Sameer Medhekar (Student) (4140 Points)
21 January 2009Stock Market Terms
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Sameer Medhekar
(Student)
(4140 Points)
Replied 21 January 2009
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Sameer Medhekar
(Student)
(4140 Points)
Replied 21 January 2009
BSE Sens*x:-
This is sensitive Index for Bombay Stock Exchange..
It depends on Prices of Top 30 Companies in terms of Market Capitalization.
Pratik K
(Student)
(3406 Points)
Replied 21 January 2009
mkt will depend upon various factors considering past,present and future.
Varun Malhotra
(Chartered Accountant)
(207 Points)
Replied 21 January 2009
Market cap or market capitalization is simply the worth of a company in terms of it’s shares! To put it in a simple way, if you were to buy all the shares of a particular company, what is the amount you would have to pay? That amount is called the “market capitalization”!
To calculate the market cap of a particular company, simply multiply the “current share price” by the “number of shares issued by the company”! Depending on the value of the market cap, the company will either be a “mid-cap” or “large-cap” or “small-cap” company!
Big/large caps are companies which have a market-cap between 10-200 billion dollars. Mid caps range from 2 billion to 10 billion dollars. These might not be industry leaders but are well on their way to becoming one. Small caps are typically new or relatively young companies and have a market cap between 300 million to 2 billion dollars. Although their track record won't be as lengthy as that of the mid to mega caps, small caps do present the possibility of greater capital appreciation, but at the cost of greater risk.
Varun Malhotra
(Chartered Accountant)
(207 Points)
Replied 21 January 2009
Many different types of investors hold the shares of a company! The Govt. may hold some of the shares. Some of the shares may be held by the “founders” or “directors” of the company. Some of the shares may be held by the FDI’s etc. etc!
Now, only the “open market” shares that are free for trading by anyone, are called the “free-float” shares. When we are calculating the Sens*x, we are interested in these “free-float” shares!
A particular company, may have certain shares in the open market and certain shares that are not available for trading in the open market.
According the BSE, any shares that DO NOT fall under the following criteria, can be considered to be open market shares:
A company has to submit a complete report about “who has how many of the company’s shares” to the BSE. On the basis of this, the BSE will decide the “free-float factor” of the company. The “free-float factor” is a very valuable number! If you multiply the "free-float factor" with the “market cap” of that company, you will get the “free-float market cap” which is the value of the shares of the company in the open market.
A simple way to understand the “free-float market cap” would be, the total cost of buying all the shares in the open market.
Prakash Popat
(3134 Points)
Replied 01 February 2009
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Prakash Popat
(3134 Points)
Replied 13 February 2009
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Ramalingam K
(Founder & Director - Holistic Investment Planners (P) Limited)
(21077 Points)
Replied 29 May 2014
Do's and Don'ts In The Stock Market
Let’s introduce do’s and don’ts of investing:
Most of us have our own perception of investment based on our experiences, but also tend to be confused with the opinions given by others. Knowing the do’s and don’ts of the stock market would help us turn really as a smart investor.
https://www.holisticinvestment.in/dos-and-donts-in-the-stock-market
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