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What is investment?
It means conversion of cash or money into a monetary asset or a claim on future money for a return. It means parting ones fund to be used by another party for productive activity.
What is security?
Securities provides a claim on an asset & any future cash flows that asset may generate. Securities includes shares, bonds, debentures, preference shares etc. issued by company & government. Classified on the basis of returns & issue.
TYPES OF SECURITIES
(a) (b) (c) Negotiable securities Securities that are transferable Yield variable income or fixed income Bonds, debentures, equity shares etc.
Non-negotiable securities (a) non-transferable (b) Schemes Post-offices, banks, companies, etc.
NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES
Variable Income Securities (a) Income shares (b) Cyclical shares Fixed Income Securities (a) Preference shares (b) Debentures (c) Govt. securities
Money market securities (a) Treasury bills (b) Commercial papers (c) Certificate of deposit
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
Liquidity
Age Need for Regular Income
Risk Tolerance
Tax Liability
Phase III
Earning Years
Retirement
60 yrs
Age
INVESTMENT AVENUES
High
H i g h
R I S K
Liquid Fund
Comp FD
Sedate Zone
P.O.
Optimal
L o w
INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS
1. PUBLIC PROVIDENT FUND 2. NATIONAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATE (NSC) 3. 8% SAVINIGS BONDS
INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS
9. MUTUAL FUNDS 10. EQUITY LINKED SAVING SCHEME (ELSS) 11. TERM DEPOSITS WITH BANKS 12. SAVINGS DEPOSITS WITH BANKS 13. FIXED DEPOSITS WITH COMPANIES 14. JEWELLERY, GOLD & PRECIOUS METALS 15. IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 16. PAINTINGS
Very Safe Investment Not so liquid. Investment remains locked for 15 years
8% interest per year. Compounded Annually Amount Invested is eligible for deduction under section 80C Interest is exempt under section 10. No TDS from interest. No tax when money is received back
8% SAVING BONDS
Very Safe. Unless the Government goes bankrupt and defaults, there is no chance of losing money Life is six years. Very illiquid. Not transferable and not encashable before end of six years. ROI is 8% per annum No tax benefits
No tax on reinvestment
8% per annum interest payable monthly. In addition, bonus of 10% is payable on maturity only on accounts opened upto 13th February, 2006.
Interest is fully taxable. No TDS from interest. No tax on reinvestment.
Not strictly an option for generating income. It is more of a safety net for future. Amount paid as premium is eligible for deduction under section 80C
Amount received back on maturity of policy including the accumulated bonus is exempted from tax
Amount received back on maturity of policy including the accumulated bonus is subject to the laws applicable to capital gains
SHARES
Substantial risk as the prices of shares fluctuate from time to time and are market driven Very liquid. Can be sold on stock exchanges any time and the sale proceeds would be received within a few days Maximum scope for capital appreciation which would differ from one company to another Dividend is exempt from tax under Section 10. Short Tem Capital Gains Tax is charged @ 10% Long Tem Capital Gains Tax is exempt from tax
MUTUAL FUNDS
Substantial risk as the NAV of units fluctuate from time to time and are market driven In most cases, very liquid. Can be withdrawn at any time subject to exit load which varies from scheme to scheme. Maximum scope for capital appreciation which would differ from one fund/scheme/plan to another Dividend is exempt from tax under Section 10. However, dividend distribution tax is levied on Mutual Fund companies Short Tem Capital Gains Tax is charged @ 10% Long Tem Capital Gains Tax is exempt from tax
Substantial risk as the NAV of units fluctuate from time to time and are market driven Lock-in period of 3 years. Can be withdrawn at any time after 3 years. Maximum scope for capital appreciation which would differ from one fund to another
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3.00%
4.50%
Gold is considered to be a safe investment. However, jewellery and precious stones are generally not viewed from the point of view of investments Not a very liquid investment. Making charges becomes a sunk cost. However, now there is option of buying paper gold in exchange traded funds (ETF). No tax benefits. Capital gains tax needs to be paid on sale.
REAL ESTATE
House property and land have traditionally been perceived to be safe investments. However, in India, there is often a doubt about the validity of the title deed Not very liquid asset. Transfer of land and house property is a lengthy and complicated process. Tax benefits on repayment of housing loan under Section 80C and 24B
PAINTINGS
The market for paintings is a nascent market in India. At present, it is very small and from that point of view, and also in view of the fact that art is very subjective, the safety of investment in Art cannot be accurately predicted
Returns are not very predictable. It would depend on the trends prevailing and on the popularity of the artist which may keep on changing from time to time.
