Securities

What is Securities Shares,Stocks,Debentures Bonds,Marketable Securities Interest or dividend from securities Issued by Body Corporate Government

Securities - Types
Organised Unorganised Organised Securities Loans from Banks,FI Unorganised Money Lenders Indigenous Bankers

Securities - Actors

Regulators Department of Company Affairs Stock Exchanges SEBI Merchant Bankers

Securities - Assets
Types of Assets: Physical Assets Real Estate,Gold,Silver,Commodities Financial Assets Shares,Bonds,Debentures,Mutual Funds,Interest on securities etc

Shares
What is a Share -Share Represents Ownership Capital Types of Shares - Equity Shares - Preference Shares What is Equity Share - Represents the Owners Funds

Preference Share
What is a Preference Share Represents owners with priority to get Dividend and Repayment of Capital Types of Preference Shares. a) Cumulative b) Non Cumulative c) Participating Preference Shares d) Redeemable Preference Shares

Markets
Primary Market
Where the securities are issued for the first time by company,Govt etc.

Secondary Market
Where the existing securities are actively bought and sold.

Markets
Primary Market

Public Issue, Rights Issue,private placement Secondary Market Buying and selling of shares,Debentures,Bonds,

Listing
What is Listing - Listing is putting the Company Name in the Stock Exchange. It helps the company shares to be bought and sold How to Buy Shares & Sell Shares - Shares can be bought and sold through an intermediary or a person called Broker. A Broker can be an individual person of firm

Investors
Who is an Investor - A person who buys shares and keeps it with him to sell after a certain period. The object is to make profit on selling. How shares are held by an Investor - Shares can be held in the form of a physical certificate called Share Certificate or in an electronic form called as Demat.

Key Investor Points

Points to be taken care of by an Investor - Know the Company and its promoters - Know the related Companies. - Profitability for the Last 3 Years - Dividend payment for the last 3 years - Key Ratios - Sensitive Market News (Subjective)

BP, EPS, PE
a) Book Profit Ratio= Share Capital +Reserves/Total number of shares in the company. b) Earning per Share(EPS)= Net profit/Total number of shares in the company. c) PE Ratio= Market price of the share/EPS