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Santosh Nair

Executive Editor, Special Projects

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Santosh Nair is Executive Editor, Special Projects, Moneycontrol.He has been writing on the financial markets for over two decades, having previously worked with Business Standard, myiris.com, Crisil Market Wire and The Economic Times.He is also the author of the popular book on Indian markets, Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts.

'He had a tremendous appetite for risk, but was equally aware of the role of luck in our lives': Friend remembers Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

BUSINESS

'He had a tremendous appetite for risk, but was equally aware of the role of luck in our lives': Friend remembers Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Former money market star Ajay Kayan reminisces about friend Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Radhakishan Damani to be at the helm of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Trust

BUSINESS

Radhakishan Damani to be at the helm of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Trust

Legendary trader turned entrepreneur, Jhunjhunwala often hailed RK Damani as his ‘guru’

Dalal Street titan Rakesh Jhunjhunwala calls time on earth

TRENDS

Dalal Street titan Rakesh Jhunjhunwala calls time on earth

The outspoken billionaire investor, trader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and raconteur (with a penchant for risqué one-liners) died in Mumbai of cardiac arrest. A long-time diabetic, Jhunjhunwala’s health took a sudden turn for the worse over the last couple of months.

Long story short: More pain ahead in midcaps, smallcaps, says veteran trader Sharad Shah

BUSINESS

Long story short: More pain ahead in midcaps, smallcaps, says veteran trader Sharad Shah

Celebrated short-seller and permabear Sharad Shah says there is still plenty of room for downside

NSE colocation scam: Some foreign shareholders dumped NSE shares just before SEBI order on Chitra Ramakrishna

BUSINESS

NSE colocation scam: Some foreign shareholders dumped NSE shares just before SEBI order on Chitra Ramakrishna

NSE co-location scam: The widely touted reason for foreign investors cutting exposure to the NSE shares is the delay in the stock exchange’s plan to go public. But some observers say the flurry of selling in January could have to do with more than just the delay in NSE’s listing plan. The timing of the sales—just a few weeks before the SEBI order—and the price, have raised eyebrows.

RBI Policy: 20 must-know points from the committee statement

ECONOMY

RBI Policy: 20 must-know points from the committee statement

Following are the key takeaways from the Monetary Policy document

Introducing: The Moneycontrol Classroom

BUSINESS

Introducing: The Moneycontrol Classroom

Starting today, we will be publishing a daily article as part of a Classroom series that seeks to answer commonly asked questions about markets and investing.

Explainer: All you need to know about the NSE colocation case

BUSINESS

Explainer: All you need to know about the NSE colocation case

What is the NSE colocation controversy all about, who were the players and what was the modus operandi? Here are the answers.

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi talks about emotions weighing in on your investment decisions

BUSINESS

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi talks about emotions weighing in on your investment decisions

Professor Sanjay Bakshi is one of India's foremost experts on behavioural finance and deals with emotional biases that creep into humans' financial decision making.

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi: Why you should love your investments but worry about FOMO

BUSINESS

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi: Why you should love your investments but worry about FOMO

For the uninitiated, FOMO is fear of missing out. In investing, it can hurt you when you jump into companies without doing full research or having conviction

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi: Genetics may be responsible if you are a bad investor

BUSINESS

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi: Genetics may be responsible if you are a bad investor

Professor Sanjay Bakshi is one of India's foremost experts on behavioural finance, the field that deals with emotional biases that creep into humans' financial decision making.

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi on discovering Buffett, and how investors can profit from inefficient markets

BUSINESS

Podcast | Sanjay Bakshi on discovering Buffett, and how investors can profit from inefficient markets

In part one of this interview, Professor Sanjay Bakshi traces his foray into investing.

Friday’s carnage in NBFCs, midcaps underscores vulnerability of F&O positions

BUSINESS

Friday’s carnage in NBFCs, midcaps underscores vulnerability of F&O positions

When operators, who have open positions in multiple stocks and futures, lose heavily in a stock future, they try to make up for it by offloading other positions. This causes a domino effect and other stocks also start tumbling

Exemplary punishment, not more rules, will improve corporate governance: M Damodaran

BUSINESS

Exemplary punishment, not more rules, will improve corporate governance: M Damodaran

You cannot go after 100 percent of the offenders, but you can hand out severe punishments so that people think ten times before they try to game the system, Damodaran said

No big surprise if RBI hikes rates in this policy; stick to defensives for 2018: Udayan Mukherjee

BUSINESS

No big surprise if RBI hikes rates in this policy; stick to defensives for 2018: Udayan Mukherjee

The RBI will likely hold benchmark rates for now but warn the market of an impending hike at the next policy meet in August, says Udayan Mukherjee, consulting editor, CNBC-TV18.

Too much pessimism over IT; pharma still not cheap: UTI MF’s Subramaniam

BUSINESS

Too much pessimism over IT; pharma still not cheap: UTI MF’s Subramaniam

The IT industry is not in dire straits as the market is making it out to be, says Vetri Subramaniam, Group President and Head of Equity, UTI Asset Management

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