After a terrible June, the broad market recovered quite well this month. In July, the S&P 500 rose 8.1%, the Nikkei 225 advanced 6.1%, the Straits Time Index jumped 5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and CAC 40 gained 5% each. People assume that Venture capital funds are the sure-shot way to make money … Read more

Peer-to-peer lending is a financial instrument that enables individuals to access credit directly from other individuals without the need of an intermediary, in our case, a bank or a financial institution. Although an old concept, P2P lending has been gaining popularity over the past decade. Further, several p2p lending platforms in India have emerged, leaving … Read more

Real estate is a lucrative asset class. However, traditionally it has been limited to High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs), who could invest lakhs and crores of Rupees in real estate properties. But with the Fintech revolution, things are changing for the better! Now you can invest in real estate properties with as little as Rs. … Read more

Silver is another precious metal that comes to our mind (the first being gold) when we think of investing in bullion or precious metals. Investors who wanted to invest in silver can now rejoice this year, since, after years of wait, there finally is an option to invest in silver digitally- by the way of … Read more

Sustvest is an ESG focused platform. Renewable, eco-friendly, and clean energy sources have been one of the core focus areas in recent times. Millions of rupees are being invested in these sectors- not just in research and development but also in infrastructure related to these sectors. What if I told you that there is now … Read more

June has been one of the worst months for crypto! In the first 6 months we’ve seen several “big name” projects get crushed: Terra ($60B peak market cap) Celsius ($1B+ crypto exchange) BlockFi ($4B+ crypto exchange) 3 Arrows Capital ($3B+ hedge fund) Those are multi-billion dollar projects that lost almost all of their value overnight. … Read more

With advancements in technology, many fintech companies are coming up in India which aim to help retailers gain access to alternative investment avenues which were earlier not accessible to them. One such popular category of alternative investment which seems to be picking up with a lot of early-stage companies coming up and getting decent traction … Read more

The war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China, supply-chain disruptions, and the risk of stagflation are hammering growth. For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid,” said World Bank President Global growth is expected to slump from 5.7 percent in 2021 to 2.9 percent in 2022— significantly lower than 4.1 percent that was anticipated in … Read more

With increasing awareness among Indians for alternative assets, a lot of platforms have been coming up in recent times- many offering unique alternative asset investing. A while ago, when alternative investing was not so popular, there were still quite a few platforms offering such services. One of the oldest such platforms in India is KredX … Read more