The financial markets and their roles include the stock market, the bond market, forex, commodities, and the real estate market, among others. Financial markets can also be broken down into capital markets, money markets, primary vs. secondary markets, and listed vs. OTC markets, etc. Market participants: Heterogeneity is a word that signifies diversity. Heterogeneous market…
The dictionary meaning of contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease. Similarly, in financial parlance contagion effect is defined as the spread of an economic crisis from one region to another. The financial markets and their roles include the stock market, the…
In the interim budget 2024, the Finance Minister Mrs.Nirmala Sitharaman today announced the estimates of the government’s expenditure, revenue, fiscal deficit, financial performance, and projections for the upcoming months. Both interim budget and vote on account are interchangeably used. An interim budget contains both the revenue and expenditure details for the period until the new…
A credit default swap (CDS) is a contract between two parties in which one party purchases protection from another party against losses from the default of a borrower for a defined time. The protection buyer makes periodic payments (premium) to the protection seller until the maturity of the contract or the credit event, whichever is…
Acceptance of deposits and maintenance of deposit accounts is the core activity in any bank. Para banking activities are the activities carried out by the bank which are apart from its normal day-to-day activities. Banks can undertake certain eligible financial services or para-banking activities either departmentally or by setting the subsidiaries. Some examples of the para-banking…
The Credit market is also known as the ‘Debt Market’ because the credit market includes various forms of debt. The Credit market is also referred to as the ‘bond market’, as the bond market also characterizes the dominant portion of the credit market. The credit market can be mainly classified into two categories – the…
One of the important components of the international financial markets is the money market. Money Market is concerned with the issue and trading of securities with short-term maturities or quasi-money instruments. The Instruments traded in the money market are Treasury Bills, Certificates of Deposits (CDs), Commercial Paper (CPs), Bills of Exchange, and other such instruments…
A capital market is the part of a financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in shares, bonds, and other long-term investments. Stock market (Share Market) is a place where buyers and sellers indulge in trade (buying/selling) of financial securities like bonds, stocks, etc. The trading is undertaken by participants such as individuals and…
In our previous article, we covered 100 terminologies used in the Forex Market. In this article we have covered 50 common terms used in the stock market and debt market like Arbitrage, ASBA, Asset allocation, Averaging down, Beta, Bid, Bid-Ask spread, Block chain stocks, blue chip stocks, P/E ratio, Bonus shares, Bull market, bear market,…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Notification No.FMRD.DIRD.10/14.02.001/2023-24 dated January 03, 2024, introduced certain changes in the Master Direction norms relating to Commercial Paper and Non-Convertible Debentures of original or initial maturity up to one year. The new direction is effective from April 1, 2024. Commercial Paper (CP) is an unsecured money market…