Investing 101: A Beginner's Guide | Nikhil Kamath | TEDxBITSHyderabad

Want to start investing in the stock market with very limited capital? In this talk, Nikhil Kamath, founder of Zerodha and an expert in the field of wealth management, breaks down investing in the stock market for complete beginners, mainly at the college level. He walks us through four distinct approaches to this, and talks about his views on the future of the fintech sector.
Nikhil Kamath is a man who has risen through the ranks and left a firm indelible mark on the Indian Financial Markets. Aged just 34, and dubbed 'India's youngest new billionaire', Nikhil Kamath has walked and conquered many paths in his life. From leaving school to play chess internationally to teaching himself stock trading, Nikhil is the embodiment of grabbing life by the horns and dictating its direction. Our next speaker at TEDxBITSHyderabad 2021 is a man who has risen through the ranks and left a firm indelible mark on the Indian Financial Markets. Just aged 34, and dubbed 'India's youngest new billionaire', Nikhil Kamath has walked and conquered many paths in his life. From leaving school to play chess internationally to teaching himself stock trading, Nikhil is the embodiment of grabbing life by the horns and directing one's own life. In 2010, Nikhil, along with his brother Nithin Kamath, created Zerodha - a revolutionary start-up that would grow to become India's largest brokerage platform. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@pankajvermacs]

Favorite stock of Kamath: Fish.

[@goldenduper94]

Can you shut up about this idiotic chess drama

[@user-qc7vf7pb3c]

@@goldenduper94 its not idiotic at all

[@mayankbhaisora2699]

@@goldenduper94 Why a wise person will do that what he did? Kids think this way… For them winning a task is everything. What really matters is appreciating every dimension possible only winning it isn’t everything :)

[@goldenduper94]

@@mayankbhaisora2699 Please stop messaging me it annoys everyone whos commented and mostly me

[@v1shalyt]

@@goldenduper94 Real ID se aa Nikhil Kamath

[@MK-yt3ct]

Invest in a better chess coach instead of cheating in a charity exhibition match.

[@MickThal]

😂

[@GamesEnjoy]

A guy that cheats in a charity chess event against Vishy, a humble legend.. all the money in the world could Never get you the respect he has. Pathetic

[@goldenduper94]

Please JUST shut up about this we just want to learn about the stock

[@dasho7455]

@@goldenduper94 yeah he used "Stock fish" to cheat

[@user-qc7vf7pb3c]

@@goldenduper94 and we want proper apology for disrespect towards chess and. Vishy.

[@goldenduper94]

@@user-qc7vf7pb3c He did though on Twitter

[@dasho7455]

@@goldenduper94 technical that was not a appology ,but it's ok he is human after all😂😂

[@missgranger9723]

Seeing all the comments here makes me proud of the chess community that I am a part of. Never thought there would be ardent lovers of chess like there are right now!

[@iWillRun_]

Miss Granger I am sure Mr Ron would be proud of our chess community .

[@srrs007]

@@iWillRun_ bhai bilkul bhi funny nhi tha. Bhut jabardasti ka banaya hua joke

[@priyanshu3182]

@@srrs007 welcome to cheesy pickup lines

[@AgnivaBanerjee6]

00:10 Let's talk about stock market. Me : "No let's talk about stock fish."

[@user-qq2gl9ep5d]

Now I wonder whether all his money came from legal means

[@watonemillion]

Obviously not. If he's willing to cheat in a charity game with no stakes, imagine what he's able to do when stakes are high

[@Kunalalal]

cheating against vishy is a lifelong blunder

[@animeshanand1856]

When is the next episode: Cheating 101 coming? Very excited for that😂😂😂

[@rishabhpartap]

😂

[@sumanthlucky5318]

😂

[@yuuki-1829]

Thanks you inspired me so much. Now i also can get 3000 elo.

[@joe0633]

😂 😂

[@watonemillion]

lol

[@destinynewz2393]

sir aapka favorite fish kaunsa hai? stockfish lau kya aap ke liye?

