The stock market is typically characterized as a game of reason and rationality, a game of numbers. Life is not that way, though, and even the most rational investors are plagued by a tremendous and volatile force — human emotion. The field of behavioral finance attempts to examine how psychological forces and emotional influences affect … Read More “Behavioral Finance: Why Stock Market Choices are Governed by Emotions” »
Introduction India is the fifth-largest economy in the world, and it is at the threshold of its saga. India has transformed as a world power since the last three decades since it was an agrarian nation, then services, manufacturing and technology. It has a population of more than 1.4 billion and a median age of … Read More “India’s Growth Story: Drivers and Challenges Ahead” »
Historically, the stock exchanges from the last two centuries have come a long way from open outcry trading pits to electronic trading. The evolution is consistent with broad technology, regulation, and market structure trends. 1. History of Stock Exchanges The history of stock exchange begins from the early 17th century. Amsterdam Stock Exchange, which was … Read More “Evolution of World Stock Exchanges: From Open Outcry to Electronic Trading” »
