Fill or Kill Order it is an order to a stockbroker to buy or sell a particular share or shares immediately(fill). If the order is not executed at once, it is treated as cancelled(kill). Fixed Income Investments Investments that yields fixed rate of interest are known as fixed income investments such as fixed deposits, non – convertible debentures, monthly income plans, or … [Read more...]
equities and investors : basic terms of stock trading
Equity Shareholders They are the owners of the company, sharing its risks, profits, and losses. They have a residual claim on the earnings and assets of the company. after all claims are met they are paid their share of profit , and in the event of the liquidation of the company they share whatever is left of the company after all its creditors have been paid. They enjoy … [Read more...]
WHAT IS NIFTY ?
What are the Sensex & the Nifty? The Sensex is an "index" for stock market ..An index is the average of prices of shares in the list of index based on weights of prices and volumes. So it gives average of total market movement in largely traded stocks. It gives directions of the market. it is basically an indicator which It gives you a general idea about most of the … [Read more...]
THEORIES ON STOCKS TRADING
Dow theory A theory which says the market is in an upward trend if one of its averages (industrial or transportation) advances above a previous important high, it is accompanied or followed by a similar advance in the other. the theory holds with the fact that there is no primary trend in the stock market, unless and until the movements of industrial, transportation, and … [Read more...]
DIVIDEND AND SHARES
Dividend cover Dividend cover is a measure of the ability of a company to maintain the level of dividend paid out. The higher the cover, the better the ability to maintain dividends if profits drop. For example, if the dividend cover is 3, this means that the firm's profit attributable to shareholders was three times the amount of dividend paid out. Dividend Play Buying … [Read more...]