You can now invest in Govt. securities with your Zerodha account

@Nabarun_Chakraborty Could you please explain when one hold bonds till maturity, how he can incur capital loss?

If sold in secondary market, then loss/gain is our choice.But liquidity must be an issue.But with zerodha initiative I believe this problem will also go in due time.

Please let me know if I am right or wrong here?

That’s really very good for zerodha traders!

if that were the case ,everyone would flock to govt bonds.

Banks would go crazy.

One is no better than other.

I would say Bonds lie between FD and stocks in terms of risk.

@Bhuvan @ShubhS9
I have issued GSEC (7.22%) at 103.33. Is my yield has been reduced to 3.89 % => (7.22-(103.33-100))? or Am I doing some wrong calculation?

Addon question: I bought this through the coin. What if I had bought it from the RBI portal? Was there any chance to get it at a lesser price from RBI portal?

That’s incorrect. You can use any YTM calculator online

Don’t think so.