[@abhishekjha4735]

Hahahahahaha

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

🤣🤣🤣

[@goldenduper94]

Stop just stop

[@abhishekjha4735]

@@goldenduper94 stockfish when he realised he was being used against vishy sir. Stop just stop.

[@goldenduper94]

@@abhishekjha4735 please stop just stop

[@hemanghuria4956]

does being a billionaire allow you to cheat in chess?

[@goldenduper94]

Just shut up about this bro

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@@goldenduper94 why would we. Do u even realize what act has he done. No one would even think of cheating a humble chess champion. A guy who was the first chess gm from india deserves this kind of cheating? The whole world is angry on this guy for cheating a legendary champion. And u still want to support him

[@sourabhg284]

@@goldenduper94 0head

[@dhruvavikas1632]

@Aman Kumar its just giving this guy more fame did u know this guys name before this?

[@dhruvavikas1632]

@Aman Kumar ok then u know but 99% of people who know him now didnt know him b4

[@tonimhamilton2072]

My advice is always to keep the majority in ETFs that cover multiple sectors. Then have a couple stocks, as a small percentage, picked out that you feel personally attached to or interested in. That way you can mitigate a lot of the risk but also have a personal touch to your portfolio. I feel this mitigates some of the emotional downsides or disinterest people have with investing. Also helps with the urge to constantly buy/sell with fluxes in the market. Grateful i have an adviser at this point. major Thanks to Rita Wildrin Mora.

[@robertthurmond8161]

any recommendations ?

[@meredithelbert6608]

as for me I have personal stake in either using their products or lots of people in my circle who do. APPL, TSLA, NVDA. Along with ABBV and KO when I focused on dividends

[@donaldlocher2537]

impressive. also I did read about Rita Wildrin Mora on the web and left a mail after going through her certifications. I'm willing to make consultations to improve my portfolio..

[@taylorgreen5908]

i'm happy there are lots of people doing so well...Love this channel for the transparency

[@rushipatel8908]

i want support for funds like 200,000$ to start working on a startup idea where housewives get paid,how s the idea

[@dasho7455]

You cheated with stock fish bruh😂

[@user-vi3tb3bw5t]

I wonder if there's an engine that can just play stocks for me!

[@133anfas8]

1:44 " I got very lucky" This is exactly what he said when he cheated against vishy.

[@abhinavdp7376]

Exactly

[@khushbooagrawal8405]

What is this cheating matter, can uh tell me

[@ananthanarayanan4100]

He cheated his way to so called glory. Pathetic personality. When character is lost everything is lost.

[@aayushisingh6083]

Omg ananthu....is this you???

[@goldenduper94]

Nope he worked hard to get where he is

[@aayushisingh6083]

@@vidhansinghmahar3728 PREACH !!!!

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@@goldenduper94 He might have worled hard. But once you have made an iamge it stays with people. The whole world is angry on this guy for cheating a legendary champion. And u still wnat to support him

[@sourabhg284]

@@goldenduper94 0head

[@laurentsaltoflife9267]

#1 advice : be a morally corrupt person and cheat your competition away, like he did against chess legend Anand !

[@yashraj2270]

Well it's a good thing that I have started my finance journey at the age of 16, wish me luck!

[@aashishc5287]

Same here

[@delq]

I am going to invest in some fish stocks

[@BM-hj6lq]

His text TED talk: A beginners Guide: How to beat a 5 time world chess champion with some external help,

[@adarshshukla809]

All money, fame, the efforts to earn that went to gutter when he showed his true colours losing character winning unfairly against a living legend of Chess for charity. No grace. Pathetic cheater. He doesn't deserve to give a Ted Talk. Must take "value enriching" lessons from Mr Ratan Tata.

[@Lifex26]

This is the guy that cheated in a chess charity 😂😂

[@ritiksaini7278]

Stockfish started analysing stocks too?

