What all do I read to keep myself informed about new opportunities and to keep updating myself with the new happenings in the world?
Time for a thread about all tools I use to research,Find information and update myself about different subjects
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Blog Subscriptions I am subscribed to for investing:
1. @borrowed_ideas 2. Non-Gaap Substack 3. The Flywheel substack 4. Read The Generalist 5. Kiran D- has a blog on word press 6. Uncommon Profits 7. Used to read stalwart but they reduced the posting 8. @rohitchauhan
For Banking- @HemindraHazari , Digant Haria and Ashish Gupta from Credit Suisse (he's terrific)
For chemicals- Rohit Nagraj from Emkay Global
and chemical weekly+Chemical reports monthly from B&K securities
Broker reports that I like to read whenever I can:
1. Spark capital-hands down the best reports in the country.
2. Ambit- publish some good stuff. But rarely available
3. JM Financial- exceptional reports.
Youtube Channels that I follow: Have to be careful here, mostly it is noise or shallow backed knowledge
1. PPFAS- synonymous for integrity
2.Recently started watching from @suru27 3. CFA Society channel India and Flame University's channel 4. Podcasts by @safalniveshak
5. PMS Aif world 6. Must watch- Neeraj Shah on BQ Quint 7. Aif &PMS experts
Some of the fund managers I respect the most:
1. @SamitVartak I try to read and watch everything posted by them.
2.@virajmehta16 - all the letters, interviews and presentations
Why Reading and observing different trends matter.
Time for a thread with a live example that is playing out in front of us! 🎵🎵
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“What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang ‘em back. If the facts don’t hang together on a latticework of theory, you don’t have them in a usable form.”- Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger who is the partner of Warren Buffett, has over the years explained the importance of creating a latticework of mental models. That is basically combining theory with live practical examples
Key Learnings from one of the best Investing Letters that I have read this year from @rohitchauhan
Time for a thread with SOIC Key Takeaways 🧵🧵🧵🧵
First Key Learning:
The first is the importance of getting the trend and its timing right. No business does well in isolation, it is a part of a much bigger trend. For eg:In sectors like API/CDMO/Chemicals, many businesses have created wealth. As they are going through tailwinds
Thus,It becomes important to identify long-term trends like manufacturing, Financialization of saving, or Formalization of sector (think PVC/CPVC Pipes) and to be patient. Long-term trends keep offering opportunities. Just think about it- if its truly long term, then the
I have seen plenty of Buffettology on Twitter and in other places over the past few years. Its time to clear the air and understand that there wasn't one but 3 different Warren Buffett's that existed throughout his career 📚📚
Time for a thread: 3 Different Buffett's 🧵🧵🧵
One of the biggest mistakes that you as an investor can make is to forget the basic and the most important mental model an investor can have: Numeracy. Being fluent with numbers and respecting the context in which Buffett made his returns.
At the beginning of his career, let's call this Warren Buffett 1 i.e. Between 1957-1968. This was the time when he was working with small sums of money. He was extremely valuation conscious and guess what. How many stocks did he buy and sell between this period?
Let's Understand why Narrative is important in investing and how to create a Thesis that can help you to hold a stock in spite of the market environments
Time for a thread with international and Indian examples, Please retweet so that everyone can benefit 🧵🧵🧵🧵
The world we see and defined is given meaning by the words we choose to use. In short, the world is what we make of it. Something similar applies to creating a thesis before investing in a stock. Your thesis is what makes you hold a stock thick and through in spite of bull/bear
Example 1: Amazon- In May 1997, Amazon became a publically listed business. The target price set by analysts was $18 per share. It finished its first day at $23 per share. (So much for targets). In 1999, in the middle of the tech bubble. Same stock was trading at $100 per share.
SOIC Book Reviews: Dhandho Investor in the Indian Context 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Link to the video 🔗:
Scenarios that often lead to a depressed stock price, Low risk and high uncertainty where often deep value opportunities are available 🚪
Before investing you should ask these questions to yourself otherwise you might enter the Chakravyuh but won't be able to exit like Abhimanyu. Both power of focus and circle of competence are key learnings from this episode 🏹