Retail investors ‘gambling’ in stocks? Nithin Kamath’s take on popular view

Retail investors ‘gambling’ in stocks? Nithin Kamath’s take on popular view

Nithin Kamath on Friday said the popular narrative that retail investors are clueless may not be fully accurate. According to Kamath, equity investors on Zerodha are sitting with higher overall notional gains than equity mutual fund investors. “Maybe the popular narrative that retail investors are clueless and “gambling” isn’t fully accurate. That’s because you would … Read more

Charlie Munger had a tremendous influence on me professionally: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath

Charlie Munger had a tremendous influence on me professionally: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath

Paying his respects to Charlie Munger, Zerodha Founder, and Chief Executive Officer Nithin Kamath on Wednesday said that Munger’s ideas had a tremendous influence on him.Munger was the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate run by Warren Buffet. He passed away on Tuesday at the age of 99 in a California hospital.”I had written … Read more

Nithin Kamath on RIL demerger: Companies should announce acquisition cost in advance

Nithin Kamath on RIL demerger: Companies should announce acquisition cost in advance

NEW DELHI: Billionaire Nithin Kamath, who owns and runs India’s largest stock broker Zerodha, on Friday said the decision of Reliance Industries (RIL) to announce the cost of acquisition for Jio Financial demerger on ex-date might have helped in better price discovery. “Companies normally take time, even after ex-date, to announce COA (cost of acquisition). … Read more

Nithin Kamath on how to protect yourself from cyber frauds in the world of AI

Nithin Kamath on how to protect yourself from cyber frauds in the world of AI

Cyber risk has snowballed into one of the biggest financial threats in the current times where artificial intelligence (AI), crypto and metaverse are the buzz words. Nithin Kamath said a simple two-factor authentication reduces the odds of being a victim of cyber fraud significantly. Under the two-factor authentication, the first factor in a login is … Read more

Nithin Kamath on why moving away from SGX Nifty to Gift Nifty could be a game changer

Nithin Kamath on why moving away from SGX Nifty to Gift Nifty could be a game changer

SGX Nifty, the Singapore Exchange-traded futures on Nifty 50 Index, turned to GIFT Nifty on Monday. Accordingly, all the open positions in SGX have been shifted to Gift City. Nithin Kamath said the shift will add momentum to GIFT City becoming a true international financial centre. “If we could also find a way to allow … Read more

Will Zerodha go into crypto currency space in the future? Nithin Kamath answers

Will Zerodha go into crypto currency space in the future? Nithin Kamath answers

“So what happens is if you be it the VC investing or be it the start-up building a business if you are doing it with the wrong expectations outcomes would not be right,” says Nithin Kamath, CEO, Zerodha.Why are some of the start-ups not doing well?While a lot of questions are being asked about the … Read more

New scam on the street! Nithin Kamath on how to deal with fraudsters in the name of ‘courier companies’

New scam on the street! Nithin Kamath on how to deal with fraudsters in the name of ‘courier companies’

Financial frauds have become a regular phenomenon and are more sophisticated these days with deeper penetration of the internet. And there’s a new fraud on the streets in the name of courier companies. Nithin Kamath, co-founder and CEO of India’s leading broker Zerodha, shared an incident on his social media, where one of colleagues was … Read more

Markets near all-time high, but why isn’t retail activity picking up? Here’s what Nithin Kamath says

Markets near all-time high, but why isn’t retail activity picking up? Here’s what Nithin Kamath says

After a muted start to the year, equity markets are hovering around all-time highs on the back of easing inflation and consistent FII buying. Nithin Kamath, the co-founder, and CEO of Zerodha, however, said that the retail activity isn’t picking up despite optimistic market sentiments. “Markets are back at all-time highs, but it doesn’t feel … Read more

Nithin Kamath and Ramesh Damani in combination offer the most important rule in trading

Nithin Kamath and Ramesh Damani in combination offer the most important rule in trading

Most retail traders lose money in timing the market and holding on to losses. Zerodha‘s co-founder Nithin Kamth said this is because traders let their egos get in the way, or they have too much money at stake, which makes them behave irrationally. A user on Trading Q&A, a community platform by Zerodha for all … Read more

Meet Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath’s father-in-law who runs a grocery shop; Know about his struggles and lifestyle

Meet Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath’s father-in-law who runs a grocery shop; Know about his struggles and lifestyle

Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has taken to social media to share a life lesson he learned from his father-in-law Shivaji Patil. He runs a grocery shop. Sharing a picture with his 70-year-old father-in-law, the billionaire CEO wrote that he has served in the Army and retired after losing his fingers during the Kargil War. He … Read more