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Follow-on Public Offer
A public issue of shares by a company that is already listed, made after its initial public offering.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesForeign Exchange Reserves
Foreign currency assets, gold and reserve positions held by a central bank to meet external obligations and manage the currency.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesForeign Institutional Flows
Net purchases or sales of Indian securities by foreign portfolio investors.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationForeign Portfolio Investor
A non-resident investor registered with SEBI to invest in Indian securities markets.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsForward Contract
A privately negotiated agreement to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a future date, not traded on an exchange.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationForward Price-to-Earnings
The price-to-earnings ratio computed using forecast earnings for a future period rather than reported ones.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceFraming Effect
The tendency for a decision to change depending on how the identical information is presented.
Financial Statements & AccountingFree Cash Flow
The cash a business generates after funding the capital expenditure needed to maintain and grow its asset base.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationFree Cash Flow to Equity
The cash available to shareholders after operating costs, capital expenditure, debt interest and net debt movements.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationFree Cash Flow to Firm
The cash generated by operations available to all capital providers, before any payments to lenders or shareholders.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationFree Cash Flow Yield
Free cash flow expressed as a percentage of market capitalisation or enterprise value.
Market Basics & InstrumentsFree Float
The portion of a company's shares that is actually available for public trading, excluding promoter, strategic and locked-in holdings.
Market Basics & InstrumentsFree-Float Market Capitalisation
The market value of only those shares available for public trading, used to weight constituents in Indian indices.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationFront Running
Trading ahead of a known large order to profit from the price movement that order will cause.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingFund Manager
The individual responsible for making investment decisions within a scheme's mandate.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingFund of Funds
A mutual fund that invests in units of other funds rather than directly in securities.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationFundamental Analysis
The study of a company's financial statements, industry and economics in order to estimate what its shares are worth.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsFutures Contract
A standardised exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell an underlying asset at a set price on a set future date.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceGambler's Fallacy
The belief that an independent random outcome is due to reverse after a run in one direction.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsGamma
The rate at which an option's delta changes for a one-unit change in the underlying.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsGap
A discontinuity on a chart where a period's entire range lies away from the previous period's range, with no trading in between.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsGap Down
An opening price below the previous period's low, leaving an unfilled space on the chart.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsGap Up
An opening price above the previous period's high, leaving an unfilled space on the chart.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesGDP Growth Rate
The percentage change in real gross domestic product from one period to the corresponding earlier one.