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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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May 22, 2021 • 6min
Why people really buy the dip?
In this week’s Episode we take a break from talking about the mundane stuff and look at something else entirely — “Why do people try and catch falling knives? Why do they buy the dip?”

May 21, 2021 • 5min
The New Auditing Engagement
In today's episode we talk about new guidelines on auditing commercial banks, NBFCs, and housing finance corporations.

May 20, 2021 • 5min
A new platform for trading gold?
In today's episode we talk about the newly proposed gold exchange

May 19, 2021 • 6min
Will Cairn really seize and sell Air India's planes abroad?
In today's episode we discuss how Cairn Energy could potentially get the Indian government to settle even without seizing and selling government owned planes abroad.

May 18, 2021 • 5min
Losing an Oil field
In today's episode we talk about a bountiful oil field and why India let it slip through its fingers

May 17, 2021 • 7min
Why Musk denounced Bitcoin?
The value of Bitcoin crashed recently after Elon Musk made a very public announcement regarding the cryptocurrency. It came out of the blue and it left everyone surprised.
So in today’s episode, we look at the announcement itself and see why Elon Musk risked antagonizing millions of crypto investors all of a sudden.

May 15, 2021 • 6min
A rebound in the cards for DMart?
Last week, DMart posted its results for the March quarter and while profits jumped 55% compared to the same period last year, the stock price didn’t reflect these changing dynamics. So what’s happening here? Why aren’t investors upbeat about the company’s prospects despite these changing fortunes?
Well, in this episode we discuss this and more.

May 14, 2021 • 6min
The story of the most profitable company in all of Japan
Softbank just recorded an annual profit of $43 Billion. And while it was mainly driven by the company’s investments in high profile startups, this marks a spectacular turnaround for Softbank who only last year recorded losses to the tune of $13 billion. So it’s imperative to ask — Have Softbank and Masayoshi Son, its enigmatic founder, finally turned a corner? Is the company the greatest venture capital investor of all time?
Well, that’s what we try and find out in today’s episode.

May 13, 2021 • 4min
The Commodity Binge
After we spoke out edible oil yesterday, multiple people wrote to us asking about the general increase in commodity prices. We are talking about things like iron ore, copper, and wood. And while we’ve already talked about some of these items in the past, we still thought it would make sense to look at some of the other factors affecting the demand-supply equation. So in today’s episode, we talk about the global economic recovery and how it’s pushing commodity prices to stratospheric levels.

May 12, 2021 • 5min
Edible Oil to the Moon
In today's episode we look at why edible oil is so damned expensive these days