[@sauravchoudhary1742]

And there is me whose first time investment was Yes Bank at Rs 14 per stock and today it's around 13

[@ChartedInn]

Damn !!

[@DeepakM5898]

One of the worst companies to start investing. Always go for companies with good fundamentals. You fell for the falling knife syndrome.

[@rkrk3721]

Lucky you did not invest when it was trading around 200s a year back

[@gunsofboomindia2810]

This is the way !!

[@manishgowda3640]

You are lucky, it was 21 once imagine people putting at that time

[@shubhampakale7658]

What a great inspiration for youngster .A school drop out kid , sell old phones ,worked in call center for 8000 ruppes is the youngest billionare of India at the age of 34

[@vaibhavsharma3535]

Well, that's just the bright side

[@ronit.pereira7172]

Riteish Agarwal -OYO is the Youngest billionaire of India

[@ChartedInn]

yes !!

[@ragulshan6490]

@World of ticktalkers Then how do we come to know what works and what doesn't? You're implying that you got fed up with motivational quotes yet you're also quoting Gary v motivation quotes. How ironic 🙃. Just because merely some of the students top the class that doesn't necessarily mean we shouldn't send other students to the school 🎓 Risk is everywhere. It's about the risk and reward ratio. If you are willing to take more risk, then the reward would be massive. On the other hand, the chances of losing immense money are highly likely, if we get it incorrect.

[@allent4627]

@@ronit.pereira7172 He was. Due to covid, his wealth dropped. Now Nikhil is the youngest.

[@rajarajan5846]

Nice,humble guy, he understands not all techniques works for all.

[@abhinav5mariner]

This guy not only disrespected Vishy one of the greatest chess players in the world but also single handedly brought down the image of India by cheating at a charity event.

[@HariShankar-bw2bt]

Stockfish/Alphazero se mai mast trader ban skta kya bro?

[@AjitSingh-ei1qn]

Amazing without external borrowing ..simply amazing

[@lesliesequeira635]

Hi Nikhil big fan Can you also cover what is the best tactics for chess Also if you could cover the new tactic in detail ZERODHA GAMBIT

[@mukeshsharma50035]

Doesn't sound for beginners. Glad listened to this!

[@ChartedInn]

FINE !!

[@jss8388]

The main reason why I use zerodha is this guy right here ◉‿◉

[@sharonkkt]

It's funny, cause it's true! 😝

[@ChartedInn]

Nice !

[@aashishsharma9106]

Him or his older brother?

[@abhishekjha4735]

It would be the exact reason why i will never use zerodha. This guy is a cheater.

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

Well by now u must have uninstalled it after knowing what he did

[@shovandipkaran]

What did you use stockfish or Alfa-ZeroDha

[@playerunknown3234]

Nice cheats

[@goldenduper94]

He doesn't cheat

[@sourabhg284]

@@goldenduper94 0head

[@nmo3148]

I don't believe his story of dropping out of college or working in call centers. bet he has rich parents - kamath huh!

[@user-qq2gl9ep5d]

Yes he did have rich parents Who wouldn't be successful if they had rich parents lol

[@cathroulette]

His parents house is in JP Nagar. So it's evident he led a financially comfortable if not lavish life before becoming a billionaire

[@niranjan2497]

Says the guy who cheats at chess in a charity event!

[@maheshmc6205]

A man who has a good vision and focus can do anything 👌

[@usedhandle1739]

even cheating at a charity simul against a world champion

[@maanratnajitjadhav.6094]

Thanks for insights Mr. Kamath. Thanks Tedx.

[@msyadav3246]

Irony is kamath brothers havent created their fortune by trading or investing in stock market but by business i.e zerodha broking company ...still they r continue talking and giving Gyan abt trading and investing.

[@Bwahahaaa]

They have to, how will they earn if we don't trade or invest😂. Don't know about business but this dude cheated in chess yesterday on a charity event. Tells a lot about character.

