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Indian Stock Market Glossary
Plain-English definitions of every financial term an Indian retail investor needs to know — from basics like "demat account" to advanced concepts like "implied volatility" and "cost inflation index". Every entry is educational and SEBI-compliant.
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Absolute Return(Total Return)Advance Tax(Advance Income Tax)Allotment(Share Allotment)Alpha(Jensen's Alpha)Amalgamation(Merger)AMC(Asset Management Company)Amortisation(Amortization)Anchor Investor(Anchor Allotment)Annual Information Statement(AIS)Annualised Return(CAGR)Arbitrage Fund(Cash-Futures Arbitrage Fund)Assessment Year(AY)Asset AllocationAsset Turnover Ratio(Total Asset Turnover)At-the-Money(ATM)ATR(Average True Range)Auditor Report(Statutory Audit Report)AUM(Assets Under Management)
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Balance Sheet(Statement of Financial Position)Base Rate(Bank Base Rate)Bear Market(Bear Run)Beta(Beta Coefficient)Blue Chip(Blue-Chip Stock)Bollinger Bands(BB)Bonus Issue(Scrip Issue)Book Building(Book Built IPO)Book Value(Net Asset Value (per share))Book Value Per Share(BVPS)BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange)Bull Market(Bull Run)Buyback(Share Repurchase)Buyback Tax(Share Buyback Tax)
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CAGR(Compound Annual Growth Rate)Call Money Market(Call Money)Call Option(CE)Candlestick(Japanese Candlestick)Capital Gains(Capital Gains Tax)Carry Forward of Losses(Carry-Forward Loss)CASA Ratio(Current Account Savings Account Ratio)Cash Conversion Cycle(CCC)Cash Flow Statement(Statement of Cash Flows)CDSL(Central Depository Services Limited)Cess(Health and Education Cess)Circuit Breaker(Market Circuit Breaker)Compounding(Compound Interest)Consolidation(Sideways Market)Contingent Liability(Off-Balance Sheet Obligation)Correction(Market Correction)Cost Inflation Index(CII)Covered CallCPI(Consumer Price Index)CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio)Current Account Deficit(CAD)Current Ratio(Working Capital Ratio)
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Death Cross(Bear Cross)Debt-to-Equity Ratio(D/E Ratio)Delisting(Share Delisting)DeltaDemat Account(Dematerialised Account)Depository Participant(DP)Depreciation(D&A)DII(Domestic Institutional Investor)Diluted EPS(Fully Diluted EPS)Direct Plan(Direct Mutual Fund)DiversificationDividend(Cash Dividend)Dividend Payout Ratio(Payout Ratio)Dividend Tax(Dividend Income Tax)Dividend Yield(Dividend Yield %)DojiDouble BottomDouble TopDRHP(Draft Red Herring Prospectus)
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Earnings Growth(EPS Growth)EBITDA(Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortisation)ELSS(Equity Linked Savings Scheme)EMA(Exponential Moving Average)Emergency FundEPF(Employees' Provident Fund)EPS(Earnings Per Share)Equity(Shareholders' Equity)ETF(Exchange Traded Fund)EV/EBITDA(Enterprise Value to EBITDA)Ex-Date(Ex-Dividend Date)Exit Load(Redemption Load)Expense Ratio(TER)
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IDCW Option(IDCW)IIP(Index of Industrial Production)Implied Volatility(IV)In-the-Money(ITM)Income Statement(P&L Statement)Index Fund(Passive Fund)Indexation(Indexed Cost)India VIX(VIX)Interest Coverage Ratio(Debt Service Coverage)Intrinsic Value(Fundamental Value)Intrinsic Value (Options)(IV (Options))Inventory Turnover(Stock Turnover Ratio)IPO(Initial Public Offering)Iron CondorISIN(International Securities Identification Number)ITR-2(Income Tax Return Form 2)
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NAV(Net Asset Value)NBFC(Non-Banking Financial Company)Net Income(Net Profit)Net Profit Margin(Net Margin)Net WorthNew Tax Regime(New Income Tax Regime)NFO(New Fund Offer)Nifty 50(Nifty)Nifty 500(NSE 500)NIM(Net Interest Margin)NPA(Non-Performing Asset)NPS(National Pension System)NRI Taxation(Non-Resident Indian Taxation)NSDL(National Securities Depository Limited)NSE(National Stock Exchange)
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P/B Ratio(Price-to-Book Ratio)P/E Ratio(Price-to-Earnings Ratio)PAN(Permanent Account Number)PEG Ratio(Price/Earnings to Growth Ratio)Penny Stock(Penny Shares)Physical SettlementPivot Points(Floor Pivots)PMI(Purchasing Managers Index)PPF(Public Provident Fund)Pre-Open Session(Pre-Market Session)Price Band(IPO Price Band)Price-to-Sales Ratio(P/S Ratio)Promoter(Promoter Holding)Put Option(PE)
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Rally(Market Rally)RBI(Reserve Bank of India)RebalancingRecord Date(Record Date for Dividend)Regular Plan(Regular Mutual Fund)Related Party Transactions(RPT)Repo Rate(Policy Repo Rate)Reserves and Surplus(Retained Earnings)ResistanceRevenue(Turnover)Reverse Repo Rate(Reverse Repurchase Rate)RhoRights Issue(Rights Offering)ROA(Return on Assets)ROCE(Return on Capital Employed)ROE(Return on Equity)RSI(Relative Strength Index)Rule of 72(Doubling Time Rule)Rupee Cost Averaging(RCA)
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Section 80C(80C deduction)Section 80D(80D deduction)Senior Citizen Savings Scheme(SCSS)Sensex(S&P BSE Sensex)Set-Off of Losses(Tax Loss Harvesting)Share(Stock)Sharpe Ratio(Sharpe Index)SIP(Systematic Investment Plan)SLR(Statutory Liquidity Ratio)SMA(Simple Moving Average)Small Cap(Small-Cap)Small Cap Fund(Small Cap Equity Fund)SPAN Margin(Initial Margin)STCG(Short-Term Capital Gains)Stock(Share)Stock Split(Share Split)STP(Systematic Transfer Plan)StraddleStrangleStrike Price(Exercise Price)STT(Securities Transaction Tax)Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana(SSY)SupportSurcharge(Income Tax Surcharge)SWP(Systematic Withdrawal Plan)
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