I got a few calls in the morning (late last evening perhaps) saying ‘OMG I missed the SBI bonds issue…now I will get a much smaller allotment than what I had thought’. Let me correct you Ma’am. You will NOT GET ANYTHING if you applied on Tuesday, because the issue was fully subscribed on Monday […]

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When the index is doing well….we all buy into the optimism. It may actually be a great time to review your portfolio and SELL the duds and perhaps be in an index ETF. This is a tactical strategy of getting away from the high Beta stocks to safer territory – if the market goes up, […]

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No, this is not a class on futures and options, nor equity. However long term bonds also have a put and a call option. An option that can be exercised by the issuer of the bond whereby the bond can be extinguished prior to the date of expiry is called a CALL option. An option […]

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YOU may have heard of LIBOR – if you replace London by Mumbai, you will know what is MIBOR. A committee was set up for the development of debt market. According to their suggestion, NSE had developed MIBID (Mumbai Interbank Bid Rate) AND MIBOR (Mumbai  Interbank  Offer  Rate)  for the overnight market. This was launched […]

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There is no single or fixed location or exchange where debt market participants transact. Also very sadly small investors have no role to play. Which means as a lay investor you can invest in equities (far more difficult to understand) but cannot invest in debt markets (easier to understand). Dealings are done over phone, and […]

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