Where is India’s Amazon?
This article was first published on capitalmind.in In 2019, Amazon made $281 Bn in revenue. Up 20% from 2018. That is the combined revenue of the top-5 revenue-earning Indian companies: Reliance, IOCL,...
View ArticleCommon sense position sizing for investors
Good traders worry all the time about blowing up. So they cap their exposure to any single position. Most active investors have the opposite problem. They tend to be under-allocated to their best...
View ArticleHow to make better decisions: A critical life meta-skill
This post was first published on capitalmind.in When was the last time you regretted a decision you made? Maybe it was an impulse purchase on an untested ecommerce site that proved a nightmare to deal...
View ArticleKeep your investing identity small
This post was originally published on capitalmind.in Have you experienced being 100% unquestioningly sure about something, only to later have doubts? Cricket followers: Take a look at the image and...
View ArticleLet’s talk investing with Raunak Onkar
In the ‘Let’s talk investing‘ series, I spoke with Raunak Onkar, head of Research, and Fund Manager at PPFAS Mutual Fund. In this series, I write about my conversations with investment practitioners,...
View ArticleHealth advice that’s worked for me
No Net Worth number compensates for needing a neck, back, knee brace or medication to get through the day. The good thing, unlike time, being in the best physical / mental state you can be is not a...
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Keep your investing identity small
This post was originally published on capitalmind.in Have you experienced being 100% unquestioningly sure about something, only to later have doubts? Cricket followers: Take a look at the image and...
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The futility of analyst recommendations
This post was first published on capitalmind.in We analysed over 2,000 analyst recommendations (upgrades and downgrades) made by institutional equity analysts over the last ten years for the 50 Nifty...
View ArticleWhat Cathie Wood gets right
This post was first published on capitalmind.in So, Cathie Wood, in a recent Bloomberg interview, predicted Bitcoin will be $1 Million by 2030. For reference, as of writing, BTC is $16.5k. So, about a...
View ArticleShould you invest at market highs?
This post was first published on capitalmind.in Indian markets have been making new highs lately. Naturally, the most frequent question doing the rounds is: Should you invest at market highs? The...
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Identities or Beliefs
This post was first published on capitalmind.in From sports teams we enthusiastically support, to the kind of consumers we are, our religion, and our political affiliation, we all carry around...
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The stock does not know you own it
This post was first published on capitalmind.in “You really have to believe in the companies that you’re investing in, and that means having a level of conviction that most people don’t have. If you...
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Fixating on Warren Buffett is hurting your returns
It’s that time of the year when the world’s most awaited corporate communication comes out. My guess is if we take all publicly listed companies around the world (except one), and add up the number of...
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Lessons from holding 1,000 random portfolios for 16 years
What if we picked random equal-weight portfolios in January 2007 and held them all for 16 years? How do you think they would do against the Nifty? How would their outcomes vary depending on the number...
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Fact, Fiction and Factor Investing
This post was originally published on capitalmind.in and is a summary of a recent paper, which is the post’s title, published by AQR in Jan 2023. It is a must-read for any investor trying to...
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Notes from Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
Most books on health and/or fitness tend to focus on one isolated aspect. Either they refer to one very specific type of diet or to an exercise regimen. Even within the books that are credible, it’s...
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Certainty is absurd
Disclaimer: This post was first published on capitalmind.in is a question without an answer. It is also not about investing. In the winter of 1799, George Washington, the first President of the United...
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Plan less, Live More
This post was first published on capitalmind.in An engineer, a chemist, and an economist were on a ship that capsized. They clamber onto a lifeboat with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The...
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FOMO as a Sales tool
This post was first published on capitalmind.in Amazon is famous for being customer-focused. Jeff Bezos’ shareholder letters over the years emphasise this focus. Here’s one excerpt: Senior leaders...
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The impact of Return on Capital on Shareholder Returns
This post was first published on capitalmind.in Last quarter, there were 484 mentions of ROCE in the filings of just the 50 Nifty companies. ROCE stands for “Return on Capital Employed.”: how well a...
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