[@gunsofboomindia2810]

Zerodha must thank corona, if not for this crash most people would still be away from equity. Word of mouth works wonder !!

[@chetanchavan647]

And people should also Thank Zerodha for making such a great platform where people can invest for anywhere in the world

[@shridhar882]

Not being affiliated to zerodha in any other way other than being customer, so my praise for zerodha shouldn't raise doubts, Zerodha's growth story had been phenomenal before Corona as well.

[@akshatsharma2064]

Huge claps for the founder of chess opeing Zerodha Gambit 1. Nf3 e5 😂😂😂

[@kiranvrao9714]

Thank you

[@allent4627]

11:11 - Word of mouth is the best marketing tool. Nice line!!

[@shubhamsingla7048]

KZbin Algorithm is not working fine, till now it should be received more than lakh views :(

[@ChartedInn]

yes it is pushing non sense shorts !

[@joe0633]

No worries bud. Thanks to the charity chess event, this video would blow up in no time.

[@Lol-qy1dy]

@@joe0633 😂

[@CockySuSMounted]

How to invest in Zerodha gambit?

[@wasifnabi690]

thank you so much brother for such a pro tip..

[@Inveswing]

You cheat so well. Maybe you should give a TED talk on cheating.

[@detro690]

Now Mr. Kamath has inspired half of teenage India towards the share market. Great 😀

[@joyboy1088]

I hope he doesn't inspire them to cheat in chess.

[@amanvarindani6365]

Your product is superior to everything in the market indeed! - Happy customers

[@Aditya-zf7wq]

Honest talk

[@ChartedInn]

correct

[@souravsaha3446]

You are truly an inspiration for next generation to come thank you sir for giving zerodha a platform

[@PannegarSachin]

fish gambit is his fav opening

[@cathy285]

Remember you are earning because of fundamental values if a company, a company which is built on hard work, competitive, innovative ideas and growth. If they didnt exist you would be here

[@sumitramola9550]

He knows how to win. Cheating is not right but win matters at the last.

[@albertzeliang3374]

Thanks for making zerodha 👍

[@ChartedInn]

yes

[@RohanKumar-mb5fx]

Man how does this not have much views

[@investorsudhir9299]

What part did you like?

[@ChartedInn]

haha courage !!

[@NoName-le6hm]

People are probably busy watching MILLIONAIRE'S MORNING ROUTINE

[@abhishekjha4735]

People are busy watching him cheat. DM him on insta asking what is your favourite fish is it stockfish?

[@fattony6061]

@@NoName-le6hm amen

[@vishalchaudhari8058]

You are my inspiration.

[@ChartedInn]

Same here

[@abhishekjha4735]

He is a cheater . Find better inspiration.

[@vishalchaudhari8058]

@@abhishekjha4735 I am disappointed by what he did in the chess match against sir Viswanathan Anand. It is obvious that what Nikhil did is just unacceptable and his actions disrespect the game of chess. Billionaire tag doesn't allow him to use unfair means against the five-time world chess champion, being a chess fan it is very hard to forgive his mistake. I am a big fan of his startup Zerodha, for those who don't know Zerodha is the only bootstrapped unicorn. He and his brother are inspiration to the young entrepreneurs. Nikhil Kamath has now sincerely apologized for taking external help during the match. This comment may hurt my friends from chess community but he deserves respect for what he has contributed to the entrepreneurship world.

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@@vishalchaudhari8058 Good that u and everyone realized how wrong he has done

[@Lol-qy1dy]

@@vishalchaudhari8058 you are very sensible person👍

[@riteshsingh6757]

Alpha Zerodha!!

[@joysonmiller544]

He married a billionaire daaughter ..amanda puravankara ..but divorced very shortly...maybe some personality issues or so...

