A few months back, we started a series on debt mutual fund investments. Many retail investors avoid debt funds because they do not understand the risk / return characteristics of these investments well. The learning objective...Read More

In our Demystifying Derivatives series, we have, through a series of blog posts over the past view months, tried to explain how derivatives (futures and options) work, how much capital (margin) is required to trade in futures...Read More

Most financial advisors will agree with me that getting the first set of clients usually, is quite a big challenge; it takes a huge amount of effort, perseverance and many a times, a dollop of luck also. But once the initial hurdle is overcome...Read More

In just a few days the people of United States of America will elect their next President. Latest opinion polls show that, it is going to be a very tight contest between the Democrat Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her...Read More

In our Demystifying Derivatives blog series, we have explained the basics of how futures and options (F&O) work. We have also discussed the risks in derivatives trading and margin requirements. In my interactions with retail...Read More

In our post, Demystifying Derivatives: Margin and risk capital for futures contract, we discussed the margin requirements in futures. We also discussed, how marked to market pricing works, how it affects your margins and your profits...Read More

Derivatives are very important instruments in capital markets. However, most retail investors do not have a good understanding of these instruments. I have seen some of my friends and relatives trading in derivatives without...Read More

Over the past months or so, I have read a number of financial blogs, where debt fund investors have been advised to avoid and exit long term debt funds. The reason given by most authors was that, “the 10 year yield is at a multi...Read More

Over the past few weeks, we at Advisorkhoj have received several queries related to derivatives. Though derivative trading in India was introduced more than 15 years back, most retail investors perceive derivatives as something...Read More

Investing – a word which evokes different responses in different individuals. Some get overwhelmed with the array of choices available in the market while for others only one or two avenues seem sufficient. Therefore, those who...Read More