Learn more about investing on the Tickertape app . ____ There aren’t many companies that truly embody their founders the way Amazon does. Jeff Bezos is Amazon. Amazon is Jeff Bezos. But not entirely anymore. In July of 2021, Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO. Though he remains the company’s executive chairman, he no longer runs day to day operations. Regardless of which, Amazon’s principles set in the early days of its existence by Jeff Bezos, still reign supreme at the company. These principles ar...
Jan 05, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Learn more about investing on the Tickertape app . _____ In the history of companies that have existed, I think it’s fair to say that there has never been a stock that has divided public opinion so intensely. You either hate Tesla, or absolutely love them. And this has led them to being both one of the most shorted stocks in history, and at the same time, has driven their stock price to over a trillion dollars. Yup, a trillion. Some people say Tesla is the biggest organized scam that has ever ex...
Dec 29, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Learn more about investing on the Tickertape app . _____ All of us are either investors who are looking to improve on our existing returns, or new to the world of investing and want to create our portfolios. But beneath that, we’re all human. And humans, as a part of our fundamental makeup, have flaws. Now those characteristics may have helped us evolve to where we are today, but in the world of investing, some of those characteristics hold us back. In this episode, we spoke to Anand K Rathi, wh...
Dec 21, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Learn more about investing on the Tickertape app . _____ The funny, yet often anxiety causing thing about investing is that there is no one way to be successful. The legendary investors that you might have heard of, Warren Buffet, George Soros and Peter Lynch, all took different paths to generating wealth. And that’s where it gets confusing for us as investors. Who do we listen to? Well, it turns out, the answer to that question lies in two places. First, you have to understand the different inv...
Dec 13, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 8
India seems to have a love-hate relationship with Cryptocurrencies. Every single day, there seems to be new speculation of regulation that will determine the fate of crypto in our country. Some folks in the government are for the new technology, some are strongly opposed. And as investors, that leaves us with our hands in our pockets wondering what on earth we should do. Should we invest? Should we continue to wait for more news about what will happen? How do we even analyze a crypto as a possib...
Dec 03, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Startup disruptors often have similar characteristics. They have a grand vision for what the world should look like. Energetic Founders who are willing to take big risks. And piles of venture backed funding to make a dent in the market. Traditional, public companies tend to have one defining characteristic that they all share. A deep focus on profitability. If they aren’t profitable their stock price will drop. This focus, while it keeps the business moving, tends to lead to a risk averse cultur...
Nov 26, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In the stock market, companies are often mispriced. For a certain period of time, for a myriad of reasons, the participants in the market are being irrational. And these moments of irrationality are incredible opportunities to invest and grow our returns. These moments are called “Special situations” In this episode, you’re going to learn how to spot a mispriced stock and capitalize on the opportunity. To help us with this, we spoke to Amit Kumar Gupta, who’s a Fund Manager at Adroit Financial S...
Nov 19, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 5
You might have seen the headline "Amitabh Bachchan launches an NFT" pop on your newsfeed sometime in the past few days. And in the 4 days since it's been open for trading to the public, his collection of NFT's has been auctioned for around $996,000. That's over 7 crores. So Why is Amitabh Bachchan, along with so many other Bollywood celebrities, launching NFT's? Tune into this episode, to find out. _______ Write us your thoughts: podcast.tickertape@smallcase.com ______ We hope you enjoyed this e...
Nov 12, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 4
What does a world after this pandemic look like? It’s been such a big part of our daily lives for the past two years, it’s getting really tough to imagine what things will look like when the world settles down a bit. Will people change the way they spend money? What industries will be disrupted and what industries will flourish in a post pandemic world? As investors, these are crucial questions for us to answer. And in this episode, you’ll hear answers to those very questions, from our guest exp...
Nov 05, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 3
When you are investing in public markets, the fundamental question you have to ask yourself is "is this stock over or undervalued?" But how on earth do you figure that out? There is so much data that we have to somehow make some sense to come up with this answer. Annual statements, trend graphs, PE Ratio's and more. The information overload causes overwhelm and indecision. But legendary investor, Aswath Damodaran, thinks differently. As a professor at NYU, he teaches his students how to simplify...
Oct 29, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 2
When you think of Electric Vehicles, what comes to your mind? Is it Elon Musk cruising in a Tesla Model X? Is it the savior of Climate change? Or do you think of the disruptive startups such as Ather, OLA and Yulu who are doing what we thought wasn’t possible? The hype, the growth and the possibility of fighting climate change make it seem like a no brainer for India. Why wouldn’t you want all of those things? But is it a no-brainer? Do we have the infrastructure to really pull this off? Can we ...
Oct 20, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1