INVESTMENT VS SPECULATION
INVESTMENTS
LONG TERM MODERATE RETURNS
SPECULATION
SHORT TERM HIGH RETURNS HIGH RISK BORROWED FUNDS USED USES TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
DIVERSIFIED RISK
OWN FUNDS USED
Serious Assets
Sacred Assets
Primary Market
The primary market provides the channel for sale of new securities. Primary market provides opportunity to issuers of securities to raise resources to meet their requirements of investment. Securities available for the first time. Issuer may be brand new company or old company. Securities absorb new funds. After the issue securities are traded in the secondary market.
The new issue market represent the primary market where new securities share or bonds that have never been previously issued., are offered. Both the new companies and the existing ones can raise capital on the new issue market. Primary market is the one in which the company approaches investors to raise capital.
Public issue
Rights issue
Private placements Preferential allotment
Book building: Offering shares to investors in which the issue price is not fixed, determined through a bidding process. Right Issue: Selling securities in the primary market by issuing right to existing shareholders. Private Placement: Sale of securities to a limited no of sophisticated investors such as financial institutions, mutual fund, venture capital funds, banks & so on.
Preferential Allotment: Given mainly to promoters or friendly investors. Select investors at a price which may not be the prevailing market price. Preferential basis for certain categories.
Merchant Bankers Under writers Banker to an issue Registrars to an issue and transfer agents Debentures trustees Brokers to issue Portfolio consultants
Pricing of Issues
On the basis of net asset value per share , fresh capital and profit earning capacity AT PREMIUM AT PAR AT DISCOUNT
Secondary Market
Outstanding securities are traded in secondary market. The investors can buy & sell securities also known as stock market / stock exchange.
Debt instruments like bonds & debentures are also traded. It promotes capital formation, effects growth of economy.
Regulatory Framework
Ministry of Finance. SEBI Securities Exchange board of India Governing Body
Stock Exchanges
There are 23 stock exchange recognized under securities contract act 1956 OTCEI , NSE and BSE other 20 exchanges
The BROKER
A broker has to be registered with recognized stock exchange has to apply to the SEBI for registration. The broker has to abide by the code of conduct of SEBI. The code of conduct prevents the malpractices, manipulation and gives other statutory requirements.
SHARE GROUPS
A category shares (Specified) These are selected on the basis of equity, market capitalization and public holding. It has good track record and a dividend paying company. B1 category shares Actively Traded securities. B category shares rest company shares.
Settlement system
Fixed settlement system settlement cycle Monday to Friday (BSE) and Wednesday to Tuesday (NSE). Rolling Settlement system settlement takes place n days (usually 1,2,3 or 5) after trading day. This is known as T + n
Online Trading
The SEBI committee on internet based securities trading services has allowed the net to be used as ORDER ROUTING SYSTEM(ORS) through registered stock brokers on behalf of their clients for the execution of transaction.
Listing of securities
Listing refers to the admission of the security of a public limited company on a recognized stock exchange for trading. Listing of securities is undertaken with the primary objective of providing marketability, liquidity and transferability to securities. Any company intended to offer shares to a public through the issue of prospectus should make an application to one or more recognized stock exchange for permission to be traded in one or more stock exchanges.
Listing Procedure.
Preliminary discussion. Article of Association approval. Draft prospectus approval. Listing application. Listing agreement. Listing fee.
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Insider Trading prohibited to maintain the market integrity. Separate guidelines were issued for other financial institutions for disclosure and investment protection regarding their raising of funds from the market. Mandatory for brokers to maintain separate accounts for clients and themselves. The Banker to the issue brought under purvies of SEBI. Book Building Method has been modified.
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Establishment of a Central Listing Authority to centralize the listing function which earlier done at stock exchange level. SEBI introduced compulsory rolling settlement (T+2 system). Infrastructural Development increased automation and electronic practices should be adopted. Development of database (MAPIN database) about market participants and investors which allows SEBI to give unique identification number to all participants in the market.
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For regulating the mutual funds they have to be managed by AMC (Asset Management Company) and supervised by the board of trustees. Features are : offer document , Disclosure of indicative returns, Advertisement code, prescription of minimum amount to be raised by the scheme. SEBI has dispensed with the requirement to the issue shares with a fixed par value of Rs.10 and Rs.100 has given freedom to companies to determine the par value of shares issued by them.