The commodity options market is simply a market in which producers may purchase the opportunity to sell or...

International investing is increasingly gaining in popularity with an increasing number of Indians offered options to invest in internal equities, whether through direct equity exposure or via international mutual funds.

Since futures are contracts for future date, you should know the current spot market price of...

As in the case of stocks, most of the exchanges, the best five buy and sell orders for every contract available for...

Margin is the deposit money that needs to be paid to buy or sell each contract. The margin required for a...

The commodities market will have three broad categories of market participants apart from brokers and...

In India, commodity trading is taking place through spot market and forward and futures contracts.

It is now widely known that the pandemic has given a boost to the IT and pharmaceutical sectors.

Globally, India is known to be the largest provider of generic drugs.

From an investor’s point of view, commodity investment has certain unique features as it is...

Databank of top-ranked equity funds based on DSIJ's proprietary research methodology.

So, what are the options for investing in commodities? As an investor, people can use many vehicles in...

Commodity trading carries a lower downside risk than other asset classes, as pricing in...

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A commonly used approach is to consider as an asset class any instrument

The different commodities that trade on various commodity exchanges can broadly be classified as below

Just as stocks and stock derivatives are traded in stock exchanges, commodity derivatives are traded in commodity exchanges.

The Indian experience in commodity futures market dates back to thousands of years.

Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made headlines post announcing that his company has invested USD 1.5 billion worth in Bitcoin. This might have tempted many existing and potential investors to take a shot at this new investment avenue. But many may have done so without understanding the intricacies of the Bitcoin. The article provides some interesting insights

Commodities are natural products that grow (such as wheat, rice, etc.)

Angel Broking, one of the largest retail broking houses in India announced that it has launched international investments for Indian investors by collaborating with Vested Finance thereby, making investments in the US stocks and ETFs, hassle-free. 

As we all know, a market where commodities are traded is referred to as a commodity market.

The Nifty witnessed a scintillating rally of 1,770 points from the Union Budget day lows to an all-time high of 15431.75

There are other instruments and few of them are briefly covered here.

This is our mutual fund recommendation. Every fortnight , we recommend one open-ended equity diversified fund that has the best potential of returns for the next one year considering its constituents remain the same. 

By combining options and/or stock into spreads, the investor can add even more flexibility to his

For aggressive investors who are very bullish about the prospects for a stock / index, buying calls can...

The optionality characteristic of options results in a non-linear payoff for options. 

The writer of the Call Option is generally bearish, while the writer of the Put Option is...

Investing is essential for achieving your financial goals.

There are four types of participants in options markets depending on the position they ...

Options, are another type of derivative instruments. Some people might say options are bit complex...

Stock index futures have become the most popular financial derivative instruments and widely traded all...

When it comes to investing, one of the factors which cloud an individual’s decision making skill is one’s own emotional bias.

The scrips in this column have been recommended with a 15-day investment horizon in mind and carry high risk. Therefore, investors are advised to take into account their risk appetite before investing, as fundamentals may or may not back the recommendations.

A futures spread is simply the simultaneous trading of one contract against another.

If on the expiry date, the actual price of Reliance Industries is Rs 1300, Mahesh can buy the shares at...

A future contract, unlike the privately-traded forward contract, is publicly traded. 

Before discussing this concept lets discuss about spot market. In a spot market, what you generally do?

Due to complexity in nature, it is very difficult to classify the financial derivatives.

This section gives a recommendation of a stock having stock price below Rs 100 with sound fundamentals and expected to give handsome returns over a one-year time horizon.

Contrary to what fables may state, it never rains money through the roof. To create wealth, you must have a proper plan in place – one that takes into account your investment objectives while also helping you to generate wealth. Mutual funds, as this report shows, is the best option
 

A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from the value of one or more basic variables called bases...

As you are aware the financial derivatives have become increasingly popular and most commonly used in

 At times, the focus on past performance is so overwhelming that it leaves investors with the...

Exchange Traded Funds are mutual fund units which investors buy/sell from the stock exchange, as ...

Assets Under Management (AUM) is the total value of assets managed by an AMC in one or all the plans.

This column gives you scrip chosen by the research team during the fortnight that is fundamentally strong and expected to give good capital appreciation over a time period of 1 year. 

Most investors preferred to book profits from the recent market rallies before the economy gets engulfed by another wave of uncertainty as restrictions are being implemented to curb the spread of the disease.

I cannot help but share my excitement with you, dear readers and investors, about this special anniversary issue that celebrates Dalal Street Investment Journal's landmark completion of 35 years.

I found the article related to swing trading, which can help to earn profits over a short period of time, quite interesting.

Anyone interested in investing must have heard about the investment acumen of Warren Buffet. He is considered to be a genius investor that has helped him to build a vast fortune.

How can someone be ready before identifying one's investment needs. right? 

Wednesday turned out to be a wonderful day of trade for bulls as Sensex registered four-digit gains. Nifty too logged triple-digit gains and closed just shy of the important psychological mark of 15,000. 

A wide variety of mutual fund schemes exist to cater to the needs such as financial position, risk...

A wide variety of mutual fund schemes exist to cater to the needs such as financial position, risk tolerance and...

The best mutual funds design their portfolios in such a way that investment components will react differently to

The performance of a mutual fund can be appraised from the Net Asset Value (NAV) which is disclosed on a daily basis. 

The mutual fund industry can be broadly put into four phases according to the development of the sector.

A mutual fund is made up when large number of investors pool their money together and invest in stocks, bonds, etc

Well, now we have so far discussed about equities in general in our last three modules.

Many investors do not have the basic understanding of a good portfolio. In fact, there is no...

Asset allocation is a very important tool in building a diversified portfolio.

Beta is the overall risk in investing in a large market such as the BSE and the NSE.

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is an economic model for valuing stocks, securities, derivatives and/or...

The Modern Portfolio Theory is the optimal tool in developing methods and strategies that come...

There are five phases that can be identified in this process:

The contribution each stock makes to the total risk of a well-diversified portfolio depends on the stock's covariance with...

While discussing portfolio management, at the outset we need to define what risk is all about. 

We have, so far, gained clarity about the various aspects of investment and stock market behaviour.

Wireless trading or Mobile trading as it is popularly known is soon going to change the...

BTST stands for 'buy today and sell tomorrow'. It is also a short-term trading strategy and is

Suppose that you, after painstaking research and analysis, have decided that the company ABC is...

Short selling shall be defined as selling a stock which the seller does not own at the time of trade.

Short selling is one of the short-term trading strategies. Suppose you are absolutely sure that a

Day trading requires long-term commitment and risk management. Ultimately if we

Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has removed the regulatory impediments that

Day trading, as previously mentioned, can be very risky. The bottom line is...

While discussing about short term trading, it is important to know about the concept of margin trading.

Intraday traders use different strategies to maximize the profit. However...

It is difficult to pin-point certain strategies exclusively for short-term trading.

ISGEC Heavy Engineering announced today that it has received a new order for Steam Generating Island from a reputed public sector refinery in India under competitive bidding. 

On Wednesday, even as the domestic markets remained volatile, the benchmark indices surged. Sensex closed up by 1,030.28 points or by 2.07 per cent at 50,781.69 levels while Nifty gained 279.95 points or by 1.90 per cent to settle at 14,987.75 levels.  

Very often professional as well as non-professional investors have a tendency to trade on a continuous basis.

Having discussed mainly about stock investments from a long term perspective, it...

Check your client-broker agreement carefully for hidden clauses that may be detrimental.

The facility of online trading has made stock market transactions very easy.

As mentioned earlier, for stock trading we need to have a trading account and demat account.

Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd (ABFRL) announced its strategic partnership with Tarun Tahiliani, India's ace designer to form a new entity with an aim to launch a contemporary men's ethnic wear brand. 

The following table enumerates the positive and negative factors of online trading

Gone are the days when if you wanted to buy or sell a share you had to chase a...

The exchange has put into implementation index based market-wide circuit breakers in...

With the introduction of screen-based trading system, it is possible to trade from anywhere.

When an investor informs a broker to place an order on his behalf, the broker enters the...

We have earlier discussed how trading on stock exchanges in India used to take place through open...

The equity markets in India have been evolving rapidly in recent times. 

Dilip Buildcon Limited has emerged as L-1 bidder for two new hybrid annuity model (HAM) projects of Bangalore Chennai Expressway under Bharatmala Pariyojana in the state of Karnataka, Phase - I (Package- I & II) worth Rs 2,439 crore. 

As jointly decided between the Exchanges, NSE & BSE will remain open for an extended trading session from 3.45 pm to 5 pm on Wednesday.