What is Volatility in Stock Market?

You have heard people saying , market is volatile now , but what they really mean ? lets take closer look at it and understand volatility. Introduction to Volatility ? The rate at which stock goes up or down is called as volatility. It is the degree at which stock prices moves up or down … Read more

Share Market Timings in India

Share Market timings in India The regular NSE and BSE stock request timings are from 9.15 AM to 3.30 PM. beside this there is a pre-opening session starting from 9.00 AM to 9.15 AM and a post-closing session starting from 3.30 PM up to 4 PM. Pre-Opening Session Stock Market Timings in India Share market … Read more

What is Sensex in stock market ?

There are two major Exchanges in Indian stock market . First is Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and other is National Stock Exchange (NSE) . There are two index index in India Sensex which is standard index of BSE and Nifty which is index of NSE. What is Sensex ? Sensex is standard index of top … Read more

What does Nifty mean?

What is NIFTY? Nifty is a combination of two words one is NSE (National Stock exchange) and other is Fifty. Nifty is the benchmark index of Indian stock market. Also it is the weighted average of top 50 companies listed on Indian stock market from different sectors. But currently there are 51 stocks listed in … Read more

What is SEBI?

Before 1990s there was many malfunctions and irregularities in stock market .SEBI was established becauseĀ  there was a need to established a central monitoring system. Introduction to SEBI SEBI means Securities and Exchange Board of India . It was established in 1992 to regulate all the elements of stock market . to protect the right … Read more

What are different types of stocks?

There are many types of stocks based on different parameters . Stocks can be classified according to market capitalization of company ,dividend , fundamentals of company . In this article we are going to see about stocks based on market capitalization . Market capitalization defines size of the company . Large-Cap stocks As a name … Read more

What is a Bull Market?

In this post we will see about bull market and also characteristics and reasons behind it . We will also see about difference between bull and bear market. Introduction to Bull Market You might be thinking why the market is called ‘Bullish’ ? Because when the bull is in anger he swings his head from … Read more

What is Share Market?

Many of you have heard terms such as “share market” ,”shares” ,”market is bullish” but what the word ‘market’ really mean . Lets understand more about share market in this post. Introduction to Share Market Share market is also called as stock market . It is the place where shares get traded . Share market … Read more

What Is a Stock Exchange?

Introduction to Stock Exchanges It is a regulated platform on which shares of public listed companies gets traded . It is place where buyers buy stocks and sellers sell stocks . They provide transparent enviroment to buy , sell stocks . Not only stocks but also derivatives , bonds and futures gets traded on stock … Read more

What Is a Bear Market?

There are only two terms “Bullish” and “Bearish” we use while referring trend in market. We use bullish term when market is in uptrend and bearish when market is in downtrend . We have already seen ‘bull market ‘ in depth , here we are going to study about bear market. Introduction to Bear Market … Read more