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Put both eggs in one basket: Why merging Amazon and Tata's quick commerce business is a now or never ideaA combination could help both survive hypercompetition among more than half a dozen rivals, improve relevance, reach and range. The synergi...
Quote of the day by Fred Schwed Jr: "Most financial principles and theories have a degree of good sense to them. It may be a large degree, but it never comes close to being absolute."Financial theories offer valuable guidance but are never absolute, as Fred Schwed Jr. wisely noted. From diversification to valuation, ever...
Quote of the day by Merton Miller: 'To beat the market you’ll have to invest serious bucks to...' - investment lessons and wealth quotes by Nobel prize-winning economist Merton MillerQuote of the day by Merton Miller: Nobel laureate Merton Miller emphasized that outperforming the market requires significant investment in...
Wealth quote of the day Friedman: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Friedman’s Permanent Income HypothesisWealth quote of the day Milton Friedman: Milton Friedman was a titan of economics and a Nobel Prize winner. As the father of modern neoclas...
Sleep tight, don't let the ₹@90 bug biteIndia's chief economic adviser is unconcerned about the rupee's recent slip past 90 against the dollar. The Reserve Bank of India also main...
Not a market for bargain hunters; look beyond June 4 for investment opportunities in next five years: Abhay AgarwalAbhay Agarwal, Founder & Fund Manager at Piper Serica, discusses market focus on earnings, growth, and India's economic potential post-even...
ICICI Securities initiates coverage on Bharti Hexacom, calls it the ‘little giant’The brokerage has set a target price of Rs 1,075 for the stock. Bharti Airtel continues to be its chosen pick. ICICI Securities has assigne...
Stringent policy changes caused US manufacturing to reduce air pollution — this was achieved even as output was rising: Reed WalkerReed Walker is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the University of California, Berkeley’s economics department. Speaking t...
Equal Weight Index Fund: An alternate style of index investingTraditionally, indices are based on free float market capitalization. Such a type of index invests in individual stocks in proportion to th...
Rule-based investing can be investors' best bet: Ashutosh Bhargava of Nippon India MF"Mutual fund industry is moving fast towards adapting rule-based investing and it can benefit investors in the long run," says Ashutosh Bha...
Prashant Jain speaks of 5 of his key learnings in farewell letterJain in his long career saw Indian economy opening up, the coming of age of IT industry, commodities boom, bust and boom again; the coming ...
Where to look for stocks that can grow earnings 10 times in 10 years? Sushant Bhansali explains“As India’s economy goes towards $10 trillion, look at companies which can grow their earnings by 10 times.”
Market Movers: What’s fueling gains in Can Fin Homes and ITC?Analysts believe that the underperformance of the housing finance company is unwarranted and is largely because its parent is a state-owned...
Can Smart Beta investing prove to be better than active management?Within the passive investment arena, alternatively weighted—or smart beta—strategies have witnessed remarkable growth. For example, Nifty 2...
Why you should be happy crushing risk than chasing ephemeral high returnsThere are many delusional theories in finance. One of these is Efficient Markets Hypothesis.
Markets can rise 8-10% from current levels: Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss Financial ServicesShah, who built Edelweiss into a leading financial house talks about corporate governance, market outlook and Indian entrepreneurship in a ...
Nobel Prize winners say stock markets are efficientAre stock markets irrational, driven by greed and fear, subject to euphoria and panic? Or are they highly efficient indicators of intrinsic...
- Asset prices overheat
The most consistent trait is overconfidence, which leads investors to think they know more about a stock’s value than they actually do.
- Futures mkts have turned into ‘alternative casinos’
Commodity futures have been turned into “alternative casinos” trading on precious metals and energy products with little relevance to the o...
- Bank arbitrage narrows currency spread
Arbitrage by banks is narrowing down the spread between exchange-traded currency futures and over-the-counter forwards.