When the US started spending heavily on its highways, it set off a cycle – the flywheel was spinning faster.

The economy of the US was booming.

It boomed so hard, it changed America entirely 🧵 The story dates back to 1919.

In 1919, Eisenhower feared a demotion.

World War 1 had just ended. Troops were returning home.

And he was in the USA – he had missed the chance to be posted abroad during the conflict.

Is HDFC Bank set for a comeback? After a rough patch post-merger, India's banking giant is showing signs of a rebound.

Let's break it down! 🧵 Since its merger with HDFC Ltd in July 2023, HDFC Bank's stock has struggled.

Concerns over slowing loan growth, high LDR, & NIM pressure weighed on investor sentiment.

Tata Group’s retail powerhouse, Trent Ltd, saw its return surge 12 times from Rs 687 in 2020 to an all-time high of Rs 8,345 in Oct 2024.

But since then, a 35% decline has left investors wondering if this is just a dip or a deeper concern.

Let’s break it down 🧵 Trent’s Q3FY25 results missed expectations - Investors expected a faster pace, leading to the stock’s decline

Thread: 372% returns and a pump and dump scheme

A shocking story with 372% returns in just 40 days!

This is the story of Pacheli Industrial Finance Limited 👇 The company’s revenue? Near ZERO.

Yet, their stock surged by 372% in just over a month.
Here’s how it happened:

Best-performing stocks in 2024 (Nifty 500)

KFin Technologies: 227.91%
Motilal Oswal Financial Services: 211.36%
Oracle Financial Services: 207.29%
Anant Raj: 186.16%
Kaynes Technology: 175.77%
Dixon Technologies: 175.69%
Hitachi Energy: 171.80%
PB Fintech: 165.30%
BSE: 139.00%
Amber Enterprises India: 134.00%
Cochin Shipyard: 132.40%
Aegis Logistics: 131.10%
Godfrey Phillips India: 128