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Frequently
Asked Questions
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General
Information
What
is the Stock Exchange?
The stock exchange provides a sound and
stable securities market where shares can be bought and
sold.
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What
is the Role of the Stock Exchange?
The stock exchange provides listed companies
with a channel seek capital fund from the public and at
the same time It provides the investors a place to buy
and sell shares of the listed companies.
The exchange also monitors the market to ensure that it
is working efficiently, fairly and transparently.
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How many Stock Exchanges in Bangladesh?
There are Two stock exchanges in Bangladesh:
1.
Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. – Established on 1954
2. Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd. - Established on
1995
Of
these, Dhaka Stock Exchange is the biggest stock exchange
in the country.
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How do you select the company Before You Invest?
Don't put in your money until you have
understood all relevant information regarding the investment.
Prepare yourself for the vigorous homework of analyzing
company's annual reports, EPS (Earning Per Share), accounts
and other statements while keeping abreast of what's happening
in the industry, country and elsewhere that may affect
your investment. Consult your investment adviser/broker
to get latest market information about shares you intend
to buy or sell. Be skeptical of any thing picked up from
rumors, particularly if you cannot rationally explain
their choice.
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Why Do Investors Think For Long-term Investment?
Bear in mind that even in the best of securities/shares,
there can be short-term aberrations. It is important to
have the power to hold your investments for longer periods.
Studies have shown that investments properly timed and
based on strong fundamentals have been very profitable
for investors in the longer term.
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What is 'Book closure' / 'Record Date'?
While a company a dividend, right/ bonus
shares or intends to hold any AGM/ EGM; it declares a
book legislature closer provider/ Record Date to register
the name of shareholders.
Only shareholders whose names appear on the register after
the book closure/ Record Date are eligible to attend in
the AGM/ EGM and also to receive dividends & bonus shares
and entitlement to right shares, if any.
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Market
Related Information
What
is the trade time of DSE?
Generally Trading Time is from 10:00
am to 02:00 pm.
Working Days: Sunday to Thursday
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What
are the measures of market performance?
There are four indicators of market performance:
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Market Capitalization
- Value
Turnover
- Traded
Volume
- Index
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What
Investment Products are Available?
The following types of securities are available
on the stock market for investment:
- Ordinary
shares of listed companies
- Mutual
funds
- Debenture
- Bond
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What
is 'Share' ?
Each share represents a small stake in
the total paid up capital of a company. In fact a public
limited company is one that is formed to accumulate capital
from a large pool of investors. Therefore total capital
of such companies is divided into smaller equal denomination
units represented by a share/ capital. One may buy large
or small lots to match the amount of money that one wants
to invest.
A company's share price can rise or fall as a result of
its own performance or market conditions. Once the shares
are bought and transferred to new investors name, the
name will be entered in the company's share register,
the new investors will then be entitled to receive all
the benefits of share ownership including the rights to
receive dividends, to vote at the company's general meetings
and to receive the company's reports.
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What
is 'Market Capitalization' ?
Market Capitalization is the total market
value, at the current stock exchange list price of the
total number of equity shares issued by a company.
Market
Capitalization = ∑ (No. of Issued Share * Close Price)
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What
is 'IPO' ?
Initial Public offering.
IPO means while a company wants to raise fund from the
general public, it goes for public offering after completing
necessary regulatory compliances.
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What
is 'Circuit Filter' ?
Circuit Filter is the maximum permissible deviation of
the price (specified as percentage), of an aggressor order
from the last trade price.
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What
is 'Circuit Breaker' ?
Circuit Breaker is the maximum permissible
deviation of the price (specified as percentage) of the
incoming order from the Circuit Breaker Base Price for
that instrument. Orders violating circuit breaker will
result rejection of the order.
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What
is 'Market Lot' ?
A Market Lot is the smallest tradable unit
for an instrument except those traded in the Oddlot book.
All order quantities can only be an integral multiple
of the Market lot.
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What
is 'Odd Lot' ?
Stock market shares are generally bought
and sold in market lots, which are easy to trade. Any
number of shares less than the market lot makes an odd
lot. Odd lots typically arise from bonus or rights issues.
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What
is 'Touchline Price' ?
The Touchline Price for an instrument is
the best offer (sell) and best bid (buy) price amongst
all orders in the order book. The touchline buy price
is the highest price amongst all buy orders and the touchline
sell price is the lowest price amongst all sell orders.
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How
orders are queued for trading?
Orders are queued and traded according
to first on price and then time priorities. Best-priced
orders traded first. If there is more than one order at
the same price, the order is placed by time priority.
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What
are the groups of instruments in DSE?
The groups of instruments in DSE are: A,
B, G, N and Z .
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What
are the Settlement Rules for different categories instruments?
Settlement (Pay Cycle) Rules for different
categories instruments are:
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