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What is an ETF(Exchange Traded Fund)?

What is an ETF(Exchange Traded Fund)? After the popularity of mutual funds in the last two decades here came an interesting investing object ETFs. ETFs make an investment in stocks of a particular index in the same weightage as of index which it follows. In an easy way, ETFs can be said as mutual funds that can be traded like stocks. ETFs can be traded at exchanges and the price depends on the buy and sells of units. Eg. Nifty ETF. How does ETFs work? Firstly the AMC buys the stocks with the same weightage as of index which the ETF will be following. Then these shares are divided into small units so that they can be distributed among the investors. And finally, these shares are then allotted to the investors. In case of more demand, the AMC can issue more shares and in case of low demand, the people can sell their shares back to the AMC. And after the allocation is done the AMC(Asset Management Company) which sponsors the ETF will list Read More: What is Nifty 50 and Sensex? How i...

Reliance Industries Ltd. - Company Analysis (Part-6)

Continued... 6) Oil and Gas Exploration & Production Source Reliance Industries Ltd. Annual Report 2019-20 Financials The company saw a drop in revenue of 35.8% from 5005 in FY 2018-19 to 3211 in FY 2019-20. The company saw a drop in EBITDA of 78.5% from 1642 in FY 2018-19 to 353 in FY 2019-20. This drop in revenue and EBITDA were as volumes from domestic upstream fields and US shale was lower because of natural decline and slowdown of in development activity. For the year, domestic production (RIL share) was at 38.8 BCFe, down 34.1% y-o-y and in US Shale, the business was 80.4 BCFe, down 14.9% y-o-y basis. RIL(Reliance Industries Ltd.) History Dhirubhai Ambani, Father of current Chairman Mukesh Ambani, returns to India in 1957 after a stint with A. Besse & Co., Aden, Yemen. He starts a yarn trading business from a small 500 sq. ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai, but dreams of establishing India’s largest company. In 1977 Reliance Textile Industries went public with its I...

Pidilite Industries - Company Analysis

Pidilite Industries Over the years, the Company has made progressive advancements across all three dimensions of sustainability. On the economic front, through an appropriate product mix and a good understanding of customer requirements, the Company has been consistently growing its market presence, revenues, and profitability. On the environment front, initiatives are focused on resource optimization, reduction of waste, energy, and emissions across operations. The Company has 33 subsidiaries, both direct and indirect, as of 31st March 2020. 13 of these subsidiaries are in India and 20 of them are located abroad. Markets served by the Company – The Company’s products have a pan India presence and the products are also marketed in several countries like UAE, USA, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Egypt, Brazil, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kenya, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Hongkong, UK, Kuwait, Australia, etc....

How to Make a Yearly Budget?

How to Make a Yearly Budget? Making a yearly budget is an important part of keeping our finances healthy. By making a budget we can keep a track record of how much you earn, how much you spend, and how much you save. By making a budget we can plan our spending. Making a budget also helps in making big purchases like a car or a house or any other thing systematically without disturbing our finances much. Making a budget also helps us in achieving our long term goals. It can also help us in limiting our expenses to only necessary things and not doing many extra expenses. → List your sources of income Make a list of all your sources of income. Sources of income can include your job salary, business income, rent received from the tenant, dividend from stocks, income from tenant farmer, etc. Now when you are done with your list you can add them up and now divide them with 12 so that we can get the estimate of monthly income. → List all your expenses Get all your bills of the past 3-4 m...