Since April 2020, India has seen close to 500 Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) IPOs that have raised about ₹12.5k crores. This sounds like a win for the SMEs.
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Educating traders and investors has been a core aspect of what we do at Zerodha since day one. Through the years, we’ve tried to do more across platforms and formats. In the past year, all of our efforts to create more educational resources have gained momentum. Since we are publishing text and videos across platforms […]
Corporate tax collections fall; income tax collections go up. various institutions compete for savings. And we have a current account surplus!
While Rainmatter started as a fintech incubator in 2016, we have evolved to also focus on Climate and Health. The question we kept asking ourselves was—what is the point of saving & investing without having a sound mind and body and a healthy planet? These questions led us to meet several teams solving climate challenges […]
I am 35 years old and married with 2 kids. I have investments in mutual funds and stocks. I mentioned nominees for both of my investments. Should I write a Will separately? I want my children to get the best education in a good school until they are 18, which cannot be compromised if I […]
SEBI recently issued a circular stating that market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) have to be “true to label” in the charges they levy from October 2nd, 2024. This circular has an impact not only on brokers but also on trading and investing customers. So in this post, I explain what it means and how it affects you, the customer.
Could I offset my trading loss with the profits I earned on my long-term stocks and mutual funds holdings? What are the set-off rules for trading loss? Let’s first understand how income from different transactions is classified. F&O trading is classified as a non-speculative business, while intraday trading is treated as a speculative business. Further, […]
The biggest risk to any financial plan is you. This is why the finance industry makes you a ‘risk profile’. But do they really work?
The modern world is a mathematical achievement. This is the story of the minds – Fibonacci, Pacioli, Fermat and more – that guided us here.
Did you see this headline last week? Norinchukin Bank, a Japanese bank, is selling $63B worth of US and European Government Bonds. The reason is that the bank wants to stem losses from low-yielding foreign government bonds it has purchased in the aftermath of Covid. But hey, if they held the bonds until maturity, there […]
Mobile connections are growing at their 2017 pace. NRIs are making more deposits than ever. The Rupee is strong. But the economy is tepid.
Over the previous quarter, we launched several cool features to make your trading and investing experience easier. Here are the key feature updates in case you missed them.
The new Fundamentals widget gives you a quick fundamental snapshot of stocks, ETFs and indices across metrics such as valuations, revenue breakdown by products and geographies, financials, peer comparison, shareholding pattern and much more.
While reporting my trading income in the ITR-3 form, should I report the trading turnover scrip-wise or trade-wise? Trading turnover can be calculated in two ways, either trade-wise or scrip-wise. To understand the difference, let us take an example: you make the following trades for companies A and B. Company A Trade 1: Profit of […]
India’s water supply and sewage systems are crucial for both development and public health. While we often talk about diet and exercise when discussing health, access to clean water is just as important. Unfortunately, our water and sanitation systems have not changed much in decades. Even though some technology is used to monitor these systems, […]
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming mainstream, and seem to be a stable EV ecosystem emerging in India. NSE Indices recently launched the Nifty EV & New Age Automotive Index to track this space. The “New Age” component in the index name is meant to accommodate any new technologies that might come up in the future. […]
If inflation rises, the RBI hikes interest rates. If it goes down, the RBI does nothing. Why? For that, you need to know the RBI’s real job.
If there’s one thing to take away from the election results, it’s that you should expect the unlikely.
We are excited to announce the launch of Indian Business Class, dedicated to breaking down Indian businesses in Hindi.
I understand that I must file an ITR 3 income tax return as I have trading income. However, while filing the form, I must choose whether I am eligible to maintain accounts and whether I am obligated to get an audit done. How do I know if this applies to me? You are liable to […]
India is one of the top countries with the largest diaspora residing in nations like the UAE, the US, and Saudi Arabia. We all have that one friend or a relative living abroad who regularly sends money back to India for family maintenance, investments, medical care, education, and more. Such inward remittance is governed by […]
The paper Da, Zhi and Zhang, Xiao, Same-Weekday Momentum (SSRN) first came out on March 14, 2024 and has raked up quite a bit of interest since then. The authors present an effect where if you formed momentum portfolios by weekday, you end up with better returns than traditional momentum. For example, to build Monday’s […]
An abandoned village is one where no one lives. Throughout history, people have abandoned their villages for various reasons—the threat of wild animals, flooding, dam-building, forest fires, wars, etc. Today, Japan probably has the highest number of abandoned villages. The most frequently cited reason I found on the internet is Japan’s declining population. As older […]
Catastrophes are unlikely. And yet, unlikely things happen all the time. World War I shows how things can suddenly go horribly wrong.
You need solar to power a sunny country like India. That’s what SolarSquare, the leader in residential solar rooftop, is doing.
