Stock Market Basics

You have decided to invest in shares or apply for an IPO — and someone told you that you need a demat account first. But then you hit a wall: Is a demat account the same as a trading account? Is it the same as the broker app you downloaded? And is it actually safe

You open your broker app, tap on Infosys or Reliance, and see two options side by side — NSE and BSE. Both show slightly different prices. One shows higher volume. Your finger hovers. Which do you pick? Most beginners freeze here. A few just guess. The truth is that for most large-cap stock orders in

Every morning, headlines declare “Sensex rallies 500 points” or “Nifty hits a new high” — and most beginners have no idea what to do with that information. Should you buy? Should you sell? Is your portfolio safe? If you have just started investing in India through a demat account or a mutual fund SIP, understanding

You check your demat account one morning and your share quantity has doubled overnight. No new purchase. No money transferred. The share price has also halved. Your first reaction: did I just get free money — or did the company do something strange? This happens with two common corporate actions in the Indian stock market

You have opened a Demat app, seen company names flashing on NSE and BSE, and heard colleagues talk about IPOs and stocks — but when someone says “I bought 50 shares of that company,” you are not entirely sure what they actually own. Is it a number on a screen? A contract? A share of

You bought a stock at ₹1,000. A week later, it’s at ₹780. You tell yourself it will recover — and it drops to ₹620. That moment of hesitation costs more than a bad trade; it becomes a habit that wipes out months of gains. Stop loss is the one tool that forces a decision before

You open your stock broker app one morning and see a notification: “TCS has declared a dividend of ₹28 per share.” If you hold TCS shares, that means money is on its way to your bank account — no selling required. If you are new to stock market basics, this can feel like a pleasant

Here is a question that trips up most new investors: if one stock trades at ₹3,000 and another at ₹300, is the first company ten times bigger? Not necessarily — and understanding why is the first thing you need to know before you buy a single share or choose an equity mutual fund. The answer

You open a stock app, tap on a company, and see its share price — ₹540. Is that expensive? Is it cheap? The number alone tells you nothing. Two companies can both trade at ₹540 and one can be dramatically overpriced while the other looks like a bargain. That is exactly why the P/E ratio

Every few months, a company you’ve heard of — or one your colleague keeps talking about — announces it’s “going public.” You see the phrase IPO everywhere: on financial news apps, in WhatsApp groups, on brokerage app banners. But what exactly is an IPO, why do companies do it, and how do you — a