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INR-USD Futures and Options Contracts launched by Finance Minister

On May 9, 2020, the Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman launched the INR-USD Futures and Options contracts in the BSE and NSE platforms. They were launched at...

May 9, 2020

Circuit Breaker in Stock Market

For the first time since 2008, the circuit breaker was triggered and the trading was halted for 45 minutes in the Bombay Stock Exchange. Circuit Breaker The index...

March 15, 2020

Corona virus: WHO increases global risk from moderate to high

On 27 January, 2020, the World Health Organization arrived in China to discuss the ways the Corona Virus is spreading. The death toll due to the virus has...

January 28, 2020

SEBI’s norm for issuers of municipal bonds

On 12 Nov, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) prescribed wider disclosures and compliances norms by the issuers of listed municipal bonds. As per the SEBI...

November 14, 2019

Ishaat Hussain heads SEBI committee to suggest norms for Social Stock Exchanges (SSE)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently constituted a committee on Social Stock Exchanges (SSE) under the chairmanship of Ishaat Hussain, Director of SBI Foundation....

September 21, 2019

BSE to cut ties with S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC; develop own in-house indices

Asia’s oldest bourse BSE has decided to snap ties with S&P Dow Jones, which manages and operates benchmark Sensex. Now it is planning to develop indices through its...

November 19, 2018

What are Circuit Breakers?

Circuit Breakers are basically measures in stock markets in percentage terms which initiate an automatic check in case of any runaway situation concerning any security or index in...

January 3, 2018

What is a Brand?

A Brand is referred to the name of a product or service, design, a symbol which stands out for loyalty, trust, market appeal, etc. in the eyes of...

December 25, 2017

What is Black Swan Theory?

Black Swans are unpredicted, random events of huge impact. These events deviate from the normal expected course. They are thus, also called outliers as there is no reference...

December 8, 2017

What is Alpha in stock markets?

Alpha is a financial measure which measures performance. It is often seen as an active return on investment and is the difference between investment and benchmark return. It...

November 29, 2017

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