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Necessity of trade relations among countries According to economist David Ricardo, trade between countries is driven by comparative cost and not absolute cost. The simple explanation is comparative advantage allows a country to accrue benefits from trading. Exporting the products that has high absolute cost advantage and importing the ones that has less absolute cost advantage, is always beneficial. So, is the case between India and China. We are living in a world where globalization...

Introduction With the spread of COVID19, the economy is undergoing a crucial phase right now. The stock market is perpetually dropping over the period of 2 months and government is trying it’s best to maintain the momentum of the market. There wasn’t any news in the financial sector that created a shocking wave in this period, until Franklin Templeton made a blaring news. In this lockdown phase, Franklin Templeton, country’s 9th largest mutual fund house, voluntarily chose to lockdown six of its debt mutual...

Abstract All of us areaware by now the havoc that has been caused by COVID 19 all over the world, especially in Europe and USA.“The worst economic crisis since 2008”, “The FTSE sees its biggest hit since 1987”- intimidating isn’t it?It’s because saying “It’s a setback” and “We will recover” doesn’t gain the media hits that publicising fear does. We recovered from outbreaks ranging from the #SARS epidemic to the Spanish flu, the greatest pandemic in modern history. Influenza hit the economy at a time when financial institutions...

SBI Cards IPO Analysis for investors by Pankaj Singhania, Founder of Lakewater Advisors ...

Budget Analysis for investors by Pankaj Singhania, Founder of Lakewater Advisors Given the Indian economy is in low phase in terms of numbers for quite a period of time, countrymen were expecting positive consideration in the Budget 2020. But the expectations were not met and stock market flagged a red signal to Finance Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech. BSE Sensex-30 index tanked more than 980 points on the same day. The speech was devoid of changes that...