What Is Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)?

What Is Statutory Liquidity Ratio? Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is the least percentage of deposits that a commercial bank keeps with itself in the form of liquid cash, gold, or any other security. Actually, it is reserve cash that banks keep before providing credits to their customers. Just like CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio), SLR is … Read more

What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?

What is Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)? The commercial banks keep hold of a specific least amount of the deposits as a reserve with the central bank. The percentage of the cash that is kept in reserves against the bank’s total deposit amount is called Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR). The cash reserve ratio is kept in … Read more

Difference between Bid Price and Ask Price

Difference between Bid Price and Ask/Offer Price One can see ever-changing ‘Bid’ and ‘Ask/Offer’ columns in details of any stock or derivative on their broker’s app or website.  In this post, we will see what exactly these ‘Bid’ and ‘Ask/Offer’ prices are. Bid Price: Price presented by the Buyer of any stock or a derivative (options, … Read more

Difference between Market Capitalization and Free Float Market Capitalization

Market Capitalization Market Capitalization of a company is the value of that company derived by multiplying its market share price and total no. of outstanding shares. Outstanding shares are the shares held by all investors (including shares held by company’s employees). Formula of Market Capitalization Market Capitalization of a Company= (Current Market Stock Price of … Read more

Difference between DVR Shares and Normal Shares

DVR (Differential Voting Rights) Shares are issued by companies to raise capital without giving much voting rights to shareholders. To make up for lesser voting rights, shareholders of DVR shares are paid a slightly extra premium than normal shares. Why do Companies issue DVR shares? This provides a win-win kind of situation for the company … Read more

How to Place Orders on Astha Web

How to Place Orders on Astha Web If you have an account with Astha broker, buy and sell orders in Equities can be placed in the following way.  Also note that to trade in derivatives (options, futures) or commodities, one needs to activate these segments separately by submitting respective forms to Astha. In this article, … Read more

How to Place Orders on Upstox Web Pro

If you have an account with Upstox, buy and sell orders in Equities can be placed in the following way. Also note that to trade in derivatives (options, futures) or commodities, one needs to activate these segments separately by submitting respective forms to Upstox. In this article, we will see how to place Buy or … Read more

12 Best Stock Market Books

12 Best Stock Market Books Though many consider trading and investing as an art that needs to be learned through practice, the importance of learning the science behind that art through books can never be denied. Not just the theoretical knowledge, books on the stock market provide a very important ingredient required to be successful … Read more