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• Learn about the money market – its concept, meaning, and functions22 May 2019

  Money Market is a segment of the financial market in India where borrowing and lending of short-term funds take place. The maturity of money market instruments is from one day to one year. In India, this market is regulated by both RBI (the Reserve bank of India) and SEBI (the Security and Exchange Board of India). The nature of transactions in this market is such that they are large in amount and high in volume. Thus, we can say that the entire market

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• Do retail investors should really care about money market in India?7 May 2019

  Investing money keeping in view the timely requirement of it, is very critical for retail investors in India. For a long-term purpose, there are a handful of options available to such retailers in India. But when it comes to investing for the short-term period, there are very few instruments available to them. Besides a few options, there is also lack of awareness relating to the availability of instruments for short duration investments. Instruments of the money market are basically short-term

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• Currency swap for foreign exchange rate management – lessons for stock market investors19 April 2019

  The word swapping means to exchange. So, a currency swap is an agreement or a contract between the two parties. In such a swap they agree to trade their currencies at the preset up terms and conditions. Thus, a currency swap or a cross-currency swap is an off-balance sheet transaction. Here, two parties exchange principal amount and interest that incur in different currencies. The dual purpose of a currency swap is – To hedge exposure to exchange rate risk, or

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