The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a framework to standardise the expiry of equity derivatives contracts by limiting them to particular weekdays. Currently, exchanges can schedule different contract expiries across the week. Under the new proposal, this could be restricted to a set day or days.

The India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is at a crucial juncture, with both India and the European Union aiming to reach a conclusion that could transform economic relations for years to come.

In early 2009, Satyam Computers, one of India’s prominent IT companies, publicly admitted to financial irregularities running into thousands of crores. The disclosure surprised many, especially given the Company’s recent recognition—it had received the Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance just months earlier.

If you have ever tracked the stock market or discussed investments with friends, you have probably heard terms like “bullish” or “bearish”. But how do you actually know what the market is feeling at a given time? Here is where the market mood index (MMI) comes in.

The stock price of a company is determined by the forces of supply and demand in the market. Some companies gain such dominance and position in their industries that investors eagerly bid up their share prices, valuing them at significantly massive levels.

Slippage is the disparity between the anticipated price of a trade and the price at which the trade is actually done. This price discrepancy happens in every market location, such as equities, bonds, currencies and futures.

Most major paper currencies in the world, including the Indian rupee, US dollar, and euro, are fiat money. So, what is fiat money exactly? It’s a currency that isn’t backed by a physical commodity like precious metals, but by the authority of the government and the trust of the public.

Tick trading is a specialised trading strategy in which traders concentrate on studying and making trades based on single price movements, or ticks. A tick represents the smallest possible price movement in a financial instrument.

Jensen's alpha is a metric used by investors to evaluate the performance of actively managed mutual funds. It measures the fund's return compared to the return predicted by its risk level, quantifying the value added or lost by the fund manager.

Behind the scenes of conventional stock exchanges is a shadow world of trading that shifts billions of rupees every day - dark pools. While the exact figure for the Indian markets is unknown, almost 40% of all US stock trades take place in these clandestine environments.