

What is Stop Loss? When you invest in a stock, you anticipate it will increase in value. However, a number of causes can lead to short-term market fluctuations. To protect against a significant change in the market price of a...

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What are Options?

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...

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What are Futures?

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...

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Futures and Options (F&O)

Futures and options are derivatives that are traded on the stock exchange and derive their price from the underlying asset. Hedgers, speculators, and arbitrageurs use these contracts to make profits or hedge the risk with the underlying asset. A futures...

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Wealth Management: What it is and How it works

What is Wealth Management?  Wealth management is a niche professional advisory service that devises personalised strategy for a client using various financial products and services. In some cases, depending on the client's complex needs, use of all specialized financial services...

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Wealth Creation – Meaning, Importance and Investment Plans

What is wealth creation? Wealth creation is the process of investing in different asset classes where the investments will help in fulfilling  key needs. These investments should also be self-contained that can generate a stable source of income, helping one...