Musings

An assorted collection of thoughts on business, finance, and life. Browse by tags.

22 Aug 2024

Why showing percentages on menus could help us eat better

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Seeing calories, protein, carbs, etc., on a menu is a good start. Ideally, we need to see calories as a percentage of daily calories, proteins, etc.
21 Aug 2024

NSE circular suspending referral programmes

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NSE issued a circular last week stopping brokers from sharing any brokerage as a referral incentive unless that person is registered as an authorized person with the exchanges...
19 Aug 2024

Misselling of ULIPs and what you can do to avoid being a victim

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ULIP sales have gone up quite a bit over the last year. I'm guessing most ULIPs are sold by banks because of the high commissions on these products...
13 Aug 2024

India needs more IPOs doing well

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IPOs doing well are good because they incentivize more companies to consider an IPO, and attract more retail and institutional investors...
12 Aug 2024

Daily brief podcast

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A personal problem I had was that there wasn't a short ~15 minute podcast that covered the top 3–5 markets and business stories in a given day. There are many in the US, but none in India. So we started The Daily Brief...
12 Aug 2024

K on software as an "in-descipine"

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What happened with CrowdStrike is utterly terrifying...
12 Aug 2024

On software as an "in-discipline"

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What happened with CrowdStrike is utterly terrifying...
08 Aug 2024

Zerodha account opening is now free

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A little late😬, but we've made account opening for resident individuals free at Zerodha for over a month now...
07 Aug 2024

SEBI consultation paper to review RIA framework

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One of the biggest challenges for the Indian markets is the lack of an advisory ecosystem...
06 Aug 2024

AMA with our core team

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All of us from the core team are doing an AMA this month...
01 Aug 2024

Impromptu AMRAP workout

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Impromptu AMRAP workout when Sisters in Sweat were at work...
30 Jul 2024

A few thoughts on SEBI's consultation paper on F&O

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The suggested changes, even with the STT increase, won’t really change options volumes. But on the flipside, they will reduce futures volumes...
25 Jul 2024

Reports for tax filing at Zerodha

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The last date for filing taxes is July 31, 2024. All the details that you need to file taxes are available as reports on Console...
25 Jul 2024

What changes for investors after Budget 2024?

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The change in capital gains in the budget affects all your investments, from stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs to unlisted bonds...
23 Jul 2024

Budget summary for us

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STT on options goes up from 0.062% to 0.1%. STT on futures goes up from 0.0125% to 0.02% from October 1st...
20 Jul 2024

K's push to avoid all enterprise deals saved us yesterday

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Kailash's push to avoid all enterprise deals saved us yesterday...
17 Jul 2024

Single ledger facility at Zerodha

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Now, you can trade commodities using the same equity account balance without maintaining a separate commodity account...
10 Jul 2024

Crypto platforms flaunting rules

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On one side, SEBI is working on restricting F&O, but on the other side, this crypto F&O ad is on the front page of ET...
02 Jul 2024

SEBI’s “true to label” circular

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SEBI issued a new circular mandating all market infrastructure institutions, like stock exchanges, to be "true to the label" in how they levy charges...
28 Jun 2024

Rise in options trading and the regulatory risks

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Kal Ho Na Ho is a good way to put it...