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Another proud milestone — my latest article, “Scams Behind the Trading Screen,” featured in BusinessLine’s Sunday edition!

I’m happy to share my article:

“Scams Behind the Trading Screen”

The stock market has become increasingly accessible through trading apps and digital platforms. While this has opened up opportunities for millions of investors, it has also created new avenues for fraudsters to exploit unsuspecting participants.

In this article, I discuss some of the common scams investors need to watch out for, including:

🔹 Fake trading and investment apps
🔹 Guaranteed-return promises
🔹 Impersonation of brokers and market professionals
🔹 Pump-and-dump schemes
🔹 Fake IPO and investment opportunities
🔹 Social-media and messaging-app based frauds
🔹 Psychological tactics used to build trust and pressure investors into transferring money

The most important message is simple:

In the financial markets, protecting your capital begins with protecting yourself from fraud.

Investors should always verify before they trust, research before they invest, and never act under pressure or the promise of guaranteed returns.

I’m grateful to BusinessLine for providing a platform to create awareness around this important issue.

As someone who has spent years in the capital markets and financial education, I strongly believe that investor education is one of the most effective tools against financial fraud.

🙏 Thank you to the BusinessLine team for the opportunity and recognition.

Read. Verify. Think. Then Invest.

#BusinessLine #InvestorAwareness #FinancialLiteracy #StockMarket #StockMarketScams #InvestmentFraud #Trading #Investing #InvestorEducation #FinancialMarkets #CapitalMarkets #NagarajBalasubramaniam #Entri

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18th BRICS SUMMIT Update:

1. 18th BRICS Summit New Delhi: The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi on 12–13 September 2026, with India as the 2026 BRICS Chair. The theme was “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
2. 11 full members: BRICS has expanded from the original 5 to 11 countries
3. BRICS is economically very large: The 11 BRICS members together account for approximately
* global GDP - 40%
* world's population - 49.5%
* global trade - 26% So, this is now a major global economic grouping, not just a small emerging-market group.
4. India's global role: China and Russia supported India's greater role in the UN Security Council.
5. Trade: BRICS wants stronger WTO rules and is concerned about unilateral tariffs and trade barriers.
6. De-dollarisation: More use of local currencies and better cross-border payment systems; no common BRICS currency was launched.
7. The New Development Bank(NDB BANK): is the common development bank created by BRICS to finance infrastructure and sustainable-development projects. BRICS is looking to strengthen the NDB, expand its membership and increase local-currency financing. The NDB was established with US$100 billion authorised capital and US$50 billion initial subscribed capital..
8. AI & technology: Cooperation in AI, digital public infrastructure, cybersecurity and startups.
9. Critical minerals & energy: Focus on minerals needed for EVs, batteries and electronics, along with energy security.
10. Sectors to watch: biggest long-term themes are
* Infrastructure,
* Banking/Financial Services,
* Energy, EV & Batteries
* Critical Minerals,
* Manufacturing
* AI/IT & Cybersecurity.

11. BRICS is not an anti-West bloc: India has emphasized that “BRICS is not against anyone.” This is important because India wants BRICS to remain a platform for economic cooperation and Global South representation, rather than becoming a group directly opposed to the US or the West.
12. India - China relationship:Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India after 7 years is significant. PM Modi stressed that peace and stability along the India-China border are essential for normalising bilateral relations. This could be important for India's broader geopolitical and economic outlook.
13. India - Russia trade: India and Russia reiterated their target of taking bilateral trade to US$100 billion by 2030. This highlights the importance of the India–Russia relationship, particularly in energy, defence and trade.

Medium to long term themes - (capital goods, Financials, construction, power, renewable energy, EV/battery supply chains, mining/critical minerals, logistics, digital payments, IT and cybersecurity.)

these are medium to long-term themes.

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*MSCI rebalancing On Aug 31st update:*

1. MSCI rebalancing on August 31 is expected to trigger large buying and selling by global passive funds. MSCI changes the stocks and weightages in its index, so funds that track MSCI must adjust their portfolios accordingly.
2. Stocks with inclusion or higher weight may see buying inflows, with Eternal (+$674M), Laurus Labs (+$598M), Lenskart (+$352M), Adani Energy Solutions (+$310M) and Groww (+$256M) among the major expected beneficiaries.
3. Stocks with lower weight or exclusion may see selling outflows, led by Reliance Industries (-$523M), followed by Balkrishna Industries, SBI Cards and Astral.
4. The last part of Monday's trading session will be especially important, as large passive funds may execute their MSCI-related buy and sell orders near the closing price, potentially resulting in high volumes and volatility.
5. India's Closing Auction Session adds further importance to the market close, as it provides a mechanism for large investors to execute trades around the official closing price.

