Personal Finance Articles

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...

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...

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...

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...

What is Venture Capital Firm? A venture capital firm acts as both an investor and the manager of the fund. As an investor, the firm usually puts between 1% and 2% of its own money into the fund. This shows...

Value stocks are underpriced stocks and the investment strategy of investing in value stocks is known as value investing. The concept of value investing was introduced in 1928 by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. What Are Value Stocks? The 'Value'...

The demand and supply forces determine a company's share price in the stock market. If the demand for a company's shares is high, the share price will go up. But the share price does not reflect the share's true value...

US Oil Sector The oil and gas industry is one of the major industries contributing to US economy. Also, it plays a major role in influencing the decision-making of all the other sectors. The industry has three main segments: upstream,...