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YOUNG INVESTOR:
Savings tips for young earners
Janani and Ajay, both in their early twenties, have just begun enjoying the perks of financial freedom. But their respective parents want them to develop a savings habit early into their careers. While Janani's father wants her to buy ...
MICROMOTIVES:
Market timing versus asset allocation
Last week, we discussed how diversified and concentrated portfolio structures are both capable of generating alpha. We also explained why market timing is risky because such strategies make large bets on fewer stocks. Several readers ...
YOUNG INVESTOR:
Distilling the concept of under-recoveries
Jargon Buster. It was probably the proverbial last straw on the aam aadmi's back. Already reeling under skyrocketing inflation, the petrol price hike last weekend had consumers crying hoarse. On their part, the public-sector downstream oil ...
SIMPLE ECONOMICS:
Why we like risky bets
One of my friends recently visited a casino and came back horrified! He wondered why so many people turn compulsive gamblers when they are aware that gambling is a losing proposition. His question should resonate in the ears of some who ...
THE BIG DEAL:
Relief for Lavasa stakeholders, for now
After almost two months of heightened apprehension for Lavasa Corporation's many stakeholders, the recent nod by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to consider the company's Hill City project has brought a sigh of relief. Besides the ...
BOOK VALUE:
Only the really, really paranoid may survive
Even in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, there seems little prospect that ‘the fiercening of capitalism' will abate anytime soon, writes Walter Kiechel III in The Lords of Strategy: The secret intellectual history of the ...
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