Planning your investment portfolio is as important as having a clear idea about the tax liability of various instruments like bonds, shares, debentures etc. However, it may not be possible to rush to a tax consultant every time you need to have a fair idea about the tax elements, or want to compare them for [...]
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Using online tax calculators to have a fair idea about your savings and investments’ tax liability
April 30th, 2013 
India Infoline Trading CFDs vs. Trading Stock
September 1st, 2012 Vineet Patawari The trading of CFDs is very similar to operating on the stock market, but there are some key differences that make CFD trading more attractive to many traders. A CFD (contract for difference) is described as being a contract between two parties, in which the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the [...]
Tax Saving instruments for year ending March 2012
February 24th, 2012 Praveen Bajaj Dear readers, This is the time of the year when most of us get a call from the HR department to file our investment declarations so that appropriate TDS can be deducted from our monthly incomes. Consequently this is the time when we start thinking about tax planning (or tax saving to be more precise). [...]
Using technology for Arbitrage
October 31st, 2011 Praveen Bajaj Technology has had significant impact on human race in almost every sphere of life. So why not use the impact of same on trading. I discussed in brief about using technology for trading purposes in my last article on Algorithmic trading. Continuing on the same lines, I now want to tell you in very simple [...]
Options glossary
September 30th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj Dear Moneybol readers, I was trying to find something related to nifty options trading today and was looking for the meaning of a particular word related to options trading. This is when I realized that moneybol should have something which explores different terms related to this complex and coveted field in finance. So here is [...]
All about algorithmic trading
August 29th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj The new buzz word among the securities market enthusiasts is ALGORITHMS. Traders across the globe have been affected by the use of algorithms. Positively, if they are doing and obviously, on the negative side if they are not into it. Algo, or system trading (as is known by many in the market place) has been [...]
Trading as a Career
August 12th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj If you are considering a career in finance, as many fresh B.Com, BBA & MBA graduates do, and all you have found are placements in the Financial Services sector, then maybe you have not considered a very large area of finance – the Capital Market. Opportunities in core finance careers in the Capital market are [...]
US Debt ceiling – What is it all about?
August 4th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj One of the most talked about news doing rounds in the world economy in the last month has been the US debt ceiling. US is the biggest economy of the world with $ 14.6 trillion of GDP. Nearest competitor China is at $ 5.8 trillion i.e less than half of that of USA. Still credit [...]
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Tags: U.S. Debt Ceiling, us debt ceiling 2011, us debt ceiling impact, us debt deal, US economy 
No Comments »Open Interest – Essential Trading Tool
July 25th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj Many a times you would have come across statements like “Open interest in XYZ increased 20 percent”, but not many of us are comfortable with the idea of Open interest and many others confuse the same with volume. I will try to clarify this concept through this article. First let me explain you, what is [...]
Posted in Classroom Tags: Open Interest analysis, Open interest futures, Open interest trading No Comments »Beginner’s Guide for Stock Market
June 11th, 2011 Praveen Bajaj I recently come across many freshers who have heard people talking about share markets and movement in equity prices but they do not understand what exactly stock market is and what goes on there. I thought of answering some of the basic questions through this post. What are shares or stocks or equity? In simple [...]
Posted in Classroom, Equity Tags: IPO Stock Exchanges, Share Bazaar Basics, Share Market basics, Stock Market Basics 2 Comments »