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Business News > Mint Authors > Dhirendra Kumar (value Research)

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ARTICLES BY DHIRENDRA KUMAR (VALUE RESEARCH)

Many disciplined Indian investors build wealth through consistency, yet their families often face confusion after their death due to lack of financial documentation. (iStockphoto)

The final step of investing most people forget

3 min read . 19 Apr 2026

The MTF book in India surged to ₹1.20 trillion, raising concerns about rising leverage concentrated in illiquid stocks.

Margin trading is growing fast. The risk is growing faster.

3 min read . 12 Apr 2026

The investor who has sat through one serious crash arrives at the next with something invaluable—not prediction, but recognition.

What every market crash teaches you

3 min read . 31 Mar 2026

Real wealth, for an ordinary investor, is accumulated not through frantic activity but through patience. (Image: Pixabay)

The noisy pursuit of money versus the quiet creation of wealth

3 min read . 29 Mar 2026

The morning panic belongs to leveraged investors. You need not borrow their emergency.

March madness: Why the market’s panic misleads investors

3 min read . 22 Mar 2026

What the Netherlands has produced a mechanism that may force investors to sell assets simply to fund tax bills on gains that have not actually been realized.

A tax on unrealized gains? India knows how this story ends

3 min read . 15 Mar 2026

IDFC First Bank on 21 February disclosed detecting suspected fraudulent transactions amounting to ₹590 crore involving Haryana government accounts. (Shutterstock/ Representational image)

Two rules for fraud victims. IDFC Bank shows how some cases see swift action

3 min read . 01 Mar 2026

Sebi has scrapped solution-oriented schemes and expanded sectoral debt funds

Sebi’s new MF rulebook: Clarity or more clutter?

3 min read . 26 Feb 2026

The next time you encounter a confident explanation for why markets moved, whether from 1929 or 2025 – remember that you're looking at a very old menu.

The thali that never changes

3 min read . 22 Feb 2026

'The financial services industry does not profit despite your mistakes—it profits because of them'. (Pixabay)

The personal finance system is rigged for you to fail

3 min read . 08 Feb 2026

Investors would do well to reassess whether secondary-market SGBs still make sense relative to other gold-linked options.

The best thing about Budget 2026? It left your finances alone

3 min read . 02 Feb 2026

Suggesting an SIP to someone with crores was like offering an Alto to a customer who had walked into a Mercedes showroom. It wasn’t a logical objection—it was about status.

Why the rich still get systematic investing wrong

3 min read . 25 Jan 2026

Japan's 30-year government bond yield hit 3.5%, the highest level ever recorded. REUTERS/Issei Kato (REUTERS)

Japan's record bond yields are a warning every investor should heed

3 min read . 19 Jan 2026

For generations, the Indian middle class has been raised with a deep suspicion of risk. (Pixabay)

Why playing safe is the riskiest choice for Indian savers

3 min read . 11 Jan 2026

Prescriptive regulation provides the comfort of certainty while delivering outcomes that suit nobody in particular.

Why India’s financial regulators should emulate the new NPS model

3 min read . 04 Jan 2026

Agents operate with finely honed sales tactics, perfecting the art of steering conversations away from inconvenient questions and using technical jargon to confuse rather than clarify.

New insurance law eases investors' lives. But what about consumer protection?

2 min read . 28 Dec 2025

The world of finance is littered with words hijacked. (Image: Pixabay)

How finance hijacked everyday words and confused investors

3 min read . 07 Dec 2025

We've turned genuinely important concerns about sustainability and governance into another set of boxes to tick and another consultant-driven exercise. (AI-generated illustration)

Ticked boxes, empty intent: The real crisis in corporate governance

3 min read . 30 Nov 2025

India’s biggest AMC and its biggest brokerage are valued alike, but their incentives couldn’t be more different. (Pixabay)

The AMC–brokerage paradox: Similar valuations, opposite outcomes

3 min read . 23 Nov 2025

When companies that have never made money come calling for your savings

3 min read . 16 Nov 2025