One of the initial lessons we learn about stock markets is their inherent uncertainty. When higher uncertainty creeps into the underlying companies or the broader economy, you see higher volatili...
On April 14, Iran attacked Israel directly for the first time, launching over 300 drones and missiles towards Israel. Israel and its allies intercepted almost all of the projectiles, preventing a...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/god-give-me-the-strength-to-buy-and-hold
My politically opinionated father asked me worriedly, “Why has the INR depreciated since the current government took over?” I first said, “Go back a little farther, and you will see that th...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/can-a-central-bank-devalue-its-currency-on-purpose
India's exports have fallen, but its imports have fallen much more - a good thing for the Rupee, in all. Meanwhile, the data shows that both electronics and life insurance are thriving. The pos...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-less-energy-more-electronics
Despite all the headline numbers about Indian markets growing, we’re still quite small. Compared to the pre-pandemic base, we’ve grown tremendously, but there are still just about 9 crore uni...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/account-opening-now-free-under-the-age-of-25
Are you worried about intraday spikes, volatility injections, or the fear that operators manipulate the market? Then the best thing for you is to stay away from option trading. But if you still w...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/sensibull/worried-about-spikes-and-injections-do-spreads
Robo-advisory services were the hottest wealth management trend of the last decade. Most died or were acquired in fire sales. What went wrong? This is a history of robo-advisors and why they fail...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/robo-advisors-are-dead-long-live-robo-advisors
In this episode of From Scratch, the two co-founders of Digio share their startup journey. They were both working on the problem independently when they were introduced to each other through an i...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/digio-helping-fintech-to-go-paperless
You may have heard that setting up a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) could help save taxes. In this blog, we discuss this in detail. There are fairly low barriers to setting up an HUF—any Hindu (i...
You can now withdraw funds within seconds from your Zerodha account to your primary bank account using the Instant Withdrawal feature. The post Introducing instant withdrawals appeared first o...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/introducing-instant-withdrawals
Inflation is inching downwards. The US Dollar is appreciating, but the Rupee - buoyed by heavy FPI inflows - stays resilient. And more. The post It’s the economy, stupid! Of dollars and disin...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-of-dollars-and-disinflation
Climate change is no longer a future event — water scarcity, erratic weather patterns, diminishing wildlife — we are already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Solving any probl...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/introducing-logicladder
We started investing in climate action and health a couple of years ago. At the intersection of the two, there is a large plastic waste problem we want to help solve. The ramifications of plastic...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/introducing-amwoodo
Humour me. Do this exercise. List the names of five people who participated in the share market in the 1980s or 1990s. Then go to the iepf.gov.in website and click on this link Search those five ...
With a strong economy and falling inflation, RBI keeps rates where they are. Automobiles don't sell, services exports fall, but power generation stays robust. And more. The post It’s the econ...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-2-slow-2-sedate
My 20-year-old cousin took a fancy to the stock market recently. I would like to take credit for his excitement, given my employment at Zerodha, but I am aware he is just joining the trading wago...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/give-me-some-sunshine-give-me-some-capital
We keep reading tons of interesting things, not all of which we share or write about. So, we figured, we’d share short summaries of what we are reading and tracking that you may find interestin...
The RBI requires anyone trading in currency derivatives to have an underlying exposure to forex. It seems many market participants were not aware of this. So, the RBI recently reinforced this req...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/underlining-the-underlying-exposure
India's earning a tidy bit of foreign exchange, as its capital account surplus trumps a falling current account deficit. An RBI MPC meeting has just begun. And February sees paltry tax collection...
SEBI’s recent regulations on small and medium REITs (SM REITs) have sparked interest among investors who are eager to explore new avenues for real estate investment. After all, real estate is o...
Through a recent circular, the RBI pulled the plug on speculative forex derivative trades in India. Until now, any speculator could trade currency derivatives on a stock exchange. This is because...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/rbi-putting-the-ex-in-forex
GIFT City is short for Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. Situated close to Ahmedabad, GIFT City facilitates all financial transactions in India using foreign currency (not Indian rupees). T...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/investing-in-gift-city-5-key-questions-answered
Central banks across the world met last week to set interest rates, sparking the question – what would the RBI do. Meanwhile, FDI blooms, but money leaves under the LRS. The post It’s the e...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-central-banks-take-their-bets
Daniel Kahneman made finance more humane and investors more introspective. We all owe him a debt of gratitude for making us look inward. The post Remembering Danny appeared first on Z-Connect ...
A new shipping crisis may ripple through global trade. Houthi militants attack ships passing through the Red Sea, while the Panama canal experiences a disruption due to severe drought. The post...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/shipwrecked-why-everything-may-soon-cost-more
SEBI has directed AMFI to instruct all asset management companies to restrict inflows into international exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This post explains why these restrictions are imposed and wh...