[@pavanpenugonda4924]

Did I just watched a 12min ad..,

[@MrSwagOfficial]

lol. may be you are a client for true beacon

[@ummid7858]

Nice comunication

[@parakhshah2471]

This guy is so calm while speaking

[@abhishekjha4735]

This guy is equally calm while cheating.

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@@abhishekjha4735 😂😂

[@prabhusaiprasanth972]

Stockfish expert

[@namanjain2303]

Sir do something for sebi margin ....they don,t give leverage how will we survive

[@abhipatil4844]

Good one Nikhil

[@radheshyamkarpe]

Zindagi me Paisa kamana bura nahi hai. Hame hamari soch badalani chahiye. Zindagi me Paisa kamana chahiye. Kyonki aaj paisonse Sab kuchh hota hai.

[@ashwinnair9862]

vishy vs kamath? nah more like vishy vs fishy

[@mysteriousmeteor6783]

Elo 2800 v.s Ego 45000

[@durrrr6325]

Whoa literally 1st comment

[@dibyashubhroroy945]

What are your thought of stock fish

[@someshgaikwad92]

I'm also a chess player but I kind of like Nikhil Kamat I think he did it because at some pt. he used to play chess and couldn't take the fact that he couldn't succeed in it.

[@sidchaturvedi130]

u are the inspiration ppl like me look up to u

[@abhishekjha4735]

Don't look upto him he is a cheater.

[@goldenduper94]

@@abhishekjha4735 shut up just because he cheated in chess doesn't mean he cheats everywhere

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

@@goldenduper94 So why doesn't he apologize properly. Look at his tweet. He thinks that all this is a joke. And the world knows thatbits NOT

[@sourabhg284]

@@goldenduper94 0head

[@lazypotato6743]

@@goldenduper94 these guys r really taking a board game seriously

[@priyanshurawat5318]

Wrong time to come on ted 😂

[@amolsa14]

Funda Ok hai , but need to put some of ur money in Zeroadha support at least must have 10 mobile nos of for customer support , the worst customer support ever experienced in this info age

[@DreamFist]

-respect

[@dineshbs6635]

what does it mean by market having momentum? what is crossover?

[@manishpaul_]

Momentum is kind of a speed or a movement in a particular direction. Crossover is an indicator crossing over another indicator. *Tried answering as per my understanding

[@virajraorane7558]

Is there any engine like stockfish that can only MAKE money ??

[@chinnappac3132]

He is Kannadiga from Shivamoga

[@aashishsharma9106]

So he left Shivamogga for opportunities and you're proud of it?

[@jinfin221]

So? Naache hum?

[@gopalakrishna6869]

@@aashishsharma9106 it's completely normal for person to move a nearest financial capital Remember zerodhas head office still in Bangalore

[@venkatmathivanan7327]

Useless piece of input by you Mr.Chinnppa, i think he is a human being like all of us first of all....

[@balakrishnanmg8792]

Good

[@dineshbs6635]

When they say it's a beginner's guide, they should really explain each term. I'm typing this comment just after the first 1 min and there were terms like equity, leveraging, capital, margin, etc which I've no idea about.

[@jamesrai5573]

same here bro

[@gauti_]

There is zerodha varsity which is available on web and on android app, which has complete explanation on share market. Go and learn.

[@stilluploading1]

It's a TedX talk and the speaker is the founder of India's biggest broking company. Here 101 means the journey of trading and not ABCD. For those kind of things, there are thousands of videos on youtube.

[@suryajithsyam]

can anyone tell me what books he was reffering to @ 3:22

[@abhishekjha4735]

How to cheat in chess

[@kike5950]

Earlier Indian markets are Pretty democratic because there are no single big player out there. Unfortunate but institutions call new comers as Robin Hood trader but the thing is you really can't justify it just based on there investing patterns hedge fund and big invester now have too much grip on markets because of margin going to negligible. This will also affect STCG in a big way and not in anyway lucrative but India's large country there will be someone who is going to putting money and then going to lose it against big funds because there will be less active trader with a small penny and no margin. Anyway they call bitcoin and ethereum illogical investment but share market also is not purely fundamental look at a stock prices not in any way justify their price I will rather put my money in ethereum Bitcoin than to put in bank stocks and reliance share banks Ki v phati toh ha Ki bhaiya hamara kam tamam hona bala ha kuch haad tak. That is why they bragging about suspending your account taking about hdfc and sbi

[@jatinsingh3396]

What's the Intrinsic value of cryptocurrency ?

