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India Today
30-05-2025
- Business
- India Today
Veteran investor explains why most investors fail in markets
Most Indian investors are chasing money using broken tools and false ideas, says well-known investor Shankar Sharma. In a podcast called Exploring Minds, he shared some hard truths about why many people fail to build wealth, even when the stock market is BIG PROBLEM? LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINEAccording to Sharma, what keeps investors from growing rich is not their skills, but their inability to be honest with said many fail to ask tough questions and instead rely on myths. He was critical of the belief that great investors can see into the future, dismissing it as an unrealistic ONE TALKS ABOUT WHEN TO SELL One of the biggest gaps in investment education, Sharma said, is the lack of conversation around when to sell. Everyone focusses on buying and holding, but no one teaches how to exit at the right time.'I was lucky to make money and was luckier to actually sell. So, self-discipline is extremely important no matter what,' he SIMPLE RULE FOR SELLINGSharma advises that if an investment performs three times better than the market average within three to five years, one should consider described this strategy as data-driven, not a matter of FALL FOR THE LONG-TERM INVESTING HYPEadvertisementAlthough long-term investing is widely praised, Sharma believes it isn't always realistic. He pointed out that Warren Buffett earned most of his wealth after 60, which may not be useful for someone trying to cover expenses in their to him, long-term investing only works when combined with strong self-discipline—otherwise, it remains just an FOR YOUNG INVESTORSSharma cautioned young market entrants that without a global perspective, true market understanding may take attributed a major shift in his own career to the moment he stopped thinking locally and started approaching the market with a global mindset.
Indian Express
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Ranveer Singh came up with bum mein se aag idea': Ching's founder reveals secret sauce behind long partnership with actor
Ajay Gupta, the founder of Ching's Secret, opened up about finding the perfect brand ambassador in actor Ranveer Singh. Gupta said that the goal was to find a celebrity partner whose personality would be a fit with the brand's identity, and Ranveer was the best choice. In fact, their partnership lasted a decade, and Ranveer takes close interest in coming up with ideas for campaigns. According to Gupta, the idea to have the character Ranveer 'Ching' blow fire out of his butt in one campaign came from Ranveer. In an appearance on Zerodha's Exploring Minds podcast, Gupta said that it is vital to find a celebrity who can embody the ethos of a brand, if longevity is what a brand is after. 'India has two religions, cricket and Bollywood. The only difference is that cricket is expensive, Bollywood is cheaper. Plus, with Bollywood, you can reach out to women and North America, which you can't with cricket,' he said, adding, 'When we finally had the money to spend on marketing, our goal was to understand the DNA of our brand, and to find a Bollywood star with the same DNA.' Also read – Sikandar: Anurag Kashyap's right; Bollywood is doomed if stars like Salman Khan enable the Snapchat-ification of cinema They decided on Ranveer Singh. 'We are on the 10th year running with one Bollywood star; he is a partner in our marketing, he isn't just a brand ambassador. The Ranveer Singh and Ranveer Ching combination comes from understand the brand fit, and the person who is going to be the face of your brand… Ranveer Singh is a human being, Ranveer Ching is a human being; both behave in the same way. He brings his values to the table. He'll sit on meetings with us to discuss new campaigns.' Gupta said that typically, brand ambassadors only read off the scripts they're given. But Ranveer comes up with ideas himself. Asked for an example, Gupta said, 'We'd done this film called Rocket Hai Rocket, usme uske bum mein se aag nikalti hai. That was his idea.' Before becoming an actor, Ranveer worked in the field of advertising. The commercial that Gupta was making a reference to was directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and also featured Karishma Tanna. It was set aboard a spaceship, and featured Ranveer as 'Captain Ching'. In the ad, Captain Ching saves the world from destruction by a meteor. He licks some schezwan chutney, which turns his butt into a jet engine. Captain Ching is able to race towards the meteor, and destroy it before it destroys the earth. The ad has over two million hits on YouTube.
