3. Risk (Part 2) – Variance & Covariance
3.1 – Variance In the previous chapter, we touched upon the topic of expected return, continuing on it, we will understand the concept of ‘Portfolio...
2. Risk (Part 1)
2.1 – Warming up to risk For every rupee of profit made by a trader, there must be a trader losing that rupee. As an...
1. Orientation note
1.1 – A unique opportunity I’m excited about this brand new module on Varsity, wherein we will be discussing two important and closely related market...
19. Government Securities
19.1 – The new beginning In a fascinating new development, NSE in collaboration with RBI has recently made it possible for retail investors to start...
18. Cross Currency Pairs
18.1 – All hail the king of Forex Outside India, the biggest market people trade-in is the Forex futures market. Right from the retail to...
17. Commodity Options
17.1 – Commodity options, finally! My first commodity trade was on pepper futures, and this was sometime towards the end of 2005 or early 2006....
16. Natural Gas
16.1 – History and background I know this chapter on Natural Gas is coming in late; we should have discussed this much earlier, probably when...
15. Cardamom & Mentha Oil
15.1 – Monsoon blues Back in the day, I traded stocks with ICICI Direct. Around the same time, MCX had just started operations, and ICICI...
14. Lead & Nickel
4.1 – Lead – some history, some basics. Would you believe, if I said that ‘Lead’, as in the metal Lead, played a role in...
13. Copper & Aluminium
13.1 – Sumitomo Copper scandal If you are remotely connected to the commodity world, then this is one story you must have heard of –...