banking – Rashika namdev

Is the kitchen dead?

Introduction Ghost kitchens have been sneaking up in the market like nobody’s business in the past few years. Gigantic companies have been built around the concept that is known as‘Cloud Kitchen’. So, what exactly are they? Simply put, it is a commercial kitchen space that provides restaurant brands the facilities and resources required to sustainContinue reading “Is the kitchen dead?”

How REIT’s are hastening the Indian obsession with Real Estate

In 2017, a report by the Reserve Bank of India stated that Indian’s invest 77% of their savings in Real Estate and only 5% of it is invested in assets like shares, bonds etc.The Indian obsession with investing in Real Estate dates back to 1995,but Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) are the players which haveContinue reading “How REIT’s are hastening the Indian obsession with Real Estate”

THE RISE OF SENSEX – how and why?

The morning of 21st January,2021 came in as a thunderbolt as the Sensex index crossed the historic 50,000 point mark in intraday trading,an all time high on the D- street.Despite of the impaired economic slowdown, and the pandemic on one sight, it has been able to reach the high it couldn’t in the past 30Continue reading “THE RISE OF SENSEX – how and why?”

HEDGE FUNDING-basics pt-1

Breaking down the term at first, the word ‘hedge’ means a way of protecting oneself against a financial loss/ adversity and the term ‘fund’ is a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose. Now putting these two terms together, a hedge fund is said to be a pool money invested in a diverseContinue reading “HEDGE FUNDING-basics pt-1”

STRESS TESTS- an argument on their reliability

A stress test, when used in financial institutions, is a measure of a firm’s/ portfolio’s ability to deal with an economical crisis. The test is based on a series of hypothetical ‘what if-‘ questions that would asses a firm’s condition during any rough patch. It was pressured upon after the 2008-09 financial crisis. How doesContinue reading “STRESS TESTS- an argument on their reliability”