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Aug 2024
Musings
An assorted collection of thoughts on business, finance, and life. Browse by tags.
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Aug 2024
The nuisance of fake trading apps
x.comFake trading app scams have exploded and have become a mega nuisance...
23
Aug 2024
Celebrating India's first national space day 🇮🇳
x.comIt's a matter of pride that we have many amazing homegrown space startups...
22
Aug 2024
Why showing percentages on menus could help us eat better
x.comSeeing 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
x.comNSE 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
x.comULIP 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
x.comIPOs 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
x.comA 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...
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Aug 2024
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Aug 2024
08
Aug 2024
Zerodha account opening is now free
x.comA 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
x.comOne of the biggest challenges for the Indian markets is the lack of an advisory ecosystem...
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Aug 2024
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Jul 2024
A few thoughts on SEBI's consultation paper on F&O
x.comThe 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
x.comThe 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?
x.comThe 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
x.comSTT 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
x.comKailash's push to avoid all enterprise deals saved us yesterday...
17
Jul 2024
Single ledger facility at Zerodha
x.comNow, you can trade commodities using the same equity account balance without maintaining a separate commodity account...