Different cultures place different emphasis on volume and tone of voice. Awareness of these is crucial

A key element in communications, apart from those discussed earlier, is tone. Tone is one of the six aspects of paralinguistics, a component of communication that gives colour and flavour to the meaning of words. The other dimensions are volume, speed, emphasis, pitch and quality....

Keynes’s value investing covered not just stocks but art as well. In World War II, the German Spring Offensive generated enormous panic in the French capital. Thousands of Parisians streamed west from the city, but battling against this current of people was Maynard Keynes. He had heard from his friend, the painter Duncan Grant, that the private collection of Edgar Degas was to be auctioned in...

Return on net worth or return on equity (RoE) tells us how much profit a company generates from the equity its shareholders invested. It is a ratio of post-tax net income and equity shareholding. For instance, an RoE of 20% indicates that a company has generated a return of 20% for each rupee invested by equity investors. As an equity shareholder, one should give more importance to RoE than to...