How Indian investors can invest in foreign equities
Why Indian investors should (also) look overseas Pop quiz: What is notable about these names? ICBC China Construction Bank Agricultural Bank of China Bank of China Ping An Insurance Group No points for...
View ArticleWhat did they not tell us about long-term investing
This post was first published on capitalmind.in A picture is worth a thousand words No pain, No gain Money can’t buy happiness Or the more contemporary: Privacy is a myth If you’re not paying for it,...
View ArticleLet’s talk investing with Shravan Sreenivasula
This is the next post in the ‘Let’s talk investing‘ series. In this series, I write about my conversations with investment practitioners, people with real-world investment decision-making experience....
View Article5 ways finance professionals are like football players
This Sunday, France won the 2018 world cup in an uncharacteristically high-scoring final against Croatia. The 6 goals scored in this final equal the total goals in the last 4 world cup finals before...
View ArticleFundamental Analysis Tools for Investors in India
In the course of finding the most time-efficient way of analyzing companies shortlisted for investment, I’ve come across various tools available to Indian investors. This post compiles a list of some...
View ArticleWhat is the KPIT Birlasoft (de)merger about?
Did you know KPIT Technologies is one of the earliest Indian IT Software companies to go public way back in 1999? After Infosys listed in June 1993, it took a while for the other companies in the...
View ArticleThe most profitable industries in India
This post presents aggregated analysis of the most and least profitable industries in India in 2018. Profitability is described by different accounting metrics, each one with its own merits and...
View ArticleTough times don’t last, High ROC Companies do
Does an investing strategy that invests in high Return on Capital companies deliver better returns than the market? This post backtests the strategy by simulating investment in deciles of companies...
View ArticleThe TCI Momentum Portfolio
Labels On clothes, they are a shortcut to understanding everything of significance. Where and from what it was made, its dimensions, and most importantly, what it should and should not be exposed to in...
View ArticleMountain, meet Molehill
ILFS default. Yes Bank succession disaster. Housing Finance Company Books Cooked. Jet Airways on the verge of default. It is carnage. If you have been following financial media over the last two weeks,...
View ArticleThe 2018 professional stock picker’s report card
A positive 3% return on the benchmark NIFTY index for the calendar year sounds like a sleepy year for the markets. But any investor will tell you it was anything but sleepy. In fact, it felt a lot like...
View ArticleThe complete list of 2019 stock recommendations
Deep sector expertise, vast networks of industry insiders, sophisticated spreadsheet models. The professionals have all these to do what every investor wants. To Beat the market. But do they? The...
View ArticleGo ahead, time the market
8th Jan 2008: NIFTY closes at a lifetime high of 6,288. 27th Oct 2008: NIFTY closes at 2,524. Down 60% from the January high. Till date, this remains the largest drawdown in its history. What would a...
View ArticleHow risky are small and mid caps, really?
Synthetics & Chemicals, SOL Pharmaceuticals, Prime Securities, Mardia Chemicals, Industrial Oxygen, FGP ltd, Asian Coffee, Rico Auto Industries, Modiluft...What do these companies mean to you? How...
View ArticleDMA as a simple investment tool
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” *** Oracle: “what’s funny?” Neo: “Morpheus. He almost had me convinced” Oracle: “I know. Poor...
View ArticleHonest Investment Decision-Making Guide
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View ArticleIntroducing Calm Investor smallcases
Introducing Calm Investor smallcases allowing for one-click implementations and rebalancing. In August last year, I wrote about my strategy of building a portfolio constructed on price momentum...
View ArticleMercedes or Honda?
Two recent first-hand incidents got me to post this eccentric poll on twitter yesterday. You’re buying a spanking new car. You only have two options. Both involve cars dressed up to look different...
View ArticleFundamental Analysis Tools for Investors in India
In the course of finding the most time-efficient way of analyzing companies shortlisted for investment, I’ve come across various tools available to Indian investors. This post compiles a list of some...
View ArticleGoogle Maps, find me a (mental) shortcut
From Jack Ma versus Elon Musk to Naval Ravikant's wisdom, we seem to prefer to take what's said over doing the work to arrive at our opinions. The post Google Maps, find me a (mental) shortcut appeared...
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