6. MSCI Rebalancing Aug 31st

* Added:
Laurus Labs: +$598M
Lenskart: +$352M
Adani Energy Solutions: +$310M
Groww: +$256M

* Weight Increased:
Eternal: +$674M
Adani Enterprises: +$202M
Adani Ports: +$77M
JSW Energy: +$34M
Adani Power: +$28M
GMR Airports: +$22M
Swiggy: +$13M

* Weight Decreased:
Reliance: -$523M
Jio Financial: -$61M
Indian Hotels: -$32M
AB Capital: -$21M
Colgate: -$16M

* Removed:
Balkrishna Industries: -$169M
SBI Cards: -$143M
Astral: -$138M

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From Textbooks to Real-World Economics: 3 Days of Learning, Questions & Conversations with the Next Generation
What happens when Macroeconomics and Microeconomics leave the textbook and enter a classroom filled with Gen Z and Gen Alpha students?
You get three days of questions, curiosity, debates, real-world examples and some wonderfully unexpected perspectives!
I recently had the opportunity to conduct a 3-Day Workshop on Macroeconomics & Microeconomics for BBA and MBA students.
The objective was not simply to teach economic concepts, definitions or theories.
It was to help students understand how economics actually influences their everyday lives.
Over these three days, we explored:
📌 Macroeconomics – GDP, inflation, interest rates, monetary policy, fiscal policy, unemployment, economic cycles and global economic developments.
📌 Microeconomics – demand and supply, pricing, consumer behaviour, competition, market structures and how businesses make decisions.
📌 Economics in the real world – How inflation changes our spending, how interest rates affect loans and investments, how businesses decide prices, and how global events eventually reach our wallets.
But the most interesting part was the interaction with the students.
Gen Z and Gen Alpha are growing up in a completely different economic environment.
They have instant access to information, AI, social media, global markets and digital businesses. Their questions are different. Their way of thinking is different. And their expectations from education are different.
That makes teaching economics particularly exciting.
Instead of asking students to simply memorise economic theories, the workshop focused on encouraging them to question, connect and think.
Why does inflation happen?
Why does the price of a product suddenly increase?
Why do central banks increase interest rates?
Why does one company succeed while another fails?
How does a war in one part of the world affect fuel prices and inflation somewhere else?
And perhaps most importantly:
How can an understanding of economics help a young person make better decisions in life, business and finance?
For me, the biggest takeaway from these three days was simple:
Education is not about filling a student's mind with information. It is about creating the curiosity to understand the world.
When students start connecting classroom concepts with the economy around them, Economics stops being a subject and becomes a way of understanding life.

Three days may have come to an end, but hopefully the questions have just begun.
The next generation doesn't just need answers.
They need the ability to ask better questions.
#Macroeconomics #Microeconomics #Economics #BBA #MBA #GenZ #GenAlpha #HigherEducation #FinancialLiteracy #BusinessEducation #EconomicsEducation #FutureLeaders #ManagementEducation #Teaching #Learning #StudentEngagement #YouthEducation

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Published in BusinessLine 📰

Delighted to share that my article, “The Five Mistakes That Quietly Wreck a New Trader’s First Year,” has been published in today’s edition of BusinessLine.

The article focuses on five common mistakes that can quietly damage a new trader’s journey — mistakes that often go unnoticed until they begin affecting capital, confidence and discipline.

Trading is not just about finding the right strategy. It is equally about **risk management, discipline, psychology and avoiding costly behavioural mistakes.**

I’m happy to see this topic reaching a wider audience through both the **BusinessLine print edition** and its online platform.

📌 **Print:** Published in today’s BusinessLine newspaper
📌 **Online:** The article is also available on BusinessLine’s website
🔗 Read the full article: www.thehindubusinessline.com/portfolio/personal-fi…

Sharing the newspaper clipping and online article link here.

A big thank you to the **BusinessLine** editorial team for the opportunity and for giving space to an important conversation around responsible trading and investor education.

For every new trader, the first goal should not be **“How much can I make?”**

It should be:

**“How do I survive, learn and become a better trader?”**

#BusinessLine #Trading #StockMarket #TradingPsychology #RiskManagement #InvestorEducation #FinancialLiteracy #StockMarketEducation #Traders #TradingDiscipline #NagarajBalasubramaniam

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Hedge ena ah edge u ! podcast coming soon

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