It gives us immense pleasure to introduce this book on “Equity Markets – I” to the teachers and students of Second Year B.Com. (Financial Markets), Semester III. The book fully covers the syllabus, as prescribed by the University of Mumbai.
In the current scenario, investing in Equity Markets is a major challenge even for seasoned professionals. This book is targeted at undergraduate students of B.Com. (Financial Markets). The book offers conceptual clarity, in-depth coverage and the Indian context with its emphasis on a student-friendly approach and an attempt to demystifying the tough subject. The book elaborates the basics of investment and different forms of securities of the Indian stock markets. The functioning of the secondary market and how an investor goes about buying and selling the stocks is presented in a lucid way in this book. The major stock exchanges and their trading pattern are depicted clearly in this book. Chapters also elaborates SEBI and its role in the stock market. Chapters exclusively deals with the different functions of merchant banker. The last chapter elaborates on the role played by the OTCEI in the Equity Market.
Contents –
1. Indian Financial System
2. Financial Markets
3. Primary Market
4. Merchant Banking
5. Basics of Equity Shares
6. Market Participants in the Securities Market
7. Basics of Trading in Equity Market and Indices
8. OTCEI
Appendix
Bibliography
