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Business News > Mint Authors > Shyam Sekhar

Shyam Sekhar

ARTICLES BY SHYAM SEKHAR

The problem is not the availability of investment opportunities or the investor's ability to spot them. Investors' soaring anxiety becomes the primary problem. (Mint)

The cost investors pay for chasing growth

4 min read . 23 Jul 2026

As India's equity investors face two years of stagnant returns, the post-covid generation grapples with an unfamiliar market landscape. (Pexel)

Why the return to large caps can't wait

3 min read . 10 Jun 2026

In changing market conditions, understanding risk is essential for investors. Secular bull markets yield easy returns, but sideways markets require disciplined strategies.

Why sideways markets make even smart investors look confused

3 min read . 12 May 2026

Investors started the calendar year aggressively by hoping it would be decent for equities. However, March turned things upside down and exposed the vulnerability of several mutual fund portfolios. (iStockphoto)

Market fall exposes flaws in aggressive mutual fund bets. Time for a reset?

4 min read . 16 Apr 2026

Whenever conflict erupts, markets recoil first. (HT)

Markets at war: Why panic can pay off

3 min read . 12 Mar 2026

Most people chase investments only after most of the success it can deliver is behind us.

The high cost of chasing market success too late

3 min read . 13 Jan 2026

Investors spend far more time hunting for new stocks than thinking about what their portfolio should look like.

Why portfolio strategy, not stock picking, decides who wins in the market

4 min read . 09 Dec 2025

For institutional investors, anchor allotments became an easy and assured route to deploy large sums efficiently. (Pixabay)

How IPO reforms created a new kind of investor euphoria

3 min read . 04 Nov 2025

Opinion | Adequate data can help improve our tax systems

2 min read . 12 Jan 2020

Opinion | Good research may throw up a few multibaggers in the micro-cap space

3 min read . 16 Dec 2019

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Opinion | Karvy crisis an opportunity to tighten norms

3 min read . 29 Nov 2019

Opinion | It’s important to teach the value of money early on

3 min read . 13 Nov 2019

Opinion | Investments in small-caps will be beautiful, but only selectively

3 min read . 12 Aug 2019

Opinion | Merely reducing interest rates won’t do, we need monetary transmission

3 min read . 06 Jun 2019

Opinion | Why investors should stick to strong, sustainable, standalone business

3 min read . 05 May 2019

Opinion | Every market cycle gives an opportunity to transform your portfolio

3 min read . 26 Mar 2019

Shyam Sekhar is chief executive officer of iThought and an angel investor.

'The time is ripe to create an info system for the DIY investor'

1 min read . 06 Mar 2019

Opinion | Stock investors not nimble enough yet

4 min read . 26 Feb 2019

The crux of a tax savings portfolio is compounding over long years. (Mint)

Opinion | Go for the right mix of debt, equity and insurance

3 min read . 28 Jan 2019

Opinion | The importance of debating economic consequences of electoral outcomes

3 min read . 13 Jan 2019