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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
While nowhere close to the KOSPI rout, India’s significant leveraged stock bubble poses some real risks to investors.
The South Korean stock market comes as a stark warning for every investor, and India is no exception. Since peaking in June, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index has plummeted nearly 40%. The brutal selloff wiped $2.18 trillion in market value from the country’s securities market, severely hurting leveraged retail trading accounts. Over 1.2 million of them were hit with margin calls: their shares would be sold if they didn’t add more money. That’s one call every investor dreads.
Sure, India has no AI-focused stocks—like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which triggered the Korean crash—to be hysterical about. That said, …
The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
Despite a diversification push, over half its revenue continues to come from the volatile and highly regulated equity derivatives segment.
