Personal Finance Articles

What are Inflation Indexed Bonds? Inflation is bad for investments. How is that? High inflation eats into your profits, reducing your actual return. The inflation in November 2022 was close to 7%, indicating that if you made 10% on your...

What is Nasdaq? The NASDAQ is the American stock exchange and stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. This was the first electronic stock exchange founded in 1971. This exchange enabled investors to buy and sell stocks quickly...

Bonds are debt instruments where the lender lends money to a bond issuer. The bond issuer guarantees to repay the sum borrowed at the end of the bond tenure, plus interest at regular intervals. A private or public company, a...

The number of times an initial public offering (IPO) has been subscribed at stock exchanges is referred to as the IPO subscription. Bids for an IPO can be placed with BSE or NSE. Each exchange publishes real-time IPO subscription status...

What is LIC surrender Value? Surrender value is the amount that an insurance company pays to the policyholder for surrendering the policy before the maturity date. Surrendering the policy means ending the policy before the date of maturity. Surrender value...

An emergency fund is your cushion that saves you from unforeseen expenditures or during no income days. An emergency can be a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a flood, a health problem that prevents you from working, or...

How is an IPO Priced or Valued? A significant number of private companies raise capital through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). When a firm files for an IPO, its shares become available to the public for the first time. The...

Gold is a precious yellow metal globally, and its value has been increasing over the past decade. For ages, in many countries, including India, gold has been considered a status of wealth. Also, gold was a symbol of being rich...