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A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Mar 23, 2021 • 7min
Virtual Land, Real Money - The Rise of a new parallel economy
A couple of days ago, there was an interesting article on Bloomberg and it went like this —
“Investors may not be clamouring to buy offices and hotels right now, but in virtual reality, property deals are surging and attracting millions of real-life dollars."
Think of these as virtual worlds created by aspiring developers. If you want to create your own version of reality, you can do so by building it on a computer. It could have virtual trees, virtual apartments, virtual people and even virtual land. You could even invite other people to live and explore your world — perhaps even help you build it. And as more people flock into these digital realms, the value of virtual assets inside them will start appreciating in tandem.
In fact, as the Bloomberg article notes — “Republic Real Estate, a firm that’s raising money to buy distressed condos in the physical world, is launching an invite-only fund next week aimed at investors seeking to buy virtual land. The venture plans to purchase parcels across several online “metaverses” and develop them into virtual hotels, stores and other uses, with the goal of increasing their value among cryptocurrency enthusiasts.”
So in today’s episode, we will talk about the rise of decentralized virtual worlds and why people are paying top dollar to own assets inside them.

Mar 22, 2021 • 5min
Left-hand drive, Right-hand drive
In today's episode, we talk about a report from ET elaborating how Indian manufacturers are looking to export cars overseas.

Mar 20, 2021 • 6min
Looking back at the Steel Pipes Story
In this episode , we talk about steel pipes and how an interesting theme might have failed to play out as most people imagined.

Mar 19, 2021 • 5min
Will E-commerce algorithms be regulated?
In today's episode we talk about the new draft e-commerce policy and the kind of implication it might have on the likes of Amazon

Mar 18, 2021 • 6min
Wikipedia's Monetisation Gambit
In today's episode, we talk about how Wikipedia is planning to finally make money off of its content.

Mar 17, 2021 • 5min
Leaks and Bulk Deals
Big foreign investors and fund managers are complaining about leaks. They contest that information about massive transactions are getting out easy and they want SEBI to intervene.
So in today’s episode we discuss this and more.

Mar 16, 2021 • 5min
Package and pay
In today's Episode we talk about trouble brewing in the packaging industry.

Mar 15, 2021 • 9min
When Immortal Bonds become Mortal
Everybody’s worried about SEBI’s new perpetual bond norms. Unfortunately, if you aren’t intimately familiar with these complicated instruments, all this might sound like woo-woo. So in today’s episde, we provide an oversimplified account of the whole story.
And to make sure we leave no stone unturned, we will take it from the absolute top.

Mar 13, 2021 • 7min
Kalyan Jewellers IPO
In this week’s episode of Finshots Market we talk about Kalyan Jeweller’s IPO

Mar 12, 2021 • 5min
Are we running out sand?
In today's episode we talk about sand, sand extraction and why most people think this whole thing is unsustainable.


