Who is KP?
India’s two major business newspapers call him the Pentafour Bull and the One Man Army in their market gossip columns. The market, with its fancy to cut redundancy, calls him KP or associates him with his firm NH Securities. Not much is known about the man. But a recluse he isn’t. He meets people, including the press. But there is one cardinal rule: No pictures, please. We suppose he takes the Wall Street wisdom too seriously — get your picture on the cover of BusinessWeek or Fortune and the end is near. And Ketan Parekh obviously doesn’t want to retire early. This chartered accountant by training is a down-to-earth man with an extremely sharp mind. Ask him how the market is and don’t be surprised by a J P Morgan-type answer, “It will fluctuate.” If you know him well, he will give you a tip too. If you are strong-hearted, you buy the share and forget it for a while. You will see some really wild swings, but in the end you will make big money. His market style and personality are often
