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Vivek Kaul

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ARTICLES BY VIVEK KAUL

Stock markets are really not anywhere as predictable as they are made out to be.

Why are stock market ‘experts’ reluctant to accept uncertainty?

4 min read . 10:30 AM IST

Financial analysis, cricket commentary and election forecasts thrive on the innate human need to make quick sense of the happenings around them, fuelling demand for quick explanations and incentivising a market for lying. (AI-generated representative image)

Vivek Kaul: The market for lies

12 min read . 13 Nov 2024

While FIIs sold quite a bit in 2022, they bought a lot in 2023 and have barely bought in 2024.

Vivek Kaul: Will monthly SIP investors in Indian stocks keep calm and carry on?

4 min read . 12 Nov 2024

Anyone tracking the Indian economy should be worried about the increase in the number of people working in agriculture. (AFP)

Vivek Kaul: Why the stockmarket wallahs are suddenly worried about the economy

10 min read . 06 Nov 2024

When RBI maintains interest rates at high levels, it discourages banks from lending money at a fast pace.

Why hasn’t RBI cut policy rates despite its lack of control over food inflation?

4 min read . 05 Nov 2024

Gold bugs have come out of the woodwork and are buying gold because they believe the world now is a much more unsafe place—inflating the price of the yellow metal in the process.

Gold, Lindy effect, Warren Buffett, and why ignorance is not bliss

9 min read . 30 Oct 2024

In June 2022, when FIIs net sold stocks worth $6.4 billion, it was 1.13% of what they owned at the end of May 2022.

October surprise: An influx of retail investors hasn’t made FIIs irrelevant

4 min read . 29 Oct 2024

Vivek Kaul: A LinkedIn lesson on the opportunity cost of life

11 min read . 23 Oct 2024

If we look at data from the start of 2015-16 until 17 October, ₹494,375 crore has been raised through IPOs. (iStock)

Vivek Kaul: IPOs aren’t raising much capital for new ventures

4 min read . 22 Oct 2024

The Kunal Kamra-Bhavesh Aggarwal spat brought to the fore the mounting service and quality woes at Ola Electric.

Vivek Kaul | Kunal Kamra vs Bhavish Aggarwal: Streisand effect & dhishum dhishum

8 min read . 16 Oct 2024

As soon as it became evident that the tide was turning in the BJP’s favour, the experts who had forecast a Congress victory started offering explanations for its defeat. (Snehal Sontakke)

Vivek Kaul on how the Haryana verdict spawned a market for instant analysis

4 min read . 15 Oct 2024

Unlike with stocks, there is nothing like earning an average rate of return by investing in real estate, given that most people can’t afford to own a real estate portfolio.

Vivek Kaul: Real estate, data, stories, and stories that sound like data

10 min read . 09 Oct 2024

Stock prices can impact the fundamentals of the underlying economy. (Photo by Executium on Unsplash )

Don’t overlook the downside of India’s retail investment boom

4 min read . 08 Oct 2024

Vivek Kaul: Sharma ji ka beta and the economics of imitation

14 min read . 02 Oct 2024

At an aggregate level, individuals incurred losses of about ₹75,000 crore in 2023-24.

Sebi’s risk warnings can draw inspiration from an anti-tobacco campaign

4 min read . 01 Oct 2024

It has become considerably easier for individuals to invest in stocks than it was 5 years ago. (Stock)

Vivek Kaul: Stock market mania and the shrinking case of household deposits

16 min read . 25 Sep 2024

Most IPOs hitting the market today operate in competitive sectors where the chances of extremely high profits are next to non-existent. (iStock)

Vivek Kaul: Today’s IPO frenzy can’t be attributed to India’s growth story

4 min read . 24 Sep 2024

India’s stock markets are in the middle of a long bull run. (Mint)

Invest 100% in stocks? Be aware of the bull market’s investing myths

9 min read . 18 Sep 2024

Why India’s IPO mania is similar to the dotcom bubble

12 min read . 18 Sep 2024

Management gurus continue to write on what makes companies and their leaders successful. (AFP)

When will business books focus more on corporate failures than successes?

4 min read . 17 Sep 2024