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Money & markets, explained like you’re 18.
291 plain-English chapters on saving, investing, stocks and mutual funds in India. Read the concept here, then play it with fake money before you risk real cash.
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Money Basics
Retirement (yes, already)
Stock Market
Introduction to Stock Markets
- What a stock actually is
- NSE, BSE, SEBIWho does what
- Market participantsRetail, FII, DII, prop
- How stock prices actually move
- Corporate actionsBonus, split, buyback, dividend
- Reading a stock quoteOHLC, volume, bid-ask
- Upper & lower circuits
- Pre-open sessionThe 15 minutes before 9:15
- Auctions, settlements, T+1
- The IPO process from start to listing
- Placing your first order
- Market vs limit vs SL orders
- Intraday vs delivery
- MarginBorrowing to trade
- Brokerage, STT, GSTWhat you actually pay
Currency, Commodity & GSec
Risk Management & Psychology