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Equity Markets near an all-time high. But why did Little Albert cry?

Pavlov’s Dogs: In the 1980’s Russian psychologist, Ivan Pavlov was researching salivation in dogs in response to being fed. He predicted that the dogs would salivate in response to the food placed in front of them. But to his surprise, he noticed ...

ByArun Kumar14 Nov 2019

Equity markets|5 min

First quarter earnings show broad-based growth

Our analysis of the June quarter results for the NSE Nifty 500 companies suggests positive earnings growth across sectors barring banks. Excluding banks, revenue for 464 out of the 500 companies rose 16.3% over a year ago and profits jumped 28.3% ...

ByMutual Fund Research Desk31 Aug 2018

Equity markets|5 min

Explaining GST and its impact (Part I)

Over a decade after it was first proposed, a single indirect tax rate and structure for India is very close to fruition, in the form of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Defining GST The GST is a single indirect tax rate that will be levied on man...

ByBhavana Acharya5 Aug 2016

Equity markets|5 min

GST – A tax without boundaries

August 3, 2016 will go down in history as India’s watershed moment with reforms. It saw the birth of one of the biggest indirect tax reforms in India; perhaps the most significant event ever, since the opening up of the economy in 1991. Before we ...

ByVidya Bala4 Aug 2016

Equity markets|5 min

Of market crashes and recovery

With Brexit taking centre stage in world markets, we ran a check on how Indian markets reacted to various crises in the last two decades and how the recovery was. The good news is that there is a lot of money to be made after a crisis. This isn’t ...

ByLakshmeenarasimhan S1 Jul 2016

Equity markets|5 min

Brits exit EU. Time for you to enter markets

The markets have reacted sharply to Britain’s vote of exiting the European Union. As the uncertainty on how and when the exit will be planned and its impact on UK as well as other nations slowly unfold, markets are likely to remain volatile. If yo...

ByVidya Bala24 Jun 2016

Equity markets|5 min

Don’t fear the Rajan blues

Rock star Raghuram Rajan (or R3 as Subramanian Swamy likes to call him), may cause Monday Market Blues with his letter announcing his impending exit from the Central Bank. Short-term, knee-jerk capital outflows cannot be ruled out for 2 reasons: o...

ByVidya Bala20 Jun 2016