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Points to Ponder. Fractions Come to Market
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
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Recently I was checking the prices of shares of some of the iconic companies in the US stock exchanges. Amazon Inc was going at $ 3500 while Alphabet (Google’s parent) was at $ 2450, which in rupee terms would be over 1.8 lacs. And if you wanted a share of Berkshire Hathaway, it would cost...
Points to Ponder. Finance & Senior Citizens
- October 5, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
When the current crop of senior citizens were toddlers, their grandparents presumably, would herd them into a familiar corner of the corridor and as the evening shadows lengthened, conjure up a rich humid world of spirits and dreams made real by buzzing mosquitoes, prehistoric reptiles (which even Steven Spielberg wouldn’t have dreamed of), marsh rabbits...
Points to Ponder. Initial Public Offers (IPOs)
- September 11, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
Software driven platforms have come to increasingly rule our lives and now we have the flying horse, not from Greek mythology, but AI-enhanced cryptographic software Pegasus from Israel. It truly is a season of flying horses, start-ups and IPOs. IPOs are essential to provide fresh,high powered capital that drives investments and provides depth and diversity...
Points to Ponder. Will India’s Turn Ever Come?
- August 9, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
During early 2000s, economies of China and Brazil were growing at breakneck speed. Between 2003 to 2013, China's GDP per person grew by more than five times, from $1,288 to $7,050. Brazil's GDP per person also quadrupled during the same period, from $3,070 to $12,300. But by 2019, while China recorded a per capita GDP...
Points to Ponder. Lithium; Problems & Prospects
- June 11, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
It has the lowest density of all metals. It reacts vigorously with water. Though not as rare as precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum, it's set to have a dominant industrial usage in an increasingly electronic world. No wonder, lithium is being called the 21st century oil!Australia, Chile, China and Argentina are the top lithium...
Points to Ponder. Of Economists, Growth and Inequality
- June 10, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
“They commanded no armies, sent no men to their death, ruled no empires, took little part in history making decisions. Yet what they did was more decisive for history than many acts of statesmen, often more profoundly disturbing than shuttling of armies across continents, more powerful for good and bad than the edicts of kings...
Points to Ponder. Bubble or a Brave New World?
- May 22, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
In 1931, Aldous Huxley envisioned a brave new world in his eponymous novel, in which he anticipated huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep learning and psychological manipulation to create intelligence based social hierarchy. It seems, with genetic cloning, gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 for designer babies and genetically modified foods, space travel, Artificial Intelligence, Internet...
Points to Ponder. Stitching up a Storm? Women, Wealth & Will
- April 22, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
Talking about women is always challenging, controversial, interesting and could be entertaining. Possibly, this is because men are yet to fully understand them and this gap in knowledge has led to the fear of the unknown and hence they have over eons raised generations steeped in patriarchy and all manner of obscurantist archetypes. There are...
Points to Ponder. Investor Hide &Seek; How to Invest in anOvervalued Market?
- March 22, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
When the markets were melting in March 2020, it appeared that investors had nowhere to hide. Now, in the aftermath of a path-breaking budget, it appears that there is nowhere one can invest. The ongoing quarter has witnessed many positive developments: launch of vaccines against Covid – 19, gush of liquidity, both from the RBI...
Points to Ponder. Reckoning with the Budget (like no other!)
- February 8, 2021
- Posted by: Arunanjali Securities
- Category: Business
What should budgets do? Would it be legitimate for the ruling dispensation to convert it into an opportunity to blow its own trumpet or, dress up dubious data as authentic and push through proposals without adequate discussion, with typical majoritarian hubris? Well, we are told that India is now the fifth largest economy in the...