Fixed Income Securities available in India! Yield: Simply put, 'Yield to Maturity' (YTM) or yield for short is the annualized return that you will earn if you invest in a fixed income security today and hold it till maturity. It's not a simple rate of return but takes into account the effect of compounding. When comparing alternative investments, yield is [...]
List of Top 5 Government Bonds to Invest in India! 1. Central Government Bonds: If you spend more than you earn, how do you sustain? You will borrow. This is precisely the purpose of Bonds issued by the Central Government. Before the beginning of every financial year, the Central Government announces its Financial Budget- Its anticipated expenditures and sources of [...]
List of Top 8 Fixed Income Products! Fixed Income Product # 1. Credit Default Swaps (CDS): Over the past few years, especially at the onset of the global economic recession, when people started to wonder as to what really went wrong, the CDS came into limelight. CDS is basically in the nature of insurance. It provides a protection to the [...]