Markets worldwide are having a frenzied rally, with Indian markets touching an all-time high every other day. Many private companies are leveraging this opportunity to launch an IPO. The retail and HNI Participation have been robust, with many companies generating hefty listing gains.
Continue readingApplying BCG Matrix in Investing
The BCG Matrix or the Growth-Share Matrix is a very popular portfolio planning model which was developed by Bruce Henderson, founder of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). It is a handy business tool which evaluates the strategic position of the business brand/product portfolio and its potential. It classifies business portfolio into four categories based on industry attractiveness (Market Growth Rate) and competitive position (Relative Market Share).
Continue readingHow Does Pharma Work – Part 2
The total size of the global pharmaceutical market is 1.2 Trillion Dollars, which are majorly contributed by three countries United States (486 Billion Dollars), China (137 billion Dollars) and Japan (86 billion Dollars).
Continue readingHow Does Pharma Work? – Part 1
There goes a lot into the process of making a drug. Before a drug is deemed suitable for patients, it has to go through rigorous testing and cost-effectiveness analyses. In this article, I have tried to explain the whole process, right from the Research and Development to Marketing.
Continue readingTechnical Analysis – Dow Theory
Charles H. Dow was the founder of the Dow-Jones Financial News Service in New York.
He is known as the father of modern technical analysis and was the first person to create an index that measures the overall price movement of U.S. stocks.
Is Debt harmful for the country?
Debt is an instrument that has an equal number of critics and supporters, but if we look at this concerning the current scenario, things are on a bit of a scary side. We have seen the announcement of relief packages consisting of huge amounts of money. Have you ever wondered about where it is coming from, or do you have to worry about the debt taken by the government, and what repercussions it can have in the long term? In this post, I have tried to encapsulate a few things, which would help you get an overview of how things will move around with this huge debt.
Continue readingBasics of Technical Analysis
Centuries of work has passed by interpreting and understanding the movement of prices in financial markets and the product of it is “Technical Analysis”
Continue readingThe Origins of Currency – Part 3
In my first and second part, I had explained what money is and brief history of Money. Money and currency have all the same characteristics except money is a store of value, whereas currency isn’t. A thousand dollar bill won’t buy the same amount of goods that it used to buy 30 or 40 years back.
Continue readingNetflix got no Chill!
Giving back to back hit series and binding the whole country in an unprecedented time of pandemic inside their home like glue, Netflix has proven itself a means to kill boredom around the world. Due to this reason probably they recorded an impressive subscriber growth of 23% YoY, and global paid subscribers stood at 182.86 million.
Continue readingThe Origins of Currency – Part 2
The Gold exchange standard was similar to the Classical gold standard as it was self equilibrating in nature. Still, it had flaws, but one of the worst was the instability resulting from unexpected redemptions of gold. Suppose France had a trade surplus with England, France would receive sterling.
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