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We have till now seen three categories of market players. 1. The guys who issue securities (companies) 2. The guys who invest in these secur...

Both BSE and NSE have an elaborate eligibility criteria for persons who are desirous of becoming members of the stock exchanges. Apart fro...

Having seen different categories of institutional investors, lets shift focus to retail investors now. Retail investors are guys like you an...

One of most common methods to attain the benefits of diversification in portfolios is to invest in "Indexes" rather than in indivi...

This is probably the last category we would see under the "investor" category. Funds are basically pooled vehicles. They are coll...

These are typically organizations which have access to large pool of cash. These guys use the money to invest in stock markets/ companies. G...

Here comes the next breed. The one who has drawn so much flak in the recent past. Anyways, what do these guys do? Simply put, an investment ...