Raghu Kumar

The spectacular rally on Dalal Street has brought cheers for the minnows of the equity market, helping smaller stocks to outperform their large blue-chip peers with a bumper surge of up to 60 per cent in 2014.

Looking at the macroeconomics, 2015 should be a continuation of the second half of 2014: strengthened GDP, falling inflation, a stable currency, and strong FII inflows. GDP can pick up to 6-7 per cent from the current 5-6 per cent levels. With interest rates kept high, we can expect inflation to remain low.

It was 4 a.m. in Mumbai and I had an international flight to catch in three hours. Recalling my disastrous experiences with popular radio cabs in the city, I decided to try my luck with Uber, which I had used in the US.

The Union Budget is a pretty important day of the year; in fact it is the most important day of the year from an economic perspective. Even when we look at non-election years, Union Budgets have had the power to sway the markets considerably.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi comes from a conservative background; for her to become the CEO of one of the world's most recognisable brands is not only a testimony to her extreme work ethic, but also to her upbringing.

When analysts ask me what sectors to bet on, now that Modi is in power, I cannot help but smile a little. I then turn to what I know is valid -- Modi's "Gujarat Model", where he was able to transform the infrastructure and agriculture sectors in the state radically and allow the state to flourish for the past 10 years, and explain that we can expec...

There's an age old question: Why should one invest in the capital markets when they can invest in a timeless, precious metal such as gold that has proven to stand the test of time?

Entrepreneurship is a never-ending game. If you're not making mistakes, you're doing something wrong. You are bound to fail, many times, over and over again. But each time you fail, you learn something new, and so from that perspective you are actually continually succeeding.

QE stands for "quantitative easing" and has become a popular tool by the US Federal Reserve since 2007 to introduce liquidity to help stimulate the markets. Liquidity in the markets means nothing more than the amount of currency in circulation. In the past, the Fed had resorted to standard monetary policy techniques to help stimulate the economy du...

India had won a total of 6 Olympic medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing, despite the fact that it has world's second largest population. Also out of the 79 countries that won Olympic medals, India came in 59th place.

Recently, a friend came to me and asked me a question that I have literally been asked hundreds of times in my life: "Raghu, how do I get started with investing?" He had some extra funds sitting on the side and wasn't happy with the returns he was getting at his local bank.

In the world of investing and trading, it's a dog eat dog world; every single edge you can obtain over your peers should be held on to as preciously as you would hold on to a 500-year-old treasure. Therefore, in order to obtain an edge and to generate consistently profitable trades, having a strategy-approached mindset is a good idea.

An earnings report includes many important financials about the company- including net income, revenue, expenses, earnings per share, and net sales- the general idea is that, by releasing an earnings report the public is made aware of the general performance of the company.

Online trading is nothing more than the act of placing trades through your broker on the internet. If you have an account with any broker, there is a very good chance that your trades are being placed online.

Driven by robust overseas investment and election euphoria, stock markets scaled new peaks in 2013, with the benchmark Sensex reaping a gain of nearly 9 per cent.

The spectacular rally on Dalal Street has brought cheers for the minnows of the equity market, helping smaller stocks to outperform their large blue-chip peers with a bumper surge of up to 60 per cent in 2014.

Looking at the macroeconomics, 2015 should be a continuation of the second half of 2014: strengthened GDP, falling inflation, a stable currency, and strong FII inflows. GDP can pick up to 6-7 per cent from the current 5-6 per cent levels. With interest rates kept high, we can expect inflation to remain low.

It was 4 a.m. in Mumbai and I had an international flight to catch in three hours. Recalling my disastrous experiences with popular radio cabs in the city, I decided to try my luck with Uber, which I had used in the US.

The Union Budget is a pretty important day of the year; in fact it is the most important day of the year from an economic perspective. Even when we look at non-election years, Union Budgets have had the power to sway the markets considerably.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi comes from a conservative background; for her to become the CEO of one of the world's most recognisable brands is not only a testimony to her extreme work ethic, but also to her upbringing.

When analysts ask me what sectors to bet on, now that Modi is in power, I cannot help but smile a little. I then turn to what I know is valid -- Modi's "Gujarat Model", where he was able to transform the infrastructure and agriculture sectors in the state radically and allow the state to flourish for the past 10 years, and explain that we can expec...

There's an age old question: Why should one invest in the capital markets when they can invest in a timeless, precious metal such as gold that has proven to stand the test of time?

Entrepreneurship is a never-ending game. If you're not making mistakes, you're doing something wrong. You are bound to fail, many times, over and over again. But each time you fail, you learn something new, and so from that perspective you are actually continually succeeding.

QE stands for "quantitative easing" and has become a popular tool by the US Federal Reserve since 2007 to introduce liquidity to help stimulate the markets. Liquidity in the markets means nothing more than the amount of currency in circulation. In the past, the Fed had resorted to standard monetary policy techniques to help stimulate the economy du...

India had won a total of 6 Olympic medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing, despite the fact that it has world's second largest population. Also out of the 79 countries that won Olympic medals, India came in 59th place.

Recently, a friend came to me and asked me a question that I have literally been asked hundreds of times in my life: "Raghu, how do I get started with investing?" He had some extra funds sitting on the side and wasn't happy with the returns he was getting at his local bank.

In the world of investing and trading, it's a dog eat dog world; every single edge you can obtain over your peers should be held on to as preciously as you would hold on to a 500-year-old treasure. Therefore, in order to obtain an edge and to generate consistently profitable trades, having a strategy-approached mindset is a good idea.

An earnings report includes many important financials about the company- including net income, revenue, expenses, earnings per share, and net sales- the general idea is that, by releasing an earnings report the public is made aware of the general performance of the company.

Online trading is nothing more than the act of placing trades through your broker on the internet. If you have an account with any broker, there is a very good chance that your trades are being placed online.

Driven by robust overseas investment and election euphoria, stock markets scaled new peaks in 2013, with the benchmark Sensex reaping a gain of nearly 9 per cent.