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Dec 15

9:30 am, 1 Aug 2012.

Immediately after the markets opened, traders knew something was wrong.

The volume of trades seemed abnormally high.

Too many orders were being placed, but no one knew who was placing them 👇🧵

The order volume was large enough that some stocks’ prices started getting pushed up.

Traders wondered why it had not stopped.

In the world of high-speed trading, even 1 minute is an incredibly long time.

And yet these orders kept coming in.

Knight Capital was one of the largest traders in the USA back in 2012.

They had a market share of around 17% on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ.

They offered services in areas like high-speed trading, electronic execution, institutional sales, etc.

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Nov 6

What could a Trump presidency mean for Indian and global financial markets? 🤔

Check the views of @VivekBanka7 in this thread 🧵

#DonaldTrump

One big risk that could get ebbed from the equation is global geopolitical risk!

Trump's victory could impact NATO's involvement in Ukraine 👇

If Trump follows the earlier policies, the possibility of NATO forces getting out of Ukraine and also possible solutions to the Middle East conflict might lead to a big pressure off the global shoulders.

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Sep 24

"India’s market cap to GDP is at 140%, near 10 year high.

Amidst high PE and PB ratios, many market experts and fund managers are warning of stretched valuations."

🧵What should an investor do when the markets seem expensive? Check out the views of Neil Borate (@ActusDei)👇

The Nifty is up 27% in 1 year and 125% in the past 5 years.

Investors in mid and small caps are sitting on even bigger gains.

Many market experts and fund managers are warning of stretched valuations - high PE and PB ratios.

If you exit the market completely, you might miss out on further rallies. Equity compounds in the long term and in unexpected zigzags.

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@_groww

Apr 14

In 2020, BMW came up with a new idea.

An idea that would ensure they had more stable revenues.

BMW’s idea was criticized universally.

What was the idea? 👇

If you buy the higher variant of a car, it will have more features – that you paid for.

BMW’s idea was to charge a ‘subscription fee’ for some of the features.

They announced that features like a heated steering wheel and heated seats – loved in cold countries – would require monthly payments.

Think of it like paying for YouTube Premium or Spotify Premium.

BMW customers were not happy. They felt cheated.

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Groww

@_groww

Nov 5, 2023

When doctors did not wash hands 🧵👇

Bad ghosts cause illnesses.

That used to be an extremely common explanation for many centuries.

As science progressed, the blame shifted: illnesses may be caused by bad ghosts or by bad air.

It was believed that something in the air was causing illnesses.

In the mid-1800s, a young doctor in Vienna joined a hospital. His name, Ignaz Semmelweis.

Ignaz was curious about the deaths happening because of childbed fever.

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Oct 26, 2023

[1] Fraud alert 🚨

SEBI has banned an influencer from the stock markets until further notice and ordered to deposit Rs 17.2 cr.

Here’s how he was fooling people! 🧵

[2] He created a website where he used to sell courses offering high returns in a short time span.

[3] An app and a website where he sold a total of 19 courses and strategies related to option buying and selling.

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