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Finshots
A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Oct 30, 2021 • 6min
Asian Paints bites the price-hike bullet
Once the darling of the stock market, this paint manufacturer hasn’t had a great run in the past year. While the Sensex is up by over 50%, Asian Paints has delivered only 30%.
And in today’s episode for October 30th 2021, we see what’s plaguing the company

Oct 29, 2021 • 6min
Private equity wants to play the IPL
On Monday evening, we had auctions for two new franchises participating in the latest edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). And one surprise bidder — a private equity firm CVC Capital Partners paid Rs 5,625 crores to snag Ahmedabad in a hotly contested auction.
But why are private equity investors interested in the IPL? Why are they putting up this kind of money? Well, in today’s episode for 29th October 2021, we explain this and more.

Oct 28, 2021 • 4min
RBI’s crusade against IPO financing
The Indian IPO market is red hot right now. In the first 6 months of this financial year, companies have raised around ₹63,500 crores through public listings and it could go up as high as ₹1,00,000 by the end of the financial year, with some big-ticket IPOs like Nykaa and Paytm on the cards. However, there is a small snag in the world of IPO financing and it has the potential to cool off the markets by a fair margin.
So in today’s episode for October 28th 2021, we talk about this and more

Oct 27, 2021 • 5min
The wild wild west of crypto advertising
“Have you seen those crypto ads during the T20 cricket world cup?”
“I can’t believe how irresponsible those companies are”
“Chill! They’ve made it easier for people to make money. I think it’s okay”
Chances are that you’ve been a part of such conversations this week.
So, we decided to talk about advertising and crypto in today’s episode for October 27th 2021. Are these ads illegal? Is crypto illegal? What can we learn from other countries? Let’s find out.
PS - Zerodha (mentioned in this episode), through its investment fund Rainmatter Technologies is an investor in Finshots.

Oct 26, 2021 • 8min
Visiting PayTM pre IPO
In today’s episode for October 26th 2021, we discuss what could be India’s biggest IPO
Let’s be clear that this isn’t a review of the PayTM IPO. Rather, it’s an explainer of how PayTM’s business has changed over the years and what its future may look like.

Oct 25, 2021 • 5min
Understanding Secret Inflation
In October last year, you asked us to talk about stagflation and we did! It’s an environment where high inflation and low economic growth can wreak havoc on society and while there are murmurs that stagflation may be just around the corner, there are other more immediate inflationary risks that should probably concern us. So in today’s episode for October 25th, we talk about this and more.

Oct 23, 2021 • 7min
PNB Housing Finance’s roller-coaster journey
The past week hasn’t been kind to PNBHF. The stock has lost over 15% of its value and so in today’s episode for October 23rd 2021, we see why it’s going through this rough patch.

Oct 22, 2021 • 6min
India’s retirement planning needs a boost
A global study by the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index placed India 40th out of 43 countries when rating how nations were preparing their ageing populations for retirement. So in today’s episode for October 22nd 2021, we examine the need for a strong social security system post-retirement.

Oct 21, 2021 • 5min
How Apple made privacy profitable?
In today's episode for October 21st we talk about how a privacy update created a new revenue driver for Apple

Oct 20, 2021 • 6min
How to annoy the Chinese government?
In today’s episode for 20th October 2021, we explore why governments across the world seem to be paying closer attention to Chinese-origin companies.


