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A Financial Instrument -- Thriugh Which the owner of A company Can Raise Funds --
Person who gives money to the company is known as the debenture holder(Not owner to
the compay but lender to the company)
The person who lends money gets a Fixed Rate of Interest in return.
Debentures has to be mandatorily get rated by any rating agencies example: ICRA--
INDUSTRIAL CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
CRISIL.AAA AA A -AA D(Default).
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TYPES OF DERIVATIVE:
Futures Forwards
Options Swaps
As far as the stock market concerns, SWAPS AND FORWARDS are not considered as
derivatives.
Derivatives are primarily used for two major things - HEDGING & SPECULATION
FUTURES: Derivative Financial Contracts.
1- Obligate the parties, you have to honor the contract, cant
backoff. (Its A obliigation not a right given to you).
2- To transact a asset ex. Commodity, Currency or the index
itself.
3- At predetermined future date and price. ex on zerodha
typeNIFTY FUT.
Futures have expiry, 3 expiry periods. Near Month, Next
Month, Far Month.
Futures expires at last thursday of the month. If its a
holiday futures expires on wednesday.
In Futures we cant buy like 1 shares 2 shares, We have to buy it in Lot Ex. 1 lot,
2 lot
FORWRD: Ex. A farmer trades Potato today at Rs.2 to be delivered after 2 months
irrespective of the price after two months
after two months Price of potato may be 1 OR even 4. but the
farmer will get only Rs.2 as he had entered in Forwards
Contracts.
FUTURES EXAMPLE
MRF 1 SHARE RS.60,000
MRF 1 LOT 10SHARES FUT RS,60,000 THAT IS 10% OF 6,00,000.
IF price rises to RS.70,000 1 Share profit 10,000 1 Lot Profit 1,00,000.
Loss Of 10,000,
1 share RS.10,000 loss
1 lot RS.1,00,000 loss capital of 60,000 + 40,000 is what we have to give.