Moneysukh

Quant Mutual Fund shook with a knee-jerk reaction when the Market regulator came knocking on their door accused the fund of potential front-running activities. The Securities and Exchange Board of India is undertaking an investigation into alleged irregularities in managing and investing investor money at one of the fastest-growing mutual funds in India, i.e., Quant Mutual Fund. Front-running involves trading on privileged information before clients and buying stocks at the individual level before the fund does, driving the price up and potentially impacting returns for investors. Front-running is considered unethical and illegal because it exploits confidential information and weakens market integrity. It breaches the trust and fiduciary duty that fund managers owe to their clients. Sebi's surveillance system identified a potential front-running case involving entities with prior knowledge of Quant Mutual Fund's buying or selling plans. Quant MF has become a prominent player i...

The stock market does not always move in the same direction, sometimes it is in an up trend, sometimes in a downtrend and sometimes remains volatile making it difficult to trade. In bullish or bearish mode, creating a trade position is less risky, as you know the market is moving in a single direction but in volatile market conditions it is unexpected where it will settle. In  volatile market  conditions, the index moves in both directions with long gap and swings with uncertain movements. Either it can end in the negative zone or settle at the positive zone, there are equal chances of moving in both directions. In such volatile market conditions, you cannot trade without a proper strategy to minimize the losses and maximize the chances of profits. What is Volatility in the Stock Market? The term volatility in the  stock market  directly refers to the magnitude and frequency of movement of price (index) in both directions (up and down). And the high frequency of pric...

Primary objective of demat account is to keep financial instruments i.e. shares, ETF or Mutual funds in safe custody in electronic form. It is also very much possible people have multiple demat accounts, as in earlier days, only full-service brewers were active but now  discount brokers  are dominating in the stock broking industry providing  better trading platforms . Hence, many investors don’t bother to close or use their existing demat account, instead, they open another one with a new broker. Such investors have the holdings of shares in older demat accounts and now bought the securities in the new demat account with two brokers. And now looking to merge or transfer the shares from one demat account to another one. There are only 2 major depositories in India- one is CDSL ( Central Depository Services Ltd) and other one is NSDL ( National Securities Depositaries Ltd). Only these two entities have the authority to open Demat account in India. Your depository participa...

  Trading in the stock market without a proper strategy is like battling a war without a proper line of attack. There are unlimited numbers of trading strategies that traders use as per the different market conditions and their risk-bearing capability. You can use also the strategy that suits your trading style, time horizon and fund availability. However, the question right here is everyone looking for a strategy that works and has the potential to give some returns in a short time period. In fact, there is no strategy that suits everyone and guarantees to give returns on every trade. However short-term trading strategies provide better trading opportunities to different types of traders. What is Short-Term Trading? In layman term, short-term trading is simply entering into a contract to buy or sell an underlying security for a short period of time, usually for days or few weeks. You can enter into the trade position to earn profits within a few days, and it can take time to move ...