With Sensex touching the psychological mark of 50k for the first time, Mint Money’s 'Sensex Diary' lets finance professionals, investors document their lives alongside the Sensex in all its ups and downs. In the second instalment, Radhika Gupta, MD and CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management, narrates her journey.
Our big shadow banks do need close supervision and not just for the asset-liability mismatches that tend to bedevil them. RBI should also be wary of the chief flaw of a size-based regulatory structure
The govt has extended an olive branch. Farmers must respect this and reciprocate
The value of slow plodders and the influence of captaincy on outcomes are both overrated
Privacy is not a concern strong enough to overpower WhatsApp’s advantage of its network effect
A report put out by RBI sees our winter of discontent yielding to a glorious summer, but we need reforms if our ambition is not to overleap ability after a V-shaped recovery from covid
Their daring exploits have us cheering but they also ought to know the story of how we got here
The bottom line: Contract law reflects realities of economic power
Perhaps they’ll learn the hard way that governments which acquire an outsized role in people’s lives are loath to give it up
On Thursday, the BSE Sensex blazed past the 50,000 mark, before ending just a shade lower and has gone up by a crisis-defying 90%-plus since its March low
India’s shift from a mixed to a market economy was an idea whose time came 30 years ago, but the falsehoods that fill echo chambers online have got in the way of progress. Let’s fix this
The pandemic has given rise to initiatives by some brands to try and exploit health concerns
Observers say that Jack Ma's mass popularity is seen as a threat by Beijing and his Silicon Valley-style outspokenness has done little to calm that anxiety. The campaign against Ma, crafted by an insecure regime to show him who’s boss and serve as an example, deserves to fail
Other countries have much to learn from America’s admirable institutional framework
The riven country that Trump leaves behind reminds us of eternal vigilance being the price of liberty
Instead of pushing for its liquidation, we should accept an arbitration order to compensate it for an unfairly-broken contract. Bullying Devas could deter private investment in India
Simply sending out stimulus cheques may not aid a revival as well as actual expenditure on public projects