[@kike5950]

@@jatinsingh3396 hey jatin every currency in this world is back by some sentiment like power, economy, political stature of country, patriotism these things kind of pump up the value beyond reality and which led to over dependence on one currency in present scenario it's dollar and it's kind of pain for the world because usa bares country for use of dollar which means u have to keep usa happy over your national interest. But bitcoin it's unregulated and in finite number which makes it acceptable for world to adopt it . At end it's just about believing what will bring more value on table just because RBI or usa treasure dept put thappa on something or market calculate valuation of share doesn't make it antim sach same with bitcoin

[@kaboolhai5977]

This is my college and I have also account in zerodha

[@ChartedInn]

Lucky !!

[@sakshamsikarwar6208]

Well u better not have it now after knowing what happened

[@kaboolhai5977]

@@sakshamsikarwar6208 well that doesn't belong to trading

[@suchitranag5198]

When a cruelly selfish saturn has a polished gentleman face !!!!

[@premanand7803]

3:20 can anyone please tell the name of the author of those Books Except Benjamin Graham

[@Rusikulya]

Steve Nison

[@premanand7803]

Thanks dude

[@jinfin221]

Peter lynch.

[@geetarajbhar1069]

Stockfish

[@goldenduper94]

@@geetarajbhar1069 please shut up

[@mehul205]

If only you could have a chess coach

[@babuchakjheta9291]

Vishy vs fishy is now trending

[@merebaap7781]

His vheating against a world champion who made this country proud that too in a charity game tells us about the society we live in

[@ganeshsauntiyal8868]

It's 3rd

[@akileshs9260]

I like his energy 🔥

[@abhishekjha4735]

I like his ability to cheat.

[@ananthanarayanan4100]

@@abhishekjha4735 me too.. I need to take cheating lessons from. Him. Lol

[@keyoortrivedi4890]

@@abhishekjha4735 I like his Stockfish 13 chess engine.

[@vignesh90099]

Hope zerodha in NSE

[@suad1007]

They will never go public

[@truewildfear]

@@suad1007 why bro?

[@suad1007]

@@truewildfear see Nithin Kamath's latest press release for a deeper explanation but basically it's because they're debt free, have saved tons of money not spending on marketing and have complete control over their company. By going public they will have to give up control of their company and cater to the whims of shareholders which they are just not interested in.

[@ChartedInn]

same here

[@suad1007]

@@ChartedInn bruh read my earlier comment

[@chesszone648]

nikhil the chess engine

[@sigmaswan2969]

Chester

[@deepd2901]

Giorgio Armani🔥

[@bignavin10]

I too noticed that bro... and i guess its a rolex on the wrist as well.. he has made tons of money and these are quite cheap and affordable for him

[@deepd2901]

@@bignavin10 He deserves it :)

[@bignavin10]

Deep Desai yes true..

[@jinfin221]

What's that?

[@Lol-qy1dy]

Cheater

[@andreamariealarcon1670]

Second comment!

[@ChartedInn]

Nice !

[@na-gi1xb]

Alpha Zerodha😂

[@jashagarwal52]

How is this a beginners guide. This is introduction to Zerodha and truebeacon I thought this would be some kind of knowledge sharing.

[@AmanSharma03]

I am gonna short stock fish and buy it again

[@alecmaclean6177]

Let’s talk about cheating at a charity chess event against Viswanathan Anand.

[@gauravnandi8175]

Beginner's Guide on how to use Stock Fish.