Investing in Gold via Sovereign Gold Bonds: A Comprehensive Guide
SOVEREIGN GOLD BOND SCHEME (SGB) 2021-22
RBI announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGB) 2021-2022, issued in 10 tranches: six tranches in the first release,...
Debt vs. Equity: Making Informed Investment Choices
Debt vs Equity: Understanding the Difference
Which one are you: a bondholder or a shareholder? A risk averse investor or a risk taker? To be...
Simplifying Derivative Trading: Strategies with Options
The ability of Thales to decipher actions in nature and create a derivative that made him wagonloads of money we have seen, and maybe...
The Power of Leverage: How Derivatives Multiply Your Capital
There are broadly 4 types of players in the financial markets.
Arbitrageurs
Traders
Hedgers
Speculators
We have visited some strategies used for hedging – for...
Understanding Fixed Income Securities: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction
We hear Gen-Y or even Gen-Z talking about grinding in their 20s, building in their 30s and chilling in their 40s! With a dream...
Equity and Debt Investments: Decoding Financial Markets
Mr. Peter Lynch being perfectly right in considering equity as a superior investment to fixed-income in the USA when parameters like PEG and a...
Balancing Equity and Debt: Unveiling Investment Wisdom
‘Beating the Street’ is one of the 2 amazing books by Peter Lynch that I consider among the best, simplest material on investing available....
Exploring the World of Futures and Options in the Indian Market
The Indian market had an indigenous system called ‘badla’ that facilitated funding of speculation for the risk taker, while earning interest for the financier....
Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Call and Put Strategies
Thales, the smart guy from ancient Greece who we have visited earlier, lived almost 2,500 years ago. We checked out his strategy for milking...
Bond STRIPS: Customizing Investments for Your Financial Goals
Investments have a goal. The broadest investment objective, irrespective of the type of investment or asset class used, is the creation of wealth. Postponement...
Understanding Bond Markets: The Role of Day Count Conventions
Peeking into the bond market we have found a few quirky terminology and interesting practices. As the market has developed it has grown some...
Bond Market Price Dynamics: Clean and Dirty Prices
The debt market, both at a global and India level is second only to the foreign currency market in size and in India is...