Today, futures & options attract pure speculation; they are not hedging tools. SEBI wants to make F&O trades delivery-backed. This is welcome

Globally, futures & options (F&O) markets have an element of actual settlement of trades through deliveries. For instance, in an ‘option’ contract, the buyer of the option has a right to demand performance through actual delivery. In the ‘futures’...

While buying shares of consumer products companies, keep an eye on their changing market share, says Shreedhar Kanetkar

When Gillette merged with consumer products giant, Procter & Gamble, James M Kilts, who ran Gillette from 2000 to 2004, made $175 million.
To those who wondered whether he deserved it, reassurance came from Warren Buffett, who, as custodian of Berkshire Hathaway’s 9.7% of...