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Temperament Trap: Is Your Personality Your Portfolio's Biggest Enemy?

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May 30, 2025

Career skills like speed and competitiveness may trigger panic selling and overtrading

- Dhirendra Kumar

I recently discovered something curious while chatting with a software engineer friend. He spent hours analysing results, studying balance sheets, and calculating intrinsic values before picking what he thought was the perfect stock. Six months later, after a 15% decline, he sold everything in a panic. Meanwhile, his wife, who calls herself "hopeless with numbers," had quietly built up units in an equity mutual fund through SIPs. Her return? Much better than his, with far less stress.

This isn't an isolated incident, and it's not about stocks vs mutual funds. It's a pattern I've seen repeatedly over two decades of writing on investments. The most analytically gifted often struggle—not due to lack of intelligence, but because their strengths become weaknesses when markets turn volatile. Think of traits we associate with successful professionals. Doctors make quick decisions under pressure. Executives thrive on fast feedback and rapid course correction. Engineers rely on analysis and optimisation. These are admirable in their fields, but can work against them in investing.

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Softbank’s 40% fall from peak shows worry on OpenAI bet

Growing unease over frothy artificial intelligence (AI) valuations is weighing on shares of SoftBank Group Corp.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

PepsiCo taps gourmet taste buds with Red Rock Deli’s India debut

Snack and cola maker PepsiCo is finally giving gourmet a chance with the launch of Red Rock Deli chips, priced ₹60 and ₹125 a pack, in a shift from its years-long focus on mass-market Lay's that starts as low as ₹5.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

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Mint New Delhi

Fintechs turn fund magnets with cross-border licensing

Funders see growth prospects in central bank's payment aggregator-cross border licensing

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3 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

'First-gen founders take bigger investment risks'

India’s markets are minting a new class of first-generation millionaires: entrepreneurs who’ve scaled ideas into Initial public offerings (IPOs) and unlocked unprecedented personal wealth.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

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Mint New Delhi

Fundamentum readies four portfolio startups for IPOs

Nandan Nilekani-led venture capital firm Fundamentum is lining up at least four companies in its portfolio for a public listing over the next 12-24 months, co-founder and partner Ashish Kumar said.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Ukrainians resist pressure from Russia—and Trump

Battered by nearly 4 years of war, Ukrainians don’t want to make big concessions to Moscow

time to read

4 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

These firms will sell shovels during semaglutide gold rush

Weight-loss drug semaglutide, also used to treat type-2 diabetes, will face its next big turning point in early 2026, when patents held by Novo Nordisk expire in India.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

IL&FS group repays ₹48,463 cr loan

Debt-ridden IL&FS group has repaid ₹48,463 crore to its creditors as of September 2025, out of the total ₹61,000 crore debt resolution target, as per the latest status report filed before insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT.

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1 min

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

From playlists to pay-lists— streaming platforms go flexi

Audio streaming platforms reshape their business models to turn free listeners into paying subscribers, tiered pricing and micro-transactions have become key to their survival in a market where users are reluctant to pay for content.

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2 mins

November 27, 2025

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

AI trade splinters as Google challenges Nvidia’s dominance

Investors are sending two leaders of the AI trade in opposite directions.

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3 mins

November 27, 2025

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