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Share
A single unit of ownership in a company, giving its holder a proportional claim on the company's profits and on whatever is left over if…
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceShare Buyback
A company purchasing its own shares from shareholders, reducing the share count.
Financial Statements & AccountingShare Capital
The portion of shareholders' funds representing the face value of shares issued and paid up.
Market Basics & InstrumentsShareholder
A person or institution that owns shares in a company and therefore holds part of its ownership.
Financial Statements & AccountingShareholders' Equity
The owners' claim on the company in the accounts, equal to share capital plus accumulated reserves.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceShareholding Pattern
The quarterly disclosure showing how a listed company's shares are distributed across shareholder categories.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationShares Outstanding
The total number of a company's shares currently held by all shareholders, including promoters and institutions.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementSharpe Ratio
Return above the risk-free rate per unit of total volatility.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsShooting Star
A candlestick with a small body near the bottom of its range and a long upper wick, appearing after an advance.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsShort Call
A position created by writing a call option, receiving the premium and taking on an obligation to deliver if exercised.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureShort Delivery
A failure to deliver securities to the clearing corporation by the settlement deadline after having sold them.
Market Basics & InstrumentsShort Position
A position created by selling a security one does not own, which gains when the price falls and loses when it rises.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsShort Put
A position created by writing a put option, receiving the premium and taking on an obligation to buy if exercised.
Market Basics & InstrumentsShort Selling
Selling a security that is not owned, in the expectation of buying it back later at a lower price.
Financial Statements & AccountingShort-Term Borrowings
Debt repayable within twelve months, typically working capital loans, cash credit facilities and commercial paper.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationShort-Term Capital Gain
A capital gain on an asset held for less than the qualifying period, taxed at a higher rate than a long-term gain.
Indicators & OscillatorsSignal Line
A moving average of an indicator's own values, plotted alongside it to mark where the indicator turns relative to its own trend.
Indicators & OscillatorsSimple Moving Average
A moving average that weights every period in the window equally.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureSlippage
The difference between the price expected when an order is sent and the price at which it actually executes.
Market Basics & InstrumentsSmall-Cap Stock
A share of a company ranked 251st or lower by market capitalisation under India's classification.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingSmart Beta
A rules-based index strategy that weights constituents by a chosen factor rather than by market capitalisation.
Indicators & OscillatorsSmoothing Period
The number of periods an indicator averages over, controlling how much noise it removes and how much it lags.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceSocial Proof
The tendency to treat the actions of others as evidence about what is correct.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesSoft Landing
An outcome in which monetary tightening slows inflation without causing a recession.