SOME IMPORTANT TERMS

THE LAST POST OF MINE MENTIONED FPO AND I LEFT IT WITHOUT EXPLANATION.THE ONLY REASON BEHIND IT WAS THAT I WISHED TO SEGREGATE ALL THESE ABBREVIATIONS SO THAT YOU DON'T MISS ANY.

SO HERE WE GO

1.FPO:
FPO STANDS FOR FOLLOW-ON PUBLIC OFFER.ITS THE NEXT STEP FROM IPO . WHEN A COMPANY WHOSE STOCKS ARE ALREADY LISTED ,MAKES A SECOND OFFER TO THE PUBLIC TO BUY THEIR SHARES DIRECTLY,THEN IT IS TERMED AS FOLLOW-ON PUBLIC OFFER.

SAY FOR EXAMPLE , BEML AND ICICI BOTH ARE LISTED ON THE SENSEX/NIFTY SO THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFERING OF THEIR SHARES IS THE SECOND IN LINE OF THEIR IPO, AND HENCE IS TERMED AS FPO. COMPANIES MAKE USE OF FPO TO RAISE HUGE FUNDS AT ONE GO ,BY OFFERING A PRICE LOWER THAN THE ONE AVAILABLE AT THE EXCHANGE,THUS IT IS BENEFICIAL BOTH FOR THE COMPANY AND THE BUYER.

2.FII:
FII OR FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ARE FOREIGN FINANCE COMPANIES WHO INVEST IN THE SHARE MARKET.THEY RULE THE ROOST BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY FUND INFLUX THEY BRING ALONG.

3.FDI:
FDI STANDS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT.HERE THE FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE ACTIVE PARTNERS OF THE COMPANY WHOSE SHARES THEY HOLD.

4.JV:
ITS THE TERM IN FASHION NOW-A-DAYS.JV IS ABBREVIATION FOR JOINT VENTURE.
WHEN TWO COMPANIES (MAINLY RIVALS) ALLY TO MAKE A NEW COMBINED COMPANY,MOSTLY TO TAKE ON COMPETITION,THEN A JOINT VENTURE RESULTS.
Eg TATA-JOHNSON , TATA-FICOSA , BHARTI-WALMART , HUTCHISSON-ESSAR , etc.

5.PSUs:
THESE ARE PUBLIC SECTOR UNITS i:e COMPANIES OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Eg HPCL,BPCL,ONGC,SBI etc

THERE ARE MANY SUCH TERMS WHICH JUST KEEP ON CROPPING UP HERE AND THERE.MOSTLY ITS THE PRINT MEDIA WHICH MAKES THESE ABBREVIATION SO THAT ITS EASIER TO PRINT THEM.I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON MANY SUCH ABBREVIATION PERIODICALLY.
YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN MAIL ME ANY QUERIES TO MY E-MAIL I.D
belose_sanket@yahoo.co.in