10. Financial Market

1. Short Selling (selling without owning)

2. Whose job it is ensure that the contracts are executed at time

3. Margin requirement

We sell shares which we dont own by taking from someone and then sell it and then buy those shares later and return it to him hoping the price would reduce

2. Clearing house and SEBI

3. We have to keep some of our money as security so that if there is full loss then it ensures that we will pay loss from that

Which is more in India among croporate bonds and gvt bonds

Gvt bonds, corporate bonds in India are very underdeveloped

Blacklisting vs whitelisting apps

1. Everything allowed except blocked

2. Nothing is allowed unless whitelisted

Catestrophic bonds

1. who issues them

2. What happens if there is a catastrophy

3. Who holds the money as intermediary

4. low or high interest rate compared to other bonds

1. Sovereign nations to pvt investors

2. then the investors loose money

3. World Bank

4. high because there is a chance of losing princial

Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)

1. why

2. what

1. to raise capital

2. selling into institutional or venture capitalists etc but not Retail investor. Similar to FPO except its nor for retailers

New SEBI norma on intra-day trading

1. Intra-day posiiton capped at

2. Applies only to what

1. 5000 crore per entity (only can bet upto 5000 crore on movement of stock)

2. Only Index market (this dominates the derivaties market generally)

Who are the largest investor in US treasury securities

Japan > UK > china

Securities transaction tax

1. on what

2. Is it double taxation

3. Only on gain?

4. is STT refunded

1. Stocks, indices

2. yes

3. No, just on the fact that security buying or selling happens , even during loss

4. No