'By entering at an early age, they stand a better chance of developing into skilled investors.'
The RIL stock has halved from an all-time high of Rs 1,626 made (intra-day) on January 15, 2008, to on Wednesday's closing figure of Rs 800.55.
The IIT-Madras alumnus, who moved to Canada for an MBA programme and settled there, is not new to investing in India.
Buying stocks during bad times can lead to good returns.
Several high profile companies are burdened with losses, mounting debt and have a huge load of operational costs.
This makes him corporate India's biggest donor to society.
Fairfax Financial Holdings made three investments in a month
Allegations are flying thick and fast, from harassment, pressure on employees to sell their stocks in the firm, to not one but two extortion calls.
To say capital gains from stocks are effortless shows little understanding of the treacherous investing terrain, says Debashis Basu.
On the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis, a multi-part series analyses the lessons learnt and those not learnt.
Value investor Parag Parikh's sudden death has come asa big jolt to the fraternity.
Few lessons world leaders can learn from Tim Cook.
The electric vehicle market in India needs a policy push that goes beyond targets, says Vandana Gombar.
It could be a tough week In the run-up to such an event, the market is always nervous.
These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.
Jacob Fugger could always add value for his customers. He made himself indispensable. That kept him in the game
Radhakishan Damani is the only billionaire to see his wealth grow by around 20% during the lockdown.
In its latest transition, the company will also double up as an investment vehicle.
Praveen Chakravarty gives a summary of Amit Shah's master strategy that helped the BJP emerge victorious in the recent Assembly elections
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
What are the mistakes a beginner tends to make when investing in equity?
'Rich Indians don't give cash, they give gold. Why?' 'Because cash is spent by temples on prasad or doing some charitable work.' 'Gold remains intact with god,' says Aakar Patel.
Globally, just 8 billionaires have same amount of wealth as the poorest 50% of the world population.
For a while, it seemed the markets were going on a free fall.
India's billionaires are pledging a decent amount of their wealth for the welfare of society.
Protectionism and a rollback of regulation. Defusion of tensions with Russia and a lowering of geo-political risks. Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy. At least Donald Trump can't be faulted for not trying something different where existing policies have disappointed, says T T Ram Mohan.
All this is happening at a time when aluminium prices in the world market are firming up.
Buffett gave no hints about who would succeed him and defended ties with Brazil's 3G Capital during the annual meeting
Corporate Social Responsibility can become a serious tool for improving the lives of millions in any structural and long term way, writes Rajni Bakshi.
Be willing to learn from mistakes.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Be a fox by temperament and a hedgehog by conviction, Gaurav Dalmia tells Bhupesh Bhandari. Then, he explains why.
Here's a list of the favourites of the billionaires.
How bridge keeps corporate India sharp and quick-witted.
And here's how not to make them...
The second debate soon turned ugly with the Republican nominee going on the offensive with personal attacks, but Democratic rival accuses him of diverting attention from the lewd tapes.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Over the past two decades, India has evolved economically as well as from the market's perspective.
For the philanthropy, we wanted also to have big impact, a kind of a new dimension.
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