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Varsity is an extensive and in-depth collection of stock market and financial lessons created by Karthik Rangappa at Zerodha. It is free and openly accessible to everyone and is one of the largest financial education resources on the web. No signup, no pay-wall, no ads.

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Impact cost and how it can ruin a trade Play
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How OFS allotment is done Play
Building a mutual fund portfolio Play


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Explore all the open-access Varsity modules that cover the entire spectrum of financial literacy and capital markets; everything from savings and taxation to option strategies and technical analysis.


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Recent comments

  • 234 Satya Sontanam on Foreign Stocks and Taxation

    Hi Joe, Looks like a tricky case. As far as I understand, you cant revise the returns filed many years ago, but if I am not wrong, you can write or contact the IT department directly to get some relief of the higher taxes paid in the previous years. ...

    19 Nov 2025
  • 234 Satya Sontanam on Foreign Stocks and Taxation

    Hi 1. No, unfortunately, grandfathering is not available on foreign shares. 2. For any sale after July 23, 2024, there is no indexation as well for foreign shares. ...

    19 Nov 2025
  • 29 Satya Sontanam on Exit & Withdrawals

    Hi Karthik, Yes, the subscriber can exit from the NPS at any point of time during the deferment period. Please check the rules here - https://npstrust.org.in/sites/default/files/inline-images/22-Exit-FAQs-All-Citizen-Model.pdf ...

    19 Nov 2025
  • 344 Yaduvansh Sawant on The Financial Ratio Analysis (Part 3)

    Today 19 November 2025, I am unable to find "On NSE’s home page click on Products > Indices > Historical Data > P/E, P/B & Div > Search" Is it still there? Have i missed anything? ...

    19 Nov 2025
  • 942 Karthik Rangappa on Indicators (Part 2)

    No, please pick 1 or 2 indicators that you think is good enough and those that you think you understand well and start using it. Adding too many indicators can make things complex as you suggested. My personal preference - moving averages and maybe b ...

    19 Nov 2025

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