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UNDERSTANDING BOND MARKET TERMS

Understanding Bond Market Jargons: A Guide to Key Terms and Ratios

Understanding Bond Market Jargons: A Guide to Key Terms and Ratios Investing in bonds can be a great way to earn fixed returns and diversify...
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Investing in Bonds: The Need of the Hour

In these rapidly changing times, the need for stability and less volatile investment options is becoming increasingly important. One such investment option that provides...
Taxation of Bonds in India

Taxation of Bonds in India

In this new age, Bonds have emerged as an investment tool for people to curb their losses and earn fixed income on their investments....

Municipal Bonds:- Understanding the Risks & Rewards.

In India, there are three levels of governance system: the central, the state, and the municipal. The third tier of this chain consists of...
Short-Term Bonds

Short-Term Bonds Are Expected to Extend Losses Amid Hawkish RBI Predictions

What are short-term bonds? Short-term bonds are also called “money market” instruments because they are usually traded much like money in a savings account....

DEBT OR EQUITY? OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH!

Which one are you: a bondholder or a shareholder? A risk averse investor or a risk taker? To be honest, one doesn't have to...

Why do companies issue bonds?

Every corporation requires money to fund an acquisition, seek and produce a new product, or explore new markets. Some can do it without borrowing...

WHAT ARE G-SEC or GILT EDGED SECURITIES ?

We often ask ourselves, "which is the safest investment option?" Or "which investment vehicle would provide me a guaranteed return?" And then we also...

54EC BONDS AND ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW!

With just over a few months left in the current tax year, many of us would already be doing year end tax planning and...

Settlement of a Bond Trade

Whose grandmother hasn’t talking longingly about the “Good old days”? Everything about the good old days was marvelous. Prices of food and clothing were...

Derivatives. Making money (Leverage)

There are broadly 4 types of players in the financial markets. Arbitrageurs Traders Hedgers Speculators We have visited some strategies used for hedging – for...

Bank FDs vs Nothing Safer

One of the greatest attraction of investors towards bank fixed deposits is the safety they perceive a FD provides. There is one endearing product...