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November 26, 2025

Investor or speculator: Know thyself

At dinner tables and WhatsApp groups in India, everyone is suddenly an investor. It doesn’t matter whether they’re flipping IPOs, or day-trading, or punting on F&O, or buying and holding. If you ask them what they do, the answer will be, “I am investing”. Nobody says “I’m speculating”, just like nobody says “I’m on a Continue reading

Mark2Market

finance, Investing, investor, personal-finance, speculation, speculator, stock-market, stocks
November 12, 2025

Are IPO investors really that irrational?

In recent weeks, much has been written about the great IPO frenzy of 2025, with analysts and fund managers warning retail investors not to take undue risk. The latest trigger has been the Lenskart IPO, which many wise men have termed as being excessively overvalued. Yet, when I read most of the doomsayers and experts, Continue reading

Investing, Mark2Market

finance, Investing, investor speculator, IPO, personal-finance, public issue, stock market, stock-market, stocks

Who Am I?

Arun Jethmalani

After 40 years of being an entrepreneur, columnist, consultant, research analyst, programmer, and more, I am now a dedicated armchair pundit.

I have several other identities – husband, father, investor, thinker, writer, Indian.

I like reading, writing, and giving unsolicited “gyaan”.

I live in Pune, and “Vetaal Tekdi” is my favourite hangout.

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