What’s all this about currency wars? To understand currency wars it’s important to understand how the value of currency of a country would impact its economy with respect to the currency of a trading partner. Let us, as always, simplify with an example. Say the cost of a hair dryer in China is Yu 100. […]
Indians’ love for Gold is inevitable. Akshaya Tritiya has always been considered as one of the auspicious occasions to buy gold according to Hindu traditions, but when there is inflation in the market and gold prices are soaring, making informed gold investment choices is the need of an hour. It has been witnessed that investing
Why do bond yields go up, when bond prices go down? You might have come across a rule which states that When bond prices go down, bond yields go up & vice versa Let’s understand this rule. You will agree that when a seller of a goods sells at a lower cost, he makes a
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One of the most exotic terms in derivative trading is Currency Derivatives. But what are currency derivatives? And how are they transacted? Let me try & simplify the term, Let’s say there is a farmer who grows tea in India, which is exported to the USA. And there is an importer of tea in the
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LiquiLoans is a Profitable RBI Regulated Peer-to-Peer (P2P) NBFC founded in 2018. LiquiLoans is one of the only P2P platforms in India which provides investors an access to India’s Prime Retail Borrowers i.e., Safest Borrowers. LiquiLoans is founded by Mr. Gautam Adukia and Mr. Achal Mittal who have previously co-founded a successful rental platform Rentomojo
We have all heard of Financial speculation, which involves the buying & selling of stocks, bonds, currencies, real estate or any other valuable financial instrument owing to anticipated fluctuations in its price with the aim of profiting from it. Simply put… Financial Speculation is the process of selecting investments with higher risk in order to
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What is better, Savings or Investing. First let us understand the basics. Savings Putting money aside gradually, typically into a bank account. People generally save for any emergencies that might come up. It states that individuals try to save more during an economic recession, which essentially leads to a fall in aggregate demand and hence
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The term SENSEX is a blend of words ‘Sensitive’ and ‘Index’. Sensex refers to the benchmark index of the BSE in India. The Sensex is comprised of 30 of the largest and most actively traded stocks on the BSE and provides a gauge of India\’s economy. It is the oldest index in India and provides time
These days most people go for regular health check-ups in order to stay fit. During one such check-up, my friend was told that his blood sugar levels were higher than the normal range. Thus, the reading of his sugar level became an indicator that he should change his lifestyle, diet and exercise plans. Just as
The indices are indicators that reflect the performance of a certain segment of the market or the market as a whole. A stock market index is created by selecting certain stocks of similar companies or those that meet a set of predetermined criteria. These shares are already listed and traded on the exchange. Each share
