Insight Column

Waiting for India Inc's Uber moment

Awareness is the first step towards building a safe and gender-sensitive workplace

Devangshu Datta: US election results may not reverse Indian market's bearish trend

The markets moved the same way short-term and long-term, in 1996, in 2000, and 2004

Insurance IPOs can open the door for infra funding

The insurer typically has a big float of free cash, which can be deployed for projects that generate long-term returns

Can the positive sentiment sustain amid weak data?

Poor manufacturing data is being seen as a positive: it might induce rate cuts when the new Monetary Policy Committee convenes in Oct

GST done, where will markets head now?

Now that the GST is through, if there is no new impetus to the rally, there would be cause for worry

How foreign investors shop

Every FPI will have its own way of interpreting currency risk and valuing stocks in Emerging Markets

Given high equity valuations, debt a better option now

Debt funds dealing with instruments in 30-90 day timeframe would also be attractive

Commodities rally: Which one will sustain

If global growth slows down and there is another round of competitive currency devaluation, gold, Bitcoin and maybe silver may uptrend

More downsides to Brexit as bad news not fully discounted

Brexit is bound to negatively affect economic activity in India on several levels

Why it has been difficult to make money in the last five years

There were 695 positive sessions and 652 negative sessions but the averaged return per session (negative and positive taken together) is a tiny albeit positive 0.02%