Global Events Indian Stock Market is accessible to FPIs, Indian Retail Investors. As FPIs might have exposure to stocks around the world, global events affect Indian Stock Market. The latest such event which the author of this article can remember is Trade Tariffs in Jan 2025 - April 2025, attractiveness of Chinese stocks and US … Continue reading Indian Stock Market, FPIs and Retail Investors
"In the long term we are all dead" is a quote from Keynes. I think the quote is misunderstood by the majority. The same majority who take investment decisions. "In the long term we are all dead" doesn't mean one should think only about short term profit making. However, the majority who make investment decisions … Continue reading In the long term we are all dead
An observable trend in 2024 in particular is FII selling. Especially the selling in October, November and December. There has also been FII selling in earlier months of 2024 as well. Analysts and expert attribute the selling to overvaluation. The impact of the selling is evident in NIFTY 50 - A fall of 2000 odd … Continue reading Buy and Sell in Investments – A Trend, is it a strategy?
With the Japanese Yen carry trade unwinding, the volatility across global markets shot up. In the capital markets, people from all backgrounds come to make money. Not sure, if that's advisable. Capital markets have people with all sorts of temperaments as well. There is a difference between speculator / Trader / Investor. It looks funny … Continue reading Connected Markets, Disconnected Risks
Understanding the reality will help investors better assess their current investments and look for future investments. Numbers from annual reports give some sense of reality. It is the job of the investor to decipher the layered communication and stitch together the reality studying through annual reports of various companies, in an industry / industries. We've … Continue reading Reality of Magnitude and Markets
Concentration and Diversification are two sides of a the same coin. It all comes down to assessing risk (β) and taking decisions to minimize risk as well as maximize gain from the money one's investing. Various investors have various opinions and definitions regarding risk, concentration and diversification. But the above should hold true in any … Continue reading Concentration & Diversification
In today’s day and age, the consumer has a lot of choices to buy a product or a service to meet his/her need. If we look, consumer choices evolved with time. The increase in consumer choices represents the importance of the consumer. Now, we will ask the question - Why should the consumer have so … Continue reading Evolving marketplaces
This is blog post entry 2 after blog post 1 of quotations of Charlie Munger, a wise man. Strategy is the set of actions taken by management ensuring company survival, chasing company growth. Ensuring company survival Company survival is the basis for strategy. If every established company survives and thrives, then there is no need … Continue reading What is Strategy ?
"Rule 1 - Never Loose Money. Rule 2 - Do not forget Rule 1." — Warren Buffet
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