State Bank of Pakistan keeps the Discount Rate Unchanged.

Following the interest rates set by the central bank of a country is one of the most important tasks of an analyst as it impacts lot of other factors influencing the economy. All the analysts were foreseeing an interest cut, except one; the analyst at JS was expecting 50-100 basis points cut. He was expecting
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Where to start from if you are new to investment industry?

Broadly speaking, the investment world can be catagorized into two groups: a) Sell-side: Entities who have an investment product and want to sell it b) Buy-side: Entities who have money want to buy an investment product to generate returns. Who are Sell-side analysts? Sell-side analysts are analysts who work in sell-side entities. Some examples of
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Can you really explain to a fish what it’s like to walk on land?

It doesn’t matter where you study or what you study, you can never understand your work unless you practice it. I still remember the void I used to feel while taking lectures during my professional studies. Despite getting good scores in the exams, at heart I always knew that I just don’t know anything. And now that I am
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