Concepts and Characteristics, Types of Financial Future Contracts- Stock Future, Index Future, Currency Future, Interest Rate Future and Commodity Future

Financial future contracts are contracts on fixed income securities, equity indexes and currencies. The investor can effectively improve the risk-return feature of his portfolio with …

Types of Financial Forward Contracts

Forward contracts: Forwards are the oldest of all the derivatives. Forwards are contracts to buy or sell an asset on or before a future date at …

Difference between Exchange Traded and OTC Derivatives

Many financial markets around the world, such as stock markets, do their trading through exchange. However, forex trading does not operate on an exchange basis, …

Participants in Derivative Markets: Hedgers, Speculators, and Arbitrageurs

Participants in Derivative Markets: Hedgers, Speculators, and Arbitrageurs, Key differences between Hedgers, Speculators, and Arbitrageurs

Movements in Foreign Exchange Rates and impact on trade and investment flows

Currency fluctuations are a natural outcome of the floating exchange rate system that is the norm for most major economies. The exchange rate of one …

Development of corporate bond market abroad

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced several measures to develop and deepen the corporate bond market, ending a decade-long wait for a big-ticket …

Indian Debt Market

Primary market Primary market is that market where the debt instruments are issued for the first time . Which can be issued as follows – …

Types of Derivatives, Role of SEBI & RBI

One of the key features of financial markets are extreme volatility. Prices of foreign currencies, petroleum and other commodities, equity shares and instruments fluctuate all …

Exchange range Quotation & Arbitrage

A foreign exchange rate is the price of one currency expected in terms of another currency. Cross Rate: A cross rate is an exchange rate …

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