Tag: indian
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Rethinking what’s next with industry experts in masterclasses at TechSparks 2021, India’s largest startup-tech conference
Former chairman and CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, once said, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Today, with 70+ unicorns, over 250 accelerators and incubators as well as a rising number of corporate and family office investors, there…
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Large, uniquely Indian cos to emerge: Bikhchandani
had not anticipated that we would see this kind of boom in the stock market, start-ups, valuations, investment in start-ups and so much entrepreneurship! Any prediction I make now for the next 12 years could be 100 times better, says Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-founder, Info Edge. Based on the last 12 years, how do you think…
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[Techie Tuesday] The 21-year-old student-entrepreneur building an Indian self-driving vehicle
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Mark Twain For 21-year-old Gagandeep Reehal, age has never been a challenge when it comes to achieving his goals. Busy making India’s self-driving vehicle dream come true, he is the co-founder of Minus Zero, a startup that aims to…
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6 ways to hedge currency risk in foreign equity
1,000% return in just 10 years. No, we are not talking about a penny stock or worse, not a Ponzi scheme. This is the kind of returns earned by those investors who invested in the stocks of American mega corporates like Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Amazon 10 years ago. That is right, if you had…
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Park 10-20% of your portfolio in international MFs
The chance of another tide of Covid-19 throughout the nation may quicken investors’ money allocations to global mutual funds. Financial advisers are recommending clients to hold 10-20percent of their portfolios in global equities as a hedge against the vagaries of their domestic market.Global funds invest in businesses with exposure to larger markets, together with cheaper…
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Saurabh Mukherjea on how to play recovery
Our preferred way to play the cyclical upswing is high quality financial services, auto and auto ancillaries and increasingly the speciality chemicals plays which are in the global cycle rather than local economic recovery, says Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder, Marcellus Investment Managers. We have had a great ride and a great post Budget rally but since…
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How to invest in US stocks from India? Here’s all you need to know
NEW DELHI: In a cute video posted on Twitter, the head of a prominent Indian mutual fund house was seen counting all the technical devices used by him and his son – all of which are manufactured by US technology giants.Over the past few months, the chatter about diversifying into global stocks has gained momentum,…
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Government issues notice to Twitter
NEW DELHI: India’s cybersecurity nodal service CERT-In has recently already issued a note to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform to get full details of this current international hack targeting high profile customers, since it sought complete details on number of Indian customers changed in addition to influence on data, a source said. The origin privy…
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This wealth-tech startup helps Indians invest in Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other US stocks
Winvesta had a start like no other. Incorporated in London in August 2019, the cross- border investment platform went live in India in March 2020, two days after the nationwide lockdown. “It was as good a time as any,” Founder and CEO Swastik Nigam tells YourStory. Winvesta founders Prateek Jain (left) and Swastik Nigam “We had…