Demat Account, Equity Market and Equity Trading

Meaning of the Demat accountthe company with a chance to realize some profits
Dematerialized account is known as a Demat account.on the performance of the company.
A company should offer you securities in both DematWe can split this market in two major sectors: the
and physical form; you can receive them in the modeprimary as well as the secondary market.
you prefer.In the primary market the new issues are usually
If you want to receive the securities in the Dematoffered. After this any further trading is done in
mode, you must mention the depository name andsecondary markets.
the depository participant who has a name in theMeaning of the Equity Trading
depository account in your application.The selling and buying of the stock shares of the
It is usually preferable to have securities in thecompany is termed as the equity trading. Shares of
Demat form as the physical securities usually carrymany large companies which are publicly traded are
the risk of being forged, fake or can be stolen.sold and bought via large stock exchanges, which
Meaning of the Equityalso serve as auction managed for the purpose of
Equity usually is termed as a financial instrumenttrade. The stock shares in the small public companies
invoked by the company to invite the people toare usually sold and bought in the over-the-counter
make a investment of their funds in the firm and thismarket.
way the investor becomes the part owner of theThe owner of the shares can indulge in the equity
company. Mostly when there are insufficient fundstrading, or he can operate through an authorized
available to the company for the expansion of itsagent for buying and selling of the shares on his
business, it comes out with the equity shares.behalf. Principal or proprietary trading is the selling and
Meaning of the Equity Marketbuying for the profit of the trader. In such a case
It is the market where the shares are normally issuedthe owner of the shares is the "principal". The
and also traded either on exchanges or on theAgency trading involves the selling and buying by the
over-the-counter market. It is also called the stockagent, mostly a stock broker, on behalf of the client.
market and is a most important part of the marketThe agents get a commission for the trade
economy as it gives the companies an access to theperformance.
capital and the investors a chance to own a part of