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Description: ETFs were started in 2001 in India. They comprise a portfolio of equity, bonds and trade close to its net asset value. These funds mainly track an index, a commodity, or a pool of assets. There are more than 50 ETF's trading in the NSE To draw the distinction, let's consider mutual funds, index funds and ETFs separately. 1. What is a mutual fund Once upon a time, only sophisticated investors had enough capital to justify hiring professional help. Now, a much larger number of investors of much more modest incomes seek a return. Mutual funds rely on a professional adviser to actively manage investments on behalf of others, at a fee. The hope is that active management can take advantages of trends in the market or informational discrepancies to "beat" the overall market return. 2. What is an index fund In 1976 the first index fund was launched by the investment firm Vanguard Group. It was known as "Bogle's Folly," ...

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The Rich with money are investors . What makes them different? Rather than simply spending every penny, investors use their money to acquire things that offer the potential for profitable returns, either through interest, income, or the appreciation of value. As you approach managing money, you’ll learn to devote your limited resources to the things with the largest potential for returns. That may be paying down debt, going back to school, or fixing up a two-family house. Of course, it may also mean buying stocks and bonds — either individually or as mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Thanks to technology, the investing world offers enormous possibilities to anybody with a few bucks and an internet connection. It’s our job to help you filter out the noise, learn the basics, and make good investment decisions from the start. So here are the basics of how to invest —wisely. Investing vs. gambling Too often, people confuse investing for gambling. It’s not. ...

Initial Public Offerings, also known as IPOs, occur when private companies raise capital by taking themselves “public” from “private”. They are typically very risky because you never know what will happen on that first day of trading. This article will explain the basics behind IPOs, how they work, and what they mean to you as an Investor . IPO Basics Here are the basic principles behind a company going “public”, which I will explain in more detail after: To go public, a company must first be private, companies like Reliance , Tata Steel and  ITC are all publicly traded companies. Every publicly traded company has a stock ticker. When a company decides to have its IPO, it is assigned a stock ticker / symbol to identify it. Reliance is RELIANCE , Tata Steel is TATASTEEL , ITC is ITC , etc. The reason a company has an IPO in the first place is to raise money, or capital. They do this because they want to expand and grow their business. Those are the ...

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