1) Working towards one stop shop for all building material needs. Have relationships with all leading brands like Jaquar, Ashirwad, Kohler, Grohe, Parryware, Philips, Somany, Nitco, Havells etc. Customers get a wide range of brand under 1 roof.
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2) APL Apollo Mart invested Rs.105 Crores in the company that helped them with repayment of working capital loans. Partnership extends into business model as well
3) Targeting to grow at 30% CAGR of total revenue in the next 3 to 4 years
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4) Own supply chain capabilities with owned warehousing and vehicles to provide efficient and speedy delivery to customers
5) Focusing more on increasing digital presence & moving rapidly to a marketplace model. Focusing on tech-driven customer acquisition & retention.
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Sector Focus: Here, number of companies doesn't necessarily equate to highest allocation. For example, 52 companies in Financials might have higher % of allocation than the 55 companies in Capital Goods.
So, take this sectoral data with pinch of salt
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1. You heard/read about few stocks giving insane returns 2. So, you start exploring names with friends, social media, TV channels and buy some 3. You get lucky with some and not so much with some and overall you mostly lost money or not made any
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4. So, you call stock market a casino and quit or you move to next step 5. You would realize that you were following wrong people or wrong handles or wrong processes, so you start making the adjustments 6. You start learning and from time to time you keep making mistakes
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7. You don't have much patience, you buy a stock at the peak or sell a stock at the bottom & continue the regret game 8. Then, you start understanding about valuations 9. Then, you make few more mistakes & learn that valuations isn't just about P/E & there are 10 other things
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This is probably 15-17 year old story and has a correlation to our ambition of becoming wealthy!
If you are just interested in reading a feel good story (which actually happened) or wanting to understand how its correlated to us making money out of stock market, read on!
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I lived in New Jersey and worked in New York for many years. New York is not only a city that never sleeps but also a city that's obsessed with sports. Being a sports fan, I instantly fell in love with that culture and stared following New York Yankees (Baseball).
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Probably, the glory is a bit lost now, but until few years ago, Yankees used to be what Manchester United to Football was. Both the clubs are now reeling in pain, but there was a time, when they were the most popular clubs on earth! It's matter of time b4 they shine again!
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Here are the top 10 performing MFs in Mid Cap space for the last 6 months.
Motilal Oswal Midcap
Kotak Emrgng Eqt
SBI Magnum Midcap
Sundaram Midcap Dir
HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities
ITI Mid Cap Dir
Edelweiss Mid Cap
Quant Mid Cap Dir
Union Midcap Dir
Nippon Ind Growth
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The top 5 allocated sectors include Financials, Capital Goods, Chemicals, Automobile & Services
Most popular stocks in Mid cap space:
Cholamandalam Investment-8
BEL-7
Max Financial-7
Schaeffler Ind-5
Indian Hotels-5
Federal Bank-5
Max Health-5
Persistent -5
Navin Fluor-5
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Financials: Most allocated companies
Cholamandalam Investment-8
Max Financial Services-7
The Federal Bank-5
AU Small Finance Bank-4
Sundaram Finance-3
Bank of Baroda-3
City Union Bank-3
Shriram Transport Finance Company-2
ICICI Bank-2
CreditAccess Grameen-2
Indian Bank-2
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