The sustained rally in the American stock market has surprised many, raising calls of a bubble scenario or irrational exuberance. The naysayers use data points such as how whilst the American economy contributes 30% to world GDP yet its stockmarket makes up 75% of the global market capitalisation. This misses the point that some of […]
In this article, Soutik Biswas delves into the quirky origins of why American universities have the world’s best collections of books & manuscripts from India: “The 132-year-old University of Chicago houses more than 800,000 volumes related to South Asia, making it one of the world’s premier collections for studies on the region. But how did […]
With increased urbanisation, we see kids over the years spending less time in free play and even lesser in the open amidst nature, and more in structured settings in somewhat protected environments. This might be one of the factors of rising mental health issues as this research shows kids with exposure to risky play grow […]
Wokeness refers to an extreme form of political correctness which has gripped the world at large and the west in particular. Whilst there isn’t anything wrong with political correctness by itself, it is the enforcement of that in turn curtailing freedom of speech is what the opponents of wokeness argue. One such opponent is Paul […]
This long read in The Guardian is the story of a high-flying marketing executive from China, Li Jianxiong, who had a mid-life crisis and then had to reinvent himself to survive. For middle aged professionals like Li this story feels like one that we live through every day. In that regard, Li’s rediscovery of purpose […]
Mustansir Dalvi was the longest serving professor of architecture in the University of Mumbai. In this long read – which was first published in the National Herald – he reminisces about his employer, the late Chandrakant Patel, the architect behind Mumbai’s most familiar landmark, the BSE building. Mr Dalvi writes: “At the cusp of the […]
We have previously highlighted in MeritorQ: The Moneyball of Quality Investing the key reasons to rebalance in the context of MeritorQ’s investment rules. In this newsletter, we delve into how rebalancing between uncorrelated equity styles like Quality and Value, which forms the basis for selecting stocks in MeritorQ, further enhances MeritorQ’s returns. We call this the […]
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Sleep well, eat healthy and exercise daily is now well accepted as a simple model for a healthy life. But just how useful is exercise hadn’t been fully understood until this recent study. Euan Ashley, a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University calls exercise the single most potent medical intervention ever known. […]
Research has shown that asset allocation i.e, how you allocate across stocks, bonds and other asset classes, matters more than what securities you select, in terms of determining investor’s risk adjusted returns. But here’s a half century old theory by a Nobel prize winning economist – Robert C.Merton (of Black-Scholes-Merton and Long Term Capital Management […]
India started building the Tejas light combat aircraft more than 40 years ago. In 2025, the Government of India is hoping that the America under Trump will agree to supply’s GE’s engines for Tejas. In the meantime, China has launched its sixth generation of stealth fighters. As Yusuf Unjhawala explains for The Print: “China has […]
Global markets have been on a tear since the US Presidential elections in early November but none as spectacular as the cryptocurrencies. In particular, Bitcoin soared over 50% in a little over month since the elections. For some of us wondering what’s the link between Trump and cryptos: ““My vision is for an America that […]
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