Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

OBQ 1654: All eggs in one basket.

They say don't put all your eggs in one basket, this company/business group defied the popular wisdom and diversified deep in the financial sector.

Identify the company from its logo.

Answer:IIFL


Sunday, October 31, 2021

OBQ 1648: Meta is their beta :)

Meta or what used Facebook is just one of those success stories that they helped develop they are the real big daddies of Technology as we know it.

Who are they?

 Answer: Andressen Horowitz the big investors of silicon valley


Saturday, October 23, 2021

OBQ 1645: Bellwether or Outlier?

Here is a company that was in news earlier this month for wrong reason, what we dont know is that is it an outlier or its one of many to come.

Identify the big name from Asia which is no longer that big.

Answer:Evergrande


Saturday, October 16, 2021

OBQ 1642:Up for grabs.

At right price everything is available or at least it seems to be the case with this "Investor", identify the small country which has bought a lot of big names thanks to the huge pile of money it has generated by some dubious means.


Answer:The Saudi Arabian investment authority has part in all these, the latest acquisition being the Newcastle united club, last logo.



Wednesday, October 13, 2021

OBQ 1641: The ethical investor.

 Investing is no longer about just buying low and selling high, its also a lot about Corporate Governance and getting rid of the skeleton in any company's closet.

Here is a company that has done that a lot and is recently in news in India.

Identify the company from its logo.

Answer: Invesco


Friday, October 8, 2021

OBQ 1639: On the money.

Identify the mavericks who started a firm that lets the common man make money before they make the money themselves. 

Its a start-up that is truly for "Bharat".

Answer:Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani


Tuesday, October 5, 2021

OBQ 1638: Valuing the invaluable.

 You need to identify which company's logo is this, the second image/logo is just a hint, another hint...both companies are in business of risk assessment and management.

Answer:Milliman


Friday, September 10, 2021

OBQ 1629: First to go!

Its always not a first mover advantage, but this country has decided to do something the most developed countries have also not dared to.

Identify the country and its #1 downloaded app from its logo.

Answer: Strike app that is now used in Ecuador to trade using Bitcoin.


Saturday, August 21, 2021

OBQ 1622: The other half.

 Identify the big shot who is almost as famous as his wife!

Answer: Sanjay Nayyar the Ex-KKR banker.


Sunday, August 1, 2021

OBQ 1617: Future forward!

People worry about future, and for not having enough money when they are old. Here is a company that has made dainty little business out of this fear.

Identify the global giant from its logo.

Answer: Mercer


Saturday, June 19, 2021

OBQ 1607: Charging bull, fearless girl.

The title says it all, identify the girl who is lately in news and she will definitely take the greedy capitalistic bull by its horn.

Identify the young gun.

Answer: Lina Khan



Friday, May 21, 2021

OBQ 1596: Old bank in the Strand.

Though London's reputation as financial capital has been on the decline for a while there is one bank that will not shift its address from The Strand to elsewhere in Mainland Europe.

Identify the bank that is there for the last 300 years.


Answer:Couts Bank.



Saturday, April 24, 2021

OBQ 1588: The Canadian-Indian.

We know a lot of US businessmen of repute that are of Indian origin. Here is a Canadian who is a true mogul in his domain, identify him.


Answer: Prem Watsa of Fairfax holdings.



Monday, April 19, 2021

OBQ 1586: The great Asian circus.

There is problem with just blindly following your neighbors especially if there is too much Asian tiger culture involved.

Identify the company/family that truly deserves to be labelled as "Crazy rich(and stupid) Asians".

Answer: Archegos capital



Saturday, April 17, 2021

OBQ 1585: Building the base.

Coin base has gone ballistic and the world cant have enough of bitcoins enthusiasts, there are people however working on less sexy but far more effective things that make financial inclusion and digital money reach farther.

Identify this entrepreneur who is doing this in India and beyond for last two decades+ and has built quite a huge base of customers and investors.


Answer: Amrish Rau of Pine labs



Wednesday, April 7, 2021

OBQ 1584: Geeks Inc.

This almost feels like history repeating itself, where the upstarts from two decades ago are now billionaire investors and they have found their alter egos in two nerds who will go on to revolutionize more than one industry.

Connect these four gentlemen to a company...unfortunately its not called  Geeks Inc.


Answer: Patrick and John Collison of Stripe






Saturday, March 27, 2021

OBQ 1579: Mad rush- Gold rush.

Simply identify the company that is participating in the current bull run...only time will tell whether it was a gold rush or mad rush!

Answer:Nazara tech



Sunday, March 21, 2021

OBQ 1576: Value investor.

Now that stock markets are wobbly again globally people are talking about value investment, and this guy owns the narrative around value investing in huge asset class.

Who is he and which global financial behemoth he leads?


Answer: Bruce Flatt of Brookfield Asset Management company.


Sunday, January 31, 2021

OBQ 1559: Small revolution.

 The whole Reddit GME saga has brought forward the cause of small  but smart investors, here is a business that enables this lot.

Identify the brand/product from its logo.

Answer: Smallcase



Friday, January 22, 2021

OBQ 1556: The constellation.

 The number of iconic brands that are now part of this Dutch headquartered company is staggering. Identify the company that was recently formed from a part of its logo.

Answer: Stellantis