Treasury, Outstanding, Floating and Restricted Shares

A thing as simple as number of shares of a company can get as complicated as understanding the different types of shares company is reporting viz Treasury, Outstanding, Floating or Restricted Shares. Let us understand the difference between all these types of shares and their significance.

10 Insightful Lessons from the Documentary 'Inside Bill's Brain'

We have been publishing life lessons from various best selling books for a long time now. Acknowledging that we must change with changing times, this is our first attempt on publishing lessons from a Netflix documentary. 

Statement of Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow

A Cash Flow Statement gives a good clue on company's financial health. But understanding Free Cash Flow (FCF) is even more penetrating. Read on..

Analysing Promoter Shareholding Patterns for your Stocks with Real Examples

It makes sense to keep track of what promoters are doing with their shares. It may give you a clue about where the company is headed. Let us see how to look at promoters shareholding patterns (and beyond just the data) with real life examples.

7 Reasons why Kalpavriksha is one of the World's Most Transparent Organisations

This was a dream project, and one of my strongest reasons to take Financial Freedom. Started in 2016 with 2 trees in a nearby park, today we have reached close to 2,000 trees spread across the length and breadth of this great nation - with donations landing from across the globe.

What makes Kalpavriskha one of the most trusted and transparent organisations, not only in India, but across the globe?

What is Economic Moat and 5 Ways to Spot Companies with Moat

You can crunch all the numbers, but numbers will always represent history. Ironically, you are buying Stocks for future gains. And history can never guarantee future. Fortunately, MOAT is one of the factors that tries to defend the historical numbers - in the future.

Inflation - A Destructive Reciprocal of Compounding

Albert Einstein once defined Compounding as the 8th Wonder of the World. 100% agreed. 

I would define Inflation as a 'Destructive Reciprocal of Compounding'. 

Inflation is as powerful as Compounding (assuming you understand the power of compounding) - just that it is destructive in nature, and is ignored even more than Compounding. 

If you think that you understand Inflation even today, you might just be making the biggest mistake of your financial life.

Read on...