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Margin trading is when you borrow money from your stock broker to trade. Margin is the collateral that you have to deposit with the broker to cover the credit risk associated with the transaction.  Read on to find out more on the subject.

Index Funds are a form of exchange-traded funds with portfolios designed to mimic the performance of a financial market index it uses as a benchmark. Index funds have low operating costs and are generally considered stable investments for retirees and the disabled. Index funds are passive investment strategies with low risk and low portfolio turnovers.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) or foreign portfolio investors invest in Indian shares or bonds outside India. Domestic institutional investors are mutual funds, insurance companies based in India.  

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a low-cost alternative to mutual funds to diversify portfolios. They hold a basket of stocks or other securities to track or replicate an index like Sensex, Nifty, etc. They are thus passively managed funds meant to minimise the tracking error of any index and not beat it like actively managed mutual funds.

Bull markets are periods in financial markets when prices undergo a steady rise with a corresponding rise in expenditure by consumers. These periods are marked by optimism among investors and generally buy and hold strategies that can take advantage of the rise in the price of stocks.

In a bid to choose the 'perfect Health Insurance', many policyholders overlook the exclusions. It is, of course, essential to know the benefits offered by your Health Insurance Plans.