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A Short (And Partial) History of Dalal Street Crashes

The idea for this post comes from something I read in an Economic Times front page story on Muhurat trading for Samvat 2065. "A broker since 1957, (Jasvantlal) Shah, said he has never seen such a huge crash except in 1963 and in 1969, when forward...

Data Point: Altamount Road versus Dalal Street

A lot has been written and said about how Altamount Road in Mumbai is among the ten most expensive addresses in the world. This report in the Hindustan Times has an interesting bit of data. "The Mehtas, Shobhana and Virat, who live in the 2,400 sq...