Concepts

Market makers are market participants entrusted with the task of infusing liquidity into the market structure by providing two-way (both […]

An American Option is an option contract that can be exercised ‘anytime’ i.e on before the expiry date. On the

Clean price and dirty price are terms associated with the bond market. When bond prices are quoted exclusive of interest

Market Capitalisation is a term which is used to define a company’s worth in terms of its market valuation. It

The term ‘Institution’ can be defined as ‘an established organization’. Institutional Investors, as distinguished from individual investors, are ‘established organisations’

Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) are a privately pooled investment vehicle, set up as a separate entity, which collects funds from

A Hedge Fund is an Alternative Investment Fund that pools funds from a limited number of private investors and employs

Factoring is an arrangement under which a business house outsources the collection of its book debts to an external entity

To have an understanding of Alpha, an understanding of the concept of Stock Beta is important. The Beta of a

A Reverse Stock Split, as the name indicates, is the opposite of a stock-split. It is the act of consolidating

Deep Discount Bonds are similar to Zero Coupon Bonds. They do not carry any coupon rate i.e investors of Deep

Zero Coupon Bonds (ZCBs) are bonds that carry a ‘zero’ coupon rate. Therefore Zero Coupon Bonds do not pay interest