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Hong Kong's central bank does not print its currency. Instead, three private banks are entrusted to print Hong Kong Dollars. This arrangement is as good as handing over the monetary policy to private players. It seems strange, but there is a British-era reason behind it. And guess what? Currency pegging has also worked well in this arrangement!
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The Harshad Mehta scam of 1992 exposed massive loopholes in India’s banking and stock market systems, leading to a series of crucial financial reforms. Faster adoption of digital banking and dematerialized shares, stricter regulatory oversight, and modernized stock exchanges were all outcomes of the reforms meant to prevent such frauds in the future.
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A SEBI rule in 2019 mandated mutual funds to change how they benchmarked their performance to an index. An understanding of price return (PR) and total return (TR) indices explains how the reported outperformance of mutual funds vanished.
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Borrowings can amplify your profits as well as losses. The profits earned on borrowed money add to earnings, but losses eat into the equity capital. Interest payments can further hurt equity. It seems like a risk-return dilemma!Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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There came a time around COVID-19 when crude oil prices had fallen below zero. Meaning that you would be paid to take crude oil. It sounds strange, but it did happen. Tune in to know how and why was crude oil trading at negative prices.Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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HUL has Dove, Lux, Pears, Axe, and Lifebuoy soaps. It has Sunsilk, Clinic Plus, Dove, and other brands of shampoo. HUL is a house of brands with multiple brands in every product category.
And did Maruti Suzuki take a leaf out of HUL's brand management book?Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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You need a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) to own a car in Singapore. COE is very expensive, and you must bid for it in an open auction, thereby adding to the cost of buying a car. Has Singapore made cars expensive on purpose? If yes, why?Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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We know economies of scale - as production increases, the per-unit cost goes down. Diseconomies of scale are the opposite - as production increases, the per-unit cost also rises. But why would that happen?Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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Do you think today's Cadbury Dairymilk and Parle-G's five-rupee packets are much smaller than those 10-15 years ago? If inflation is the reason, couldn't they increase the packet price instead of reducing their size?Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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The RBI sold more than 50 billion dollars between September and December of 2024. Was it a planned course of action? Why would the bank reduce its forex reserves?Zerodha Varsity on Social Media:
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NBFCs borrow money from banks and the public to give out loans. They make money by keeping the difference between the interest rate they receive from their customers and the interest rate they pay to their lenders. But something went awry in this arrangement in 2018-19.
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Amber's revenues are the strongest in the March quarter and the weakest in the June quarter.
Taj Hotels sees the weakest quarter in September and the strongest in December.
Ultratech Cement witnesses a strong March quarter and the weakest September quarter.
Seasonality has got something to do with it, maybe.
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Do you know the brand of bricks in your house? Do you know the brand of zips or buttons on your denims? Do we really care for the nuts and bolts used in our cars? How can one be successful in running such a no-brands business?
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TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto are similar in terms of the size of their revenues and assets. However, TVS has a return on assets of 4%, while Bajaj’s return on assets is almost 20%. Why this difference?
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Vedanta Limited has been paying dividends that are in excess of its earnings over the past two years. Why is it doing so? And how can it pay such high dividends?
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Velvette's shampoo sachets, Colgate toothpaste tubes with wider openings, and the rounded Parachute oil bottles were all revolutionary innovations in product packaging. These cases show how packaging can solve for affordability, convenience, and even business profitability.
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China is the second-most populous country on earth but has a significantly low population density. How is this causing the same sector to behave differently in India and China?
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Apple, TSMC, and Nvidia have much higher PE ratios than Samsung despite Samsung competing directly with these players in the global markets. Samsung's revenues and operations are at comparable levels with the others. So, what is holding its PE Ratio back?
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In 2024, people in Argentina carried bags or even suitcases filled with money for simple transactions. Inflation was as high as 287%. What structural issues pushed Argentina into a spiral of hyperinflation? What is the country doing now to correct its course?
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Risk attracts a premium. A higher price is quoted if there is doubt about a customer's ability to pay up in time. The higher price is because the business wants a premium for assuming the risk. What if there is doubt about a country's ability to pay up? Perhaps that is what Adani Power was concerned about in its power supply deal with Bangladesh.
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