Role of a share broker

The stock market cannot be complete without stock brokers. Also termed share brokers, they are the lifeblood of trading. As an investor, it is mandatory to procure the services of a share broker who will handle all your transactions. In addition to guiding you towards your investment decisions, they also update you about market conditions. You can get the best services of stock brokers to your satisfaction if you are an online trader and is registered with an online share trading platform. Such online platforms have share brokers who are backed by years of experience in the stock market and give expert tips if you subscribe.

It is advisable that you do not bank upon your share broker wholly because he gives you guidance only and the decision to invest rests on you solely. To start with, get the historical data of listed companies besides viewing the share prices. After collecting sufficient data, which is possible online, make a list of the ones that are doing well. Sort out further so that you have only a counted few in the list. Now you know that these companies have a history of a good growth rate. Look for price growth in the future or instant price growth in sync with the prevailing market conditions and future market trends. Once you are ready with your decision, give the green signal to your share broker. And then, there you are, carving a niche in the stock market with repeat gains!

NSE moving up steadily

The Indian stock market comprises of Bombay stock exchange and National stock exchange besides many other indices. However, the BSE and NSE are the key indices that account for most of the trading shares in India. To get a hint of what’s going live in stock market, get acquainted to the NSE share values and BSE sensex and that alone would help you gauge the real trading situation of India and thus, guide you to invest in Indian mutual funds or not. Mapping the water before diving in the share market is what calls in for stock technical analysis. A successful share broker or investor is the one who gets his investments and trading basics right as only expertise and experience helps in making right investment decision in the otherwise uncertain terrain. The recent moves of NSE stock market to lower trading cost in futures, cash segments, and options by 10 per cent seems to have shaken the BSE to re-think and work upon their business models too. As the economic situation is still hefty worldwide, one wrong decision can bring one down to a complete breakdown. Even MCX-SX waits for the regulatory approval so that it could host equity trading and meanwhile BSE is struggling to keep its position in the cash segment intact i.e. to maintain its 30 per cent market share.

As per the live stock market, NSE rules in both the cash as well as the futures segments with nearly 70 per cent and 98 per cent market share, respectively. Even the stock exchange analysts have maintained that investing in NSE trading would prove to be of great benefit to investors, share brokers and traders. And following this, the competition would stride with double the pace as BSE and MCX-SX are rivaling to get more liquidity on their respective platforms. However, BSE share could be the first casualty as MCX-SX is not qualified to race at all. NSE’s move has been declared as a clever step by the stock exchange experts as after 2001, it is for the first time that NSE has lowered its transaction charges in the F&O segment thus, benefiting retail investors.