Stock Market Trading course for freshers by Global Financial Institute

Investment Basics:

What is Investment?
Why should one invest?
When to start Investing
What care should one take while investing?
What is meant by Interest?
What factors determine interest rates?
What are various options available for investment?
What are various Short-term financial options available for investment?
What are various Long-term financial options available for investment?
What is meant by a Stock Exchange?
What are an Equity/Share?
What is a Debt Instrument?
What is a Derivative?
What is a Mutual Fund?
What is an Index?
What is a Depository?
What is Dematerialization?

SECURITIES:

What is meant by Securities?
What is the function of Securities Market?
Which are the securities one can invest in?

REGULATOR

Why does Securities Market need Regulators?
Who regulates the Securities Market?
What is SEBI and what is its role

PARTICIPANTS

Who are the participants in the Securities Market?
Is it necessary to transact through an intermediary
What are the segments of Securities Market?

PRIMARY MARKET:
What is the role of the Primary Market?
What is meant by Face Value of a share/debenture?
What do you mean by the term Premium and Discount in a Security Market?

ISSUE OF SHARES

Why do companies need to issue shares to the public?
What are the different kinds of issues?
What is meant by Issue Price?
What is meant by Market Capitalisation?
What is the difference between public issue and private placement?
What is an Initial Public Offer (IPO)?
Who decides the price of an issue?
What does price discovery through Book Building Process mean?
What is the main difference between offer of shares through book building and offer of shares through normal public issue?
What is Cut-Off Price?
What is the floor price in case of book building?
What is a Price Band in a book built IPO
Who decides the Price Band?
What is minimum number of days for which a bid should remain open during Book Building?
Can open outcry system be used for book building?
Can the individual investor use the book building facility to make an application?
How does one know if shares are allotted in an IPO/offer for sale?
What is the timeframe for getting refund if shares not allotted
How long does it take to get the shares listed after issue?
What is the role of a Registrar to an issue?
Does NSE provide any facility for IPO?
What is a Prospectus?
What does Draft Offer document mean?
What is an Abridged Prospectus?
Who prepares the Prospectus/Offer Documents
What does one mean by Lock-in?
What is meant by Listing of Securities?
What is a Listing Agreement?
What does Delisting of securities mean?
What is SEBIs Role in an Issue?
Does it mean that SEBI recommends an issue?
Does SEBI tag make ones money safe?

FOREIGN CAPITAL ISSUANCE

Can companies in India raise foreign currency resources?
What is an American Depository Receipt?
What is AN AD?
What is meant by Global Depository Receipts?

SECONDARY MARKET

INTRODUCTION

What is meant by Secondary Market?
What is the role of the Secondary Market?
What is the difference between the Primary Market and the Secondary Market?

Stock Exchange

What is the role of a Stock Exchange in buying and selling shares?
What is Demutualisation of stock exchanges?
How is a demutualised exchange different from a mutual exchange?
Currently are there any demutualised stock exchanges in India?

Stock Trading

What is Screen Based Trading?
What is NEAT?
How to place orders with the broker?
How does an investor get access to internet based trading facility?
What is a Contract Note?
What details are required to be mentioned on the contract note issued by the stock broker?
What is the maximum brokerage that a broker can charge?
Why should one trade on a recognized stock exchange only for buying/selling shares
How to know if the broker or sub broker is registered
What precautions must one take before investing in the stock markets?
What Dos and Donts should an investor bear in mind when investing in the stock markets

PRODUCTS IN THE SECONDARY MARKETS

What are the products dealt in the Secondary Markets?

Equity Investment

Why should one invest in equities in particular?
What has been the average return on Equities in India?
Which are the factors that influence the price of a stock?
What is meant by the terms Growth Stock / Value Stock?
How can one acquire equity shares?
What is Bid and Ask Price?
What is a Portfolio?
What is Diversification?
What are the advantages of having a diversified portfolio?

Debt Investment

What is a Debt Instrument?
What are the features of debt instruments?
What is meant by Interest payable by a debenture or a bond?
What are the Segments in the Debt Market in India?
Who are the Participants in the Debt Market?
Are bonds rated for their credit quality?
How can one acquire securities in the debt market?

DERIVATIVES
What are Types of Derivatives?
What is an Option Premium?
What is Commodity Exchange?
What is meant by Commodity?
What is Commodity derivatives market?
What is the difference between Commodity and Financial Derivatives?

DEPOSITORY
How is a depository similar to a bank?
Which are the depositories in India?
What are the benefits of participation in a depository?
Who is a Depository Participant (DP)
Does one need to keep any minimum balance of securities in his account with his DP?
What is an ISIN?
What is a Custodian?
How can one convert physical holding into electronic holding i.e. how can one dematerialise securities
Can odd lot shares be dematerialised?
Do dematerialised shares have distinctive numbers?
Can electronic holdings be converted into Physical Certificates?
Can one dematerialise his debt instruments, mutual fund units; government securities in his demat account

MUTUAL FUNDS
What is the Regulatory Body for Mutual Funds?
What are the benefits of investing in Mutual Funds?
What is NAV?
Are there any risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds
What are the different types of Mutual funds?
What are the different investment plans that Mutual Funds offer
What are the rights that are available to a Mutual Fund holder in India?
What is a Fund Offer Document?
What is Active Fund Management?
What is Passive Fund Management?
What is an ETF?

CONCEPTS & MODES OF ANALYSIS
What is Simple Interest?
What is Compound Interest?
What is meant by the Time Value of Money?
How is time value of money computed?
What is Effective Annual Return?
How to go about systematically analyzing a company
What is an Annual Report?
Which features of an Annual Report should one read carefully?
What are a Balance Sheet and a Profit and Loss Account Statement?
What is the difference between Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account Statements of a company?
What do these sources of funds represent?
What is the difference between Equity shareholders and preferential shareholders
What is the difference between secured and unsecured loans under Loan Funds?
What is meant by application of funds?
What do the sub-headings under the Fixed Assets like Gross block Depreciation, Net Block and Capital-Work in Progress mean
What are Current Liabilities and Provisions and Net Current Assets in the balance sheet?
How is balance sheet summarized?
What does a Profit and Loss Account statement consists of
What should one look for in a Profit and Loss Account?

RATIO ANALYSIS
Different Ratios to analyse companys Financial Statements?