What Makes an Investor, Intelligent?

How can you define whether the decisions you make in your life are good or bad? Or can you predict the long term effects of your decisions in your life? If it is affirmative, you may be thinking of the present or have known the consequences of the past, based on which, your decision may […]

Why Franklin Templeton shut the doors to 6 credit risk strategy debt funds

A rather unforeseen decision came from Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, India on April 23rd, as they announced closure of six of its open-ended debt funds. All these schemes followed the high-risk, high-return credit risk strategy. The fund house will now sell the underlying securities of all these funds over time and distribute payments to its […]

Why It’s Important to Look Beyond Your Degree

“Internships and Networking are the two most important factors which will help you in landing your dream job”, says Jaisal Singh Shergill, a Third Year student pursuing his Bachelors in Banking and Insurance from Jai Hind College. When Jaisal was in his second year, he understood the importance of networking and of expanding one’s knowledge […]

Leverage the Lockdown!

Leaving the house not only implies endangering yourself, but also breaking the law and putting others at risk. It gows without saying that time, is the most important resource, taking timely action is the only solution to making the best of a crisis. Basically, you are stuck at home with no one to meet and […]

YES Bank’s eventful first quarter. Everything you need to know.

On the 5th of March, 2020, India saw the fall of Yes Bank, the fourth largest private sector bank. As a result, the company’s share prices drastically fell by 74% and reached an all time low of Rs 5.55 per share. The RBI has stepped in and taken control of the bank and it has been […]

Losing or Finding Oneself

‘We are just energies and perceptions; all we carry with ourselves is a persona created by the society that is presented to us as our identity.’ – Jim Carrey. This line has always been intriguing to me. Jim Carrey, popularly known for his impeccable acting skills in the movie ‘The Mask’, believes that there is […]

Balance is Key – Hardi Shah

“The biggest challenge was to manage my time” said Hardi Shah, who has emerged victorious in spite of every curve ball thrown at her. She is pursuing her Bachelors in Financial Markets from Jai Hind College and has consistently stood first and topped subjects in her class. As if that wasn’t enough she has also […]

Alexa – Are you invading my privacy?

Alexa which was launched in November 2014 was developed for the purpose of assisting people through voice recognition. The voice recognition innovation started when Apple launched its first phone based voice assistant, SIRI, in 2011. Alexa is more of a home assistant. However SIRI and Alexa are different. SIRI on one hand uses more in […]

Stakeholder Capitalism, an essentiality for a healthy future.

Stakeholder capitalism is a system which aims to serve the interests of all their stakeholders. Among the stakeholders include suppliers, employees, shareholders, investors etc. The main purpose is not to maximize profit but create a long term value for the corporation. It can also be done to enhance stakeholders value at the cost of other […]

Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s people problem

The entire year of 2019, I faced reader’s block, I barely read any books and always found myself with a vast array of excuses to justify how I didn’t have time, or how I was too busy, but the reality was that I was just lethargic. Attending the Tata Literature festival at the NCPA, and […]