The cookie jar: Rs. 403 crore of expected losses simply disappeared, and turned into profit. Nobody had earned a rupeeA provision is simply management's estimate of a future cost the company can already see coming: Repairs under warranty, a lawsuit it might...
11 Sep, 2026, 06.05 PM IST
Warren Buffett and IBM: Praying the stock price goes nowhere. The maths explains whyHe is not being clever. He does the arithmetic and shows you exactly how much a falling price would be worth to him. Then he turns on the a...
10 Sep, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
Why are Registered Investment Advisers so rare in India? The big reason may surprise investorsIn the Indian investment landscape, a stark difference exists between mutual fund distributors who earn commissions and fee-only advisors w...
07 Sep, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
Buffett asks shareholders to ignore his profit figure. Then explains how he could fake itThe rule is simple and almost nobody thinks about it. When a business sours, the accounts mark it down. When a business thrives, the accoun...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
Convert, split, pledge: How share capital is used as a tool and trick to manipulateA tiny number of shares can sometimes set the "price" for the entire company. And a price built on almost no real trading is exactly the ki...
28 Aug, 2026, 10.55 PM IST
The most expensive half-sentence in market history, and Warren Buffett wrote the other halfHe wrote it as a caution. Somebody published just one half of it. A great many investors acted on the half they were shown. Warren Buffett ...
27 Aug, 2026, 11.08 PM IST
ETMarkets Management Talk | SIS bets on healthcare, BFSI, manufacturing for next leg of security growth: Rituraj SinhaFor SIS, this transition is opening up a fresh growth opportunity across sectors such as healthcare, BFSI, manufacturing, logistics, e-comm...
14 Aug, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Warren Buffett, Isaac Newton and the fourth law of moneySomewhere between what your investments earn and what you actually keep, a portion goes missing every year. It is charged by nobody you cou...
23 Jul, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway would be worth half without this company – although it kept shrinkingWarren Buffett once told his shareholders that without one particular acquisition, Berkshire Hathaway “would be lucky to be worth half of w...
16 Jul, 2026, 10.41 PM IST
Is borrowing money to invest in IPOs worth it? Know what it costs, its hidden risks before going for financing for NSE, Jio, SBI MF IPOsIndia's primary market anticipates a busy season with major IPOs approaching. Many investors are borrowing funds to maximize their applicat...
13 Jul, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Devil is in the footnotes: RBI's Financial Stability Report is transparent, yet leaves some key questions unansweredThe RBI's latest financial stability report highlights a noteworthy level of transparency regarding significant economic metrics. There’s a...
08 Jul, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
The hidden flaw in average returns: Why investors who rely only on the mean risk are making bad decisionsInvestors often rely on average returns, but this can be misleading. Understanding the mean, median, and mode offers a clearer picture of i...
17 Nov, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
Cut by a thousand degrees: Why educational credentials in Bihar continue to fail to build much-required real human capitalPre-election rallies, as always, revolved around employment guarantees, welfare schemes and caste arithmetic. Yet, the real question went u...
07 Nov, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
Samir Arora on why one needs to be flexible in a changing market“Stanley Druckenmiller who is a genuine hero in the investing world with 30% per annum returns over 30 years and his own net worth being mo...
10 Jun, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
How to calculate your investment returns using this MS-Excel toolGeometric mean scores over arithmetic mean as it takes into account the effect of volatility. The GEOMEAN function helps you to calculate t...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
How to calculate weighted average returns using MS ExcelA combination of MS Excel functions proves effective when diverse amounts are invested across options.
09 Sep, 2019, 06.30 AM IST
SIP is an investing habit that can help you gain. Here's howSIPs do the job because investing becomes a habit. It gets ingrained in your behaviour patterns.
09 Apr, 2019, 09.34 AM IST