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Steps against finfluencers: Will they work?

Will the two-step approach work? A big part of the menace would indeed be curbed by putting the onus on regulated entities

Dark clouds over global economy

India's exports are uncompetitive due to high infrastructure cost, poor productivity, friction in doing business, vexatious laws, poor governance, and a slow and expensive justice system

Can Jio disrupt the mutual fund business?

While Jio MF will undoubtedly grow in size, it will have to cross multiple hurdles even to emerge as the market leader

Digital push minus customers' safety

The bank is apparently working on a clean-up, but that is not enough. The regulator is also investigating the case, but what will come of it?

Random thoughts on market high

According to conventional wisdom, growth in earnings drives stocks higher. But it is not so simple

Illegal freezing of bank accounts

Unilaterally freezing an account has a series of consequences on standing instructions, for loan repayments, credit-card payments

Banks up to tricks with bad loans again?

The recapitalisation of banks, the slow absorption of bad loans in the system, and the normal growth that comes from a growing economy have led us to believe that PSBs are sailing smoothly

Adani stocks: What price rigging?

Adani stock price saga will pass into public memory as one of those matters that simply escaped being nailed down, perhaps because too many vested interests were involved

Behind the K-shaped growth

The worst kind of growth is when a small number of (very rich) people do very well while the vast majority languish

Superpower's weak institutions

The money raised through a higher capital gains tax will hardly add much to the Rs 24.4 trillion of revenue receipts and Rs 41.9 trillion of spending estimated for 2023-24

Rolling the dice on growth

As the inflation rate declines, India has paused its interest rate hikes and there is optimism in the air that we have crossed the cyclical hump of a slowdown and should enjoy strong growth

Making banks treat customers fairly

RBI's regulatory philosophy is to issue guidelines and create a process of grievance redress

Perhaps it is time for India to introduce tort law and punitive damages

Those who cause bodily harm, property damage, or financial loss to others on their premises or due to their operations should be liable in law to provide financial compensation to the victim

Adani saga: The elephant in the room

The Adani group stocks don't need to keep going down and hit Hindenburg's estimate of fair value

Adani saga: Easy come, easy go

The story of "sudden volatility" isn't so sudden and starts in mid-2020, except that it was upward volatility then

The real gainers from F&O 'casino'

Whether they make or lose money, traders have to incur transaction costs, including brokerage, exchange fees, turnover fees, and securities transaction tax, etc.

Lessons from the biggest multibaggers

While banks are paying you 6-7 per cent per annum, every few years a handful of stocks can go up 100 per cent or more. Over 10 years some stocks can go up manifold

Pitfalls in second-guessing markets

The crystal ball can never anticipate all big events that move the market, and impact economies and countries. And yet, we have an insatiable desire to lap up forecasts

Bad loans & IBC: Going as expected

Indeed, the IBC has only proven how wide and deep corrupt banking practices in PSBs were

Finfluencers: Sebi's lost battle

The size, activity, and influence of these people have become so large that Sebi's onerous regulations for registered advisors look hopelessly ineffective, and those who follow them feel like losers