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Unleashing Creativity & Artistic Flair: A Cinematic Triumph in ‘Godzilla Minus One’

Monsters hold a special place in everyone’s heart, especially as epitomized by movies, particularly Hollywood films. Monster movies are some of the highest-grossing films of all time, such as Jurassic Park, Aliens, or Jaws, and they also gather a cult following that remains unmatched over time. From dinosaurs to King Kong, or super-sized Sharks to Crocodiles, humans have a fascination

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The Middle Road Unplugged: Uncovering Customer Needs with the Jobs to Be Done Framework

Nishant engages in an insightful conversation with Vivek Vishal Singh, the Coordinator at CInI (Tata Trusts), who recently purchased the “Impact Bonds” online course from The Middle Road. This discussion employs the “Jobs to Be Done” methodology, a powerful framework for understanding customer motivations and needs. An outcome-driven methodology pioneered by Clayton Christensen, a renowned Harvard Business School professor and

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America & Ceres BICEP Network 2024 Policy Outlook

CERES, a prominent global advocate for actionable solutions toward a more sustainable future, has recently released its 2024 BICEP Network Policy Outlook. Before you picture bulging biceps from preacher curls, know that BICEP stands for Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy. Founded as a nonprofit in 1989, Ceres initiated this coalition in 2020 alongside the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Empowering Change: Matt Damon’s Water Initiative and the Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Sustainable Development

Water, an essential life element, has been an intriguing subject, inspiring artistic expression and symbolizing the genesis of life. It has played a profound role in the world of cinema. From the ambitious yet disastrous “Waterworld” (which proved to be a financial debacle with mixed reviews, marking a downturn for actor Kevin Costner) to Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of

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Are you a Goal Keeper?

Are you a Goal Keeper?   The latest newsletter from The middle Road. Kindly subscribe to The middle Road newsletter on LinkedIn here for regular updates. As per the Goalkeepers report, the current reality is heart-wrenching: every year, around 5 million children do not make it to their fifth birthday, succumbing to early mortality. Equally tragic, nearly 2 million infants

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Kerala A Ride To Remember

Art, Culture & Nature is a significant theme of The middle Road, traveling an enabler for exploring this theme. Exploring and adventure are various facets of travel; herein a video deck of Alleppey and Fort Kochi, two fascinating places to experience nature and history. An artistic take on Nishant Malhotra’s visit to the above-mentioned places, the video covers the breath-taking

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Introduction to Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping: Calculation of theoretical spot rate curve from a par yield curve     This educational publication is the special valuation series on fixed income securities. Its mandatory to read the Understanding Term Structure of Interest Rates posted under Insights here before reading Bootstrapping: Calculation of theoretical spot rate curve from a par yield curve. 

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Understanding Term Structure of Interest Rates

Designed as a thought leader in understanding the term structure of interest rates, this publication is an excellent educative read for insightful academic knowledge about factors impacting the term structure of interest rates. Structured to enhance the pedagogy of fixed income valuation course on The middle Road, Term Structure of Interest Rates shares a formative understanding on this subject. First

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Capital Ideas for Efficient Markets

“A market where there are large number of rational, profit maximisers actively competing, with each other trying to predict future market values of individuals securities and where important current information is almost available to all participants” Eugene Fama on Efficient Markets The theory of random walk led to the efficient market hypothesis. Eugene Fama, the father of modern mathematical finance,

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Understanding Macroeconomic Stability

  Originally posted as part of the Stabilization Macroeconomics series, the academic focussed publication sets the tone for the upcoming Macroeconomic Online Course on Stabilization. The series focuses more on the role of the Central Banks in driving monetary, fiscal, and macroeconomic policies of the government. The course begins with a look at Central Banks as enablers, its monetary focus on

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