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Some of us would have played safe long ago and pulled their money off the markets. (Representational Image)

Invest talk: Be cautious in buying commodity co stocks

Commodity stocks are not like consumer goods where there is pricing power with the seller.

30 Jan 2019 7:57 PM

Bandhan Bank MD and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.

Invest talk: Wedding bells ring for Gruh and Bandhan

Bandhan Bank also enjoys a premium valuation, based on its promoter quality and its track record in the microfinance...

18 Jan 2019 7:52 PM

The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana offers term insurance to the common man at very low costs.

Invest talk : Insurance is for protecting your kin, not for saving

Buy a policy only if you need it. If you are wealthy enough that your dependents do not need money should you die, it is...

19 Nov 2018 11:12 PM

Discussing money with children, explaining to them the basics of a bank, a fixed deposit, a mutual fund, of shares etc are good things.

Introduce children at early age to finance

Everything is focused on earning money, providing for the future and improve the standard of living.

2 Aug 2018 10:08 PM

Pick index funds for passive stock selection

Pick index funds for passive stock selection

It is said that globally less than five per cent of mutual funds beat the broad indices. This will happen in India also.

19 July 2018 11:10 PM

Other thing that has helped me is to have a binary classification for valuation companies that have brands or consumer products to be valued on basis of revenue.

Companies with good goverance are for safe investment

Equity research as a function has never made money on its own.

29 April 2018 11:08 PM

It is truly a criminal breach of trust when the shareholder is diddled out of money by the persons at the helm. (Representational Image)

Corporate governance impacts shareholders' wealth

In today's corporate world, CEOs are extremely well paid, with incentives linked to performance.

15 April 2018 9:02 PM

India has been opposing discussions on new issues like e-commerce, SMEs, gender, investment at the World Trade Organisation. (Photo: ANI)

Know what you are doing, investment or trading

As the financial year closes and new tax rules are about to set in, it is time to tick the boxes again.

1 April 2018 8:59 PM

The equity markets signed-off 2017 on an impressive note posting their biggest yearly gains in last three years with the small- and mid-cap stocks outperforming their large cap peers by huge margins.

Don't invest in PSB stocks

After the dramatic loss announced by SBI, it is the turn of PNB to reveal a massive fraud running into thousands of...

22 Feb 2018 8:17 PM

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

Budget may do little to change equities in long-term

The budget is a financial statement. In any one particular year, there could be an increased thrust on any one or two...

30 Jan 2018 8:07 PM

India has been opposing discussions on new issues like e-commerce, SMEs, gender, investment at the World Trade Organisation. (Photo: ANI)

Bull run may not be forever

To my memory, this run in the market is as wild as the one that happened in 1991-92 before the collapse in April 1992.

19 Jan 2018 7:18 PM

A rally in the global stocks amidst a recovery in crude oil prices and industrial commodities also helped the domestic equities to maintain their winning momentum.

Invest talk: If you buy commodities, know when to sell them

This is a market where tall tales find ready acceptance and helps someone to make a buy' decision.

7 Dec 2017 9:56 PM