Fundamentals: Understanding Humans and the Markets

Principles on which something is based are known to us as the concept of fundamentals. And the idea that, the core principles don’t change much, and therefore fundamentals are somehow God given, isn’t really a true assumption at all. Whether it’s our society or the financial markets. The core principles do change overtime, and the […]

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When talking about the Indian economy, are we missing the big picture ?

So the new government got into the office on the back of a pitch that was based on a lot of hope and promises, and while I have been personally quite supportive of the need for change. I have never been in any doubt that, the changes will require time and government will have to […]

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How to sell a narrative to a society

The question we are all busy asking ourselves is, why is our society struggling ? And the answer isn’t really that difficult. Everything is eventually designed to fail, and so will the narratives that we have sold ourselves. What got us to where we are today isn’t going to take us, where we want to […]

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The EU project and Brexit – Finding a way to navigate my own conflicts

So we are approaching the end of April 2019, and from what I can see, there seems to be no end to the Brexit Saga. But is this really a surprise ? Probably not, and there are a number of underlying reasons for that. To start with, we still don’t have a clear common vision […]

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A Trump is not the cause, but a symptom of what’s gone badly wrong

So while walking about in Hyde Park – London on a bank holiday weekend, I got a call from a friend, who happens to be a politician based in DC. We had, what I would describe as an interesting chat, and most of it was related to US and global politics. I am no expert […]

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Financial Markets – The ever expanding Universe

Since the financial crisis of 07/08, we have heard so much about, how much and how badly, the banks got their business wrong. And to a large extent, that’s true. Over the years, banks have evolved into a very complex structure, mostly for the need to grow their balance sheet and make profit. And some […]

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Is the current arrangement of large groups of Humans living in an Organised Society under threat ? – The Big Picture

Going by the daily news headlines, I believe, most of us have started to wonder if the global human society is heading in the right direction. And it’s not easy to see through the chaos and disruption. But this is not an accident, also accidents don’t happen on their own just like that.  There are […]

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Being An Entrepreneur

The modern society won’t be what it is today without entrepreneurs and their enterprise. And we all know that. But most entrepreneurs will also tell you that, their journey wasn’t pleasant at all. And it was quite hard. So the question I do ask is, do we know what it takes to be an entrepreneur, […]

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