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Funnycontrol | Thank God it’s not Monday

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Funnycontrol | Thank God it’s not Monday

Funnycontrol reflects on the Monday market crash after laughing at its own portfolio

Funnycontrol | Comedy Commission of India hears a pressing matter

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Funnycontrol | Comedy Commission of India hears a pressing matter

Skipcart and Chef Bozos summoned for colluding in ecommerce comedy by Comedy Commission of India.

MC Travel Special | Funnycontrol: TNPL - Travel Now, Pray Later

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MC Travel Special | Funnycontrol: TNPL - Travel Now, Pray Later

Funnycontrol shares travel experiences that require thoughts and prayers.

Funnycontrol | We didn’t start the fire: An EV/EBITDA ratio of a different kind

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Funnycontrol | We didn’t start the fire: An EV/EBITDA ratio of a different kind

Funnycontrol asks Billy Joel if he started the fire, but gets a completely different set of answers.

Funnycontrol | Dil mein mere hai Dard E Crypto

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Funnycontrol | Dil mein mere hai Dard E Crypto

A crypto bro laments about the crash of stability in his life.

Funnycontrol | High PO : How to avoid getting high on IPO fever

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Funnycontrol | High PO : How to avoid getting high on IPO fever

When it comes to the fundamentals of investing, a good stock is like a good joke. Only those who get it, get it.

Funnycontrol: Are you interest-ed yet? Life with high(er) interest rates

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Funnycontrol: Are you interest-ed yet? Life with high(er) interest rates

The Reswerve Bank of India has swerved into the inflationary winds with a 40 basis point hike in the Repo rate and 50 basis points in the Comedy Reserve Ration. Here's what this means for you.

Laugh Insurance Corporation: Allotment ki insurance policy

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Laugh Insurance Corporation: Allotment ki insurance policy

For years we have known LIC as the neighbourhood chacha, mama, uncle who is an LIC agent. Today he can be likened to an intelligence agent with the added task of shooting enemies of the bull market.

Funnycontrol: How to stay calm in a volatile market

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Funnycontrol: How to stay calm in a volatile market

Tip 3: As a true investing Ninja, you must find unrelated nuggets of information that make sense from a broader perspective. Like how your wife determines your love for her based on your Netflix password.

Funnycontrol: M&As that could bring the best of both worlds together

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Funnycontrol: M&As that could bring the best of both worlds together

Crypto exchanges and Indian mothers, Covid-vaccine makers and matrimony portals, and other M&As this writer would like to lead if he ever went back to investment banking.

Funnycontrol: Why financial year end is followed by April Fool's Day

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Funnycontrol: Why financial year end is followed by April Fool's Day

An ode to unrushed investments, and all-night parties followed by 9.30am sales presentations with targets to make anyone dizzy.

The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for Financial Actors

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The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for Financial Actors

Full disclosure: Funnycontrol anchors were unfortunately not allowed to participate in this award due to conflict of interest.

The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for financial actors

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The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for financial actors

The Funnycontrol Awards or as we call it Oscars for financial actors like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, or business news anchors. Let’s look at some of the award categories for this year.

Funnycontrol: What went on inside the Comedy Working Committee?

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Funnycontrol: What went on inside the Comedy Working Committee?

1st Family: Yeh humaari expertise nahin hai, we are out. Party workers (before appraisal cycle): Yeh sab doglapan hai.

How to invest on Women’s Day in times of war

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How to invest on Women’s Day in times of war

Executive summary: Invest in stocks of companies led by Women CEOs; companies with keywords like pink in their marketing campaigns; and Pink coin - a cryptocurrency so pink, it's almost magenta.

Application to the Supari Exchange Board of India, for licence to open a new spiritual exchange

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Application to the Supari Exchange Board of India, for licence to open a new spiritual exchange

Inspired by the Ukrainian President standing up to the Russian President, a standup comedian decides to start his own stock exchange to rival the National Spiritual Exchange of India.

Rouble to rogue ratio: Why war is the best investment

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Rouble to rogue ratio: Why war is the best investment

Russia: “Data is the new oil”. What we are doing in Ukraine is merely enforcing our data protection in line with European GDPR rules.

A journey into the life of a Spiritual Stock Exchange CEO

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A journey into the life of a Spiritual Stock Exchange CEO

A (made-up) conversation between Spiritual Chitra Katha and His Unholy Holiness of Credit Swap Defaults.

Dil to Earnings Ratio: A Valentine’s Day special

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Dil to Earnings Ratio: A Valentine’s Day special

Can the people who convey and analyze financial news to us day in and day out also fall in love with each other? Read on to find out more.  

Funnycontrol: Expectations from Budget 2022

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Funnycontrol: Expectations from Budget 2022

Proposed: A surcharge on people who commercially exploit India’s 1983 World Cup victory; call themselves influencers, finfluencers or crypto bros; or put the names of Greek Gods on buildings in Versova.

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