Heterodoxy can usher in amusement and stimulation in equal measure. In the context of economics, I have seen it pop up quite often at the mention of Modern Monetary Theory, to the extent that I have run out of fingers to count […]

Being from a finance background, I made it a point to invest in SIPs early on. Over the years, while the investment amount has increased steadily, the number of funds being invested in has remained more or less constant. Hence, I need […]

The introduction of standard deduction in FY2019 lieu of transport allowance and medical reimbursement is unanimously portrayed as being beneficial to employees, at least by HR personnel. To a large extent that is true, even though the mention of the additional 1% […]

Raghuram Rajan has been featuring a lot in the media recently in promotion of his book ‘I Do What I Do’. While I am yet to read it, there has been no escaping it as select excerpts and anecdotes have been making […]

Trade is one of the basic tenets of investment banking. Yet, detailed information on its lifecycle is not easily forthcoming on the web. There are of course articles available describing the same at a high level, though it seems that few agree […]

I always thought that I was a bit late to the uptake of Bitcoins when I made my first purchase in 2015, having read about it for a long time as a technology enthusiast. However, I never imagined that the real frenzy […]

Time is an ethereal dimension. Here on earth, it is imperceptible and yet so vital. None so heed it as the sanguine investor. This is not to say that we shouldn’t be optimistic about the current state of markets, which is at […]

I had a recent request from a colleague who wanted to arrange a bunch of dates in to fiscal quarters. So, I went about creating an Excel workbook  that would implement the same with the freedom of selecting the starting month of […]

I will admit that my interest in the book was piqued by the recent demonetization exercise. For most of us, digital money extends to any non-cash means of payment. Thus, in India, digital wallets like PayTM, Mobikwik and Freecharge are synonymous with […]

I have never been one for blind jingoism but wholeheartedly support the demonetization move, at least in its intent even though the execution seems to be lacking. While the move has certainly flushed a modicum of black money out of the system, […]