Stock Float is the number of total outstanding shares minus the restricted shares held by insiders and employees.In other words, it is the total number of shares that are free to trade in the open market.For example, a company may have 10,000 total outstanding shares but only 7,500 of those shares may actually be available to the public for trading in the stock … [Read more...] about Stock Float
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Book closure
Shares of a listed company invariably change hands during market hours while trading. Therefore, it is difficult to decide ownership of shares on a particular day. In case of delivery of shares, it has to undergo the stock exchange's clearing and settlement process before showing in the Demat account to know exactly who owns the shares.Therefore, there has to be a cut-off … [Read more...] about Book closure
BHAV Copy
Bhav copy is a report that can be downloaded from stock exchanges to get market trading data for a particular day. At the end of the trading day, stock exchanges provide daily trading information through this file.The bhav copy shows following data for a particular date;Open,High,Low,Close,Volume,Last Traded Price,Open Interest, andChange in OILink to download bhav … [Read more...] about BHAV Copy
Rights issue entitlement-All you need to know
When a listed company wants to raise additional share capital from their existing shareholders, they do it through right issues.In right issues, the existing shareholders are given the right to buy new shares in proportion to their shareholding.If a company has decided the right issue ratio as 1:14, then existing shareholders will be eligible for one share for every 14 … [Read more...] about Rights issue entitlement-All you need to know
Research analyst
As per the current regulation, no person shall act as a research analyst or research entity or hold himself out as a research analyst unless he has obtained a certificate of registration from SEBI on and from the commencement of RA Regulations unless an exemption specifically applies.As per the regulations, “research analyst” means a person who is primarily responsible … [Read more...] about Research analyst