Identification:
Brokerages function as intermediaries to join investors and corporations together within capital markets. Online brokerages provide the electronic platform for you to trade stocks.

Features:
Online share trading requires you to navigate electronic interfaces to transact business. The Web portal presents your account balances for stocks and cash. You may place trades by entering stock ticker symbols and the amount of shares you wish to buy and sell.

Mutual Fund
A Mutual Fund is a portfolio of securities formed by pooling the money of many investors. Professional managers do the research and make the investment decisions based on the goals of a particular fund. For most funds, the price per share that investors pay is determined by dividing the fund's net asset value (NAV) by the number of outstanding shares. When an investor adds funds, new shares are issued; when someone liquidates their holdings, the shares are redeemed by the fund. There are some "closed-end" funds that issue a limited number of shares, which investors buy and sell on the market much as they do stocks. Share prices for closed-end funds are determined by market forces rather than the NAV.

Insurance
A promise of compensation for specific potential future losses in exchange for a periodic payment. Insurance is designed to protect the financial well-being of an individual, company or other entity in the case of unexpected loss. Some forms of insurance are required by law, while others are optional. Agreeing to the terms of an insurance policy creates a contract between the insured and the insurer. In exchange for payments from the insured (called premiums), the insurer agrees to pay the policy holder a sum of money upon the occurrence of a specific event. In most cases, the policy holder pays part of the loss (called the deductible), and the insurer pays the rest. Examples include car insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, and business insurance.

An arrangement in which a lender gives money or property to a borrower, and the borrower agrees to return the property or repay the money, usually along with interest, at some future point(s) in time. Usually, there is a predetermined time for repaying a loan, and generally the lender has to bear the risk that the borrower may not repay a loan (though modern capital markets have developed many ways of managing this risk).

The best benefit being that of fast and easy liquidation of investments in the real estate market unlike the traditional way of disposing real estate. The government and Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI through various notifications is in the process of easing the norms of investing in real estate in India directly and indirectly through foreign direct investment, through listed real estate companies, mutual funds etc. With the current real estate boom and the market being flooded with Initial Public Offer of various listed real estate companies in India it will be the best time for investors to own a share of the profiting market economy. Legislative framework, revised investment norms, a favourable investment opportunity, and a clear taxation policy will provide the right kind of investing opportunity in India in the time to come.