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Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts: A Story of the Indian Stock Market Paperback

by Santosh Nair (Author)
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    English
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    Pan Macmillan India
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 9382616217
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9789382616214
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9382616214
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Precise, insightful & illuminating
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022
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Bulls, bears and other beasts captures the key players in the Indian stock markets, the methods used by insiders to trade stocks and influence prices.
I can’t think of many books that capture the inside story of the markets over the last 3 decades.
The stories are rarely connected in mainstream media to give a integrated view of how most promoters, FIIs, brokers collude for their personal reasons and short term profits.
The book fills in a key piece in understanding the behavior of stock prices of companies when it is disconnected from fundamentals.

Very useful for serious investors in deciding portfolio strategies by sidestepping a lot of dubious companies.
The book gives a ring-side view of market shaping events of the last decades.
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anindya ghosh
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017
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Good read
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Winston Noronha
2.0 out of 5 stars Tries very hard to be like confession of a stock operator
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2017
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Tries very hard to be like confession of a stock operator. The main thesis of the book is you have to be crooked to make money in the stock market and have an insider view. It is a history of all that is wrong with the investment thought process as it stands today.
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V. Kelkar
5.0 out of 5 stars WoW!
Reviewed in India on March 27, 2018
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Take a bow, Lala ji! Wow, what a ride! Those who have witnessed the times mentioned in the book will agree on how accurately the events/situations have been described. I have been a part of stock markets since 1999, although in a minuscule way but could very well relate to all the action that is described in the book, whether it was the dot com bubble, P-Notes, KP and his stocks, carry trades, IPO rigging and round tripping adventures. The book vindicates the point that there is nothing richer learning that being hands on and Lalaji is another use case that proves that point.

Highly informative, educational and exceptionally well written book by Santosh Nair. There are very few books that do not let you sleep on time and this is definitely one of those! Worth reading again!
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BNS
4.0 out of 5 stars Why sellers give no bookmarks
Reviewed in India on March 20, 2024
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Book is good .. Seller should at least give a generic bookmark
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Ravi A
5.0 out of 5 stars giving you a ringside view of events as they happened and not a dull recount of what happened
Reviewed in India on April 6, 2017
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Santosh’s book takes on the daunting task of chronicling the events in India’s stock markets from the go-go years of the nineties to now when it seems a well-regulated market. What makes it different from other books on markets is that it takes a semi-fictional approach to it, giving you a ringside view of events as they happened and not a dull recount of what happened.

The setting may have changed, to shenanigans being plotted in glass-faced buildings in the new business districts, from offices around Dalal Street but the actors are the same—the intermediary, regulator and speculator/investor. This book is especially useful to understand how the market worked in the nineties. The excesses of those years are still responsible for the ‘casino’ tag that the stock market carries till date and has made retail investors shy away from equities.

Santosh weaves a well-researched account of several complex and well-known events in this book, sprinkling clues about the identities of persons involved, so that you can nod knowingly or speculate about who they are. It is a book you would want to read in one go, so keep some time aside for it. Could have done with some tighter editing and some fictionalised parts were not necessary but these don't really detract from the massive effort that is visible in the making of this debut book.

Disclosure: the author is a good friend.
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blessy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and quality
Reviewed in India on January 10, 2024
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Mahernoz
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent read
Reviewed in India on December 21, 2020
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This is an eye opener book on what really goes inside the market. It has lots of wisdom if you have taken notes from it, good for you.

The storyline starts from 1992 to the 2014, and yes, we ourselves have experienced so many events as victims. Here he mentions what goes behind the scenes and how a group of people actually control the stock market.

If you have loved the series 1992 scam, this book actually explains it better than the series about what exactly happened. Not only this but other such scams too. He also explains involvement of promoters and how to be wary about them.
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