Personal Finance Articles

The two well-known stock market indices in India are Nifty and Sensex. They indicate the overall performance of the stock market.  What are Stock Indices? Indexes are constructed based on a representative group of items from the entire universe and...

What is a Stock Market? A stock market is a marketplace where buyers and sellers transact in securities of publicly listed companies. The securities that trade in the stock market are equity shares, bonds, derivatives, commodities, etc. The trading of...

What is SLR? The Statutory Liquidity Ratio or SLR refer to a requirement that a bank maintains a minimum percentage of its deposits in liquid assets, such as cash, gold, and other securities. Generally, this is the minimum reserve banks...

Bonds are debt instruments in which the investor loans money to the issuer. The issuer borrows money at a fixed interest rate for a specific time duration. Such an issuer can be government, banks or corporates. Hence, when the state...

What is the standard deviation? Standard deviation is a statistical measure that quantifies the spread of the individual dataset from its mean. Here, the mean is the average of the dataset. If a dataset is further away from its mean,...

What is the S&P 500 Index? The S&P 500 Index is a stock market indicator that measures the health of the U.S. securities market. It tracks the performance of stocks of the 500 largest exchange-traded companies in the U.S. S&P...

Sovereign Gold Bonds and Fixed Deposits are popular low-risk investment options. FD has been one of the most stable and safest investment instruments for Indian investors. But SGB has become a competitive option since 2015. The Gold Monetization Scheme was...

What is the Solvency Ratio? A solvency ratio assesses a company's capacity to fulfill long-term liabilities and debts. Solvency ratios are frequently utilized by prospective lenders and investors to evaluate a company's creditworthiness. Solvency ratios differ depending on the industry....