What is an IPO?

हम में से अधिकतर लोग एक manufacturing company के financial statements को पढ़ना और समझना जानते होंगे परन्तु एक बैंक या NBFC के financial statements को समझने में अकसर असफल रहते है। यह विडियो आपको बैंकों और NBFCs केIncome Statement पढ़ना समझाएगी और उचित ratios को भी analyse करना बताएगी। 

Inflation is gradual increase in the level of prices for goods and services. It is measured as an annual percentage increase. As inflation rises, every Rupee you own buys a smaller percentage of a good or service.

The variables which are influenced by inflation are interest rate, exchange rate exports, imports and unemployment. However, the biggest influence is inflation on interest rates. In situations of high inflation interest rate is raised to control inflation and vice-versa. Inflation directly effects exchange rate by reducing the value of currency. It indirectly effects it through interest rates. There is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment given by the Phillips Curve.High economic activity leads to more demand more jobs and hence higher inflation. The effect of inflation is not well-established on exports. Inflation makes imports more expensive through depreciation of home currency.

Buy-back of shares is an investment instrument by which a company buys its own shares from the existing shareholders. This can be carried out in two different ways: Proportionate Basis and Book-Building process. In the first method; the company buys back its shares from the existing shareholders on a proportionate basis via offer. While in the second method they buys back through the stock-exchange. There are a number of guidelines associated with this process. It leads to a fall in the number of outstanding shares, a rise in EPS and an increase in the market price of the shares. It is used to eliminate threats, delisting and converting extra cash.

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A stock market is a place where forces of demand and supply operate and where the investors interact to trade shares. There are two different types of stock market-over-the-counter and exchanges. In India the most popular stock exchanges are NSE and BSE. One of the important terminology with respect to stock exchange is Market Capitalization. It can be defined as the product of number of outstanding shares and the market price. On the basis of this; companies can be divided in small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap. Free-Float Capitalization is a product of number of free-float shares and market price of shares. And is used to calculate Sensex and NIFTY.
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A mutual fund is common investment vehicle that pools the funds from a group of investors and then invest the collected fund into different asset classes.Some common asset classes are stocks,,bonds commodities ,etc.The features that attract investors to mutual fund investments are: risk diversification, quicker decision making,professional management and so on .There are two different types of mutual fund schemes - Open-ended scheme and Close-Ended Scheme.One should closely read the offer document of the mutual fund before investing in a mutual fund.

There are a number of steps involved in a successful financial plan such as developing an emergency fund taking care of the health expenditure , education retirement, and many more.However sometimes a new investor may make a series of mistakes while undertaking investments.Some of the common financial mistakes are inadequate investment planning,non-diversification,dependence on historical market trends and so on.

Primary markets are where stocks are created whereas secondary markets are where stocks are traded. When a company decides to go public for the first time by raising an IPO, it’s done in the primary markets. The company sells to the investors directly. After the shares are bought for the 1st time in the primary markets, they are then bought and sold amongst different traders/investors in the secondary markets. The issuing company is not involved in the share trading.
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Simple steps to manage your own personal finance. Steps includes are Create an emergency fund, Buy term insurance, Buy Mediclaim, Divide your personal finance goal, Retirement planning etc.

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Finding the most suitable mode of investment is a humongous task as market is flooded with innumerable investment options. However, mutual funds with its distinguishing features provides various lucrative offers to invest. Let us get a brief understanding of the investment in mutual funds in this video
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