MUMBAI: To bring the common man closer to the stock market, BSE Training Institute and Zee News will launch a new weekly program Talking Stock- An Investor Awareness Series from the 4 January 2003. The program will be telecast at 2:30 PM, every Saturday, with repeat telecast on Monday at 3:30 PM This is the first time that the Bombay Stock Exchange has teamed up with a news channel to educate viewers on the nuances of the stock market. The programme will try and educate, inform and create awareness amongst the investing public
Investor education and training has been one of the most critical areas, which demand attention and response from all major participants in the capital market. BSE has been in the forefront in providing Investor Education and Training. The agenda is to not only educate the vast investor community but also to increase the number of investors.
Zee News, the country's first a premier Hindi new channel provides an ideal platform to carry this message to the nook and corner of the country. Apart from having the largest viewership in the country, Zee News is also watched in 79 countries across the globe.
Talking Stock is designed to educate the viewer and bring him closer to the capital market. Each episode will begin with the market movements of the past week. The aim is not just to academically list the gainers and losers of the week but also relate the movements to events that could have influenced the change. Post this the show will deal with various aspects relating to the capital market. Some of the aspects being Primary Markets, Secondary Markets, Investment Procedures, Clearing and Settlement Procedures, Risk Management, Debt Markets, Mutual Funds, Demarterialisation and Depositories, Fundamental and Technical Analysis, Derivatives, Investor Grievances and Redressal System, Corporate Governance and Global Markets.
Experts from the respective fields will address the intricacies involved in all the above issues. Each episode will have a quiz and invite queries from viewers. An expert panelist will address the queries.