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Dear reader, thanks for stopping by. I'm an equity analyst, writer and editor who primarily covers publicly listed companies/stocks. That apart, I also have a penchant for macro economics, and fiscal and monetary policy, and occasionally give in to the temptation to write on allied topics. My articles have been published on Forbes, Yahoo Finance, TheStreet and SeekingAlpha, among others. Hope you enjoy reading my blog. Feel free to share your thoughts and reach out to me at nagarkar.vikram [at] gmail.com.

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