P. Shirley holds an MBA in Finance and has spent nearly 18 years navigating the unpredictable world of the stock market, where numbers dance, emotions run high, and common sense occasionally takes a coffee break.
Her journey began as a stock market dealer at a regional brokerage, where she quickly learned that trading wasn’t just about numbers — it was about strategy, patience, and knowing when not to listen to market rumours. Later, she took on a managerial role with a Sharekhan franchise, one of India's leading brokerage firms, sharpening her expertise in client management, trading strategies, and financial planning.
In 2015, with a wealth of experience and an entrepreneurial itch too strong to ignore, she became an Authorised Person affiliated with Sharekhan, one of India’s leading full-service brokerage firms. Since then, she has helped countless investors navigate the market’s rollercoaster ride, ensuring they make smarter financial decisions (and hopefully avoid panic-selling at the worst possible moment).
Shirley’s passion for making investing accessible led her to write Stock Market Decoded: A Beginner’s Guide to Investing, a book that turned stock market jargon into plain English. Now, with Money Money Money: Tickling You into an Investing Habit, she’s back, this time with humour in tow, to help investors make sense of risk, returns, and why putting all your money in one hot stock is a recipe for heartbreak.
When she’s not decoding the market, Shirley enjoys simplifying complex financial concepts, proving that investing doesn’t have to be intimidating — it can even be fun. (Yes, really!)