Aavas – the house that Sushil Agarwal built
This is a small tribute to Aavas Financiers and it’s former CEO Sushil Agarwal.
Author: Vikas Kasturi
I am a value investor, based out of Bengaluru, India. I use this website to write about my thoughts and ideas.
You can reach me at vikasmkasturi@gmail.com.
The humble Index Fund
What is an Index? An Index is a collection of companies. The Sensex 30 is a weighted average of the 30 largest companies (by market capitalization) in the BSE . The Nifty 50 is a weighted average of the 50 largest companies in the NSE. Likewise there are other indices like Small Cap Index, Bank […]
Insurance bhi. Investment bhi.
This blog is about Financial Products that come bundled with Insurance and Investment that end up being good for neither.
Science in Finance – 1
Ideas from different disciplines helps bring in different perspectives.
Adversity to Opportunity
This blog explains why the poor end up paying more for credit. It also provides some shining examples of some entrepreneurs who have converted adversity into opportunity.
Lynch vs Agarwal
This is a blog making a case for slow and sustainable growth.
5th law of Incentives
This blog is about the 5th law of incentives which says that to change outcomes, you need to change incentives.
On Fairness
This blog is about why we shouldn’t expect fairness.
To persuade
Ben Franklin said to persuade you must appeal to interest. In the blog I have provided 3 case studies on how people have convinced the other party to get wonderful results!
Everyone wins with Akshayakalpa
A somewhat detailed account of Social Investing and the business model of Akshayakalpa’s organic dairy.
Interest upon Interest 