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ARTICLES BY SWANAND KELKAR

If scheduled commercial banks increase the amount of cash reserves they hold with the RBI, it reduces resources available for commercial credit.

Weak bank deposit growth: Beware faulty explanations

4 min read . 03 Sep 2024

In most EMs, private-sector balance sheets are in a better shape than they were five years ago.

Scope for investment: Emerging markets could spring right back to global favour

4 min read . 14 Jul 2024

The 12 biggest large-cap funds in India that together account for over 90% of large-cap assets under management own all the five index heavyweights.

Investing for absolute returns can liberate investors

4 min read . 11 Apr 2024

Stocks and sectors being declared terminally ill is not a new phenomenon and markets are often right in their assessment of the future. (Pixabay)

Revaluation call: Don’t write off businesses challenged by sunrise rivalry

4 min read . 29 Feb 2024

As economies get richer, financial systems deepen and household incomes can support higher levels of debt.

Should India worry about retail loans growing furiously?

4 min read . 11 Jan 2024

After the merger of two largest multiplex chains PVR and Inox, the combined entity now accounts for a massive 43% of gross box office collections for Hindi movies. (AFP)

Movie makers: Brace for the gathering storm

4 min read . 22 Nov 2023

Multiple factors cause a person to be successful and for equities to do well.

One cannot count on waking up early to achieve success in life

4 min read . 23 Oct 2023

Courtesy Swanand Kelkar

Opinion | Why writing is harder than you think

6 min read . 29 Aug 2020

My dance guru, Pooja Kale, and I were practical about what could be achieved by an absolute beginner in a month. Photographs courtesy Swanand Kelkar

How I overcame my fear of dancing to groove to an Allu Arjun number

6 min read . 31 Jul 2020

The Trikonasana

What I learnt with my feet pointing skyward

7 min read . 28 Mar 2020

Swanand Kelkar says an year-long sabbatical is the best of both worlds for him.

Why I chose to become a ‘time billionaire’

5 min read . 28 Feb 2020

Photo: Bloomberg

A generational shift in consumption and debt

5 min read . 15 Jul 2018

At the risk of sounding philosophical, cultivate a healthy sense of detachment from your portfolio and markets. Photo: Bloomberg

The anxiety of portfolio underperformance

4 min read . 04 Apr 2018

At 425, India has the second largest number of stocks among emerging markets, with a market cap in excess of $500 million, second only to the Chinese mainland market. Photo: HT

The futility of asking how the market will fare

4 min read . 20 Dec 2017

In the investing world, there is an old adage, ‘Evaluate lots of deals, do very few’, and that essentially is a leaf out of the Rahul Dravid playbook. Photo: Reuters

Taking a leaf out of the Rahul Dravid playbook for investment strategy

4 min read . 13 Sep 2017

A large macro opportunity for growth transforms into a profitable micro opportunity for investors when there are a number of listed firms that operate in these growth spaces. Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint

The joy of rowing downstream

4 min read . 18 Jul 2017

One of the toughest asks of a public market investor is IPO investing. One has no way to calibrate the management meeting based on past interactions and a decision is expected to be taken based on one-hour interaction. Photo: Mint

Confessions of a stock picker

7 min read . 09 May 2017

The narrative in post-demonetised India

5 min read . 15 Mar 2017

What the stock market taught us in 2016

7 min read . 26 Dec 2016

The viewership number is the currency with which a broadcaster negotiates with an advertiser and it has now become important for the broadcaster to appeal to a wider audience.

What the nation wants to watch

5 min read . 09 Nov 2016