The last quarter was a busy one for us at Zerodha, and we launched several cool features. We have collated all these updates in this post in case you missed any. The post What’s new at Zerodh...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/whats-new-at-zerodha-march-2024
No alarms and no surprises last week. Inflation stayed sticky, rural wages saw mild real growth, and merchandise trade remained steady. India's forex reserves zoomed. US inflation refused to budg...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-sticky-inflation-zooming-forex-and-more
In the final instalment of our China series, we trace the journey of the country’s real estate industry – from its heady rise to its sudden crash – and how China is trying to emerge from th...
Momentum investing has been around for decades. It was first formalized by Jegadeesh and Titman in their ground-breaking work on momentum: Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: Implicatio...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/returns-under-momentum
Have we moved the needle on the ‘women and money’ issue? And what is the women and money issue anyway? Perhaps we are mixing up completely disparate issues. Perhaps we need to first understan...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/women-and-money-whats-the-real-issue
When you hear about markets making new highs or the “nifty” went up 100 points, it typically refers to the NIFTY 50 index. An index is an aggregate measure – a shorthand to convey informati...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/cash-is-king-but-the-future-is-basis
We’re in a leap year; February was stretched by a day, and so are its numbers. Meanwhile, January saw the first current account surplus in forever, while money gushes into Indian mutual funds. ...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-of-lungis-and-february-numbers
We spoke about DD a few times earlier in the previous blogs. But what does DD really mean in the context of venture capital? This is quite important to understand given that, in most cases, there...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/what-is-the-due-diligence-dd-process-for-vcs
Invest in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) on Coin. NPS is a brilliant option for saving for your retirement as it forces you to invest in a diversified portfolio of equities and debt by default...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/featured/save-for-your-retirement-with-national-pension-system-nps
This week, we turn to the single defining characteristic of the Chinese economy in the eyes of the world - its status as the factory of the world. We’ll see why exports are no longer the engine...
Yes. Indian taxpayers can avail of the tax exemption under section 54F of the Income-tax Act against gains earned from selling foreign shares or ETFs if the money is utilised to buy or build a ne...
Unless you live under a rock, you would have probably heard the term – SIP (systematic investment plan) – in mutual funds. Using SIPs, one can conveniently invest a fixed amount in mutual fun...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/what-is-the-best-sip-frequency-for-investing-in-mutual-funds
How fast did we grow last quarter? Could be 8.4% or 6.5%, depending on who you ask. Meanwhile, tax collections rise, less affluent Indians save more, and Europe finally reigns in inflation. And m...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/a-tale-of-two-growth-rates
When reading up last year about how six commodities have shaped human civilisation, I remember feeling guilty about the fact that most of us don’t have a clue about how things are made. I vague...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/zerocircle-replacing-plastic-with-seaweed
Welcome to the first edition of ‘Z-Connect this Week’, a newsletter where we wrap up everything we publish on Z-Connect, Varsity, Rainmatter, and TradingQnA. Those explainers, podcasts, updat...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/a-few-good-things-on-money-and-the-markets
In February 2024, Japan’s benchmark index reached an all-time high, marking a significant milestone after a prolonged interval of 34 years. The stock market in the Land of Rising Sun is in star...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/what-if-i-invest-at-a-market-all-time-high
In this week's edition of fintech and health, we look at the rise of corporate venture capital in India, ponder about the future about neobanks and then chuckle at the absurdity of the self optim...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/this-week-in-fintech-and-health372852
You have created an excellent option strategy, and backtesting shows that it can be profitable. However, the strategy didn’t hold when you applied it in the real market. What could have gone wr...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/perils-of-using-the-last-traded-price-ltp
All is not well with China’s economy. Its problems come from the very strategies that brought it 40 years of growth. In our first post on China, we examine its addiction to investment-led growt...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/how-the-chinese-dragon-burnt-itself
After a long decline, fixedline connections are up. Aviation is still reeling from the pandemic. FDI is leaving the country, as is money under the LRS scheme. And more. The post It’s the econ...
We are launching The Climate Conversations podcast series, in which we will have conversations with founders and other stakeholders about climate action in India. The post Learning about climat...
Our focus on health at Rainmatter started because of the core team’s focus on living a healthy life. The result of this passion was endless questions about the quality of common food items we e...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/introducing-twf-flours
This week on Its the economy, stupid, lower CPI and WPI inflation, trade balance, and more. The post It’s the economy, stupid: Lower CPI, WPI, trade balance and more appeared first on Z-Conn...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/its-the-economy-stupid-lower-cpi-wpi-trade-balance-and-more
Imagine finding yourself in a situation where you cannot manage your investments due to illness or accident. Suddenly, the need for cash arises, but you’re incapacitated, unable to initiate tra...
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/varsity/what-powers-does-a-nominee-of-an-incapacitated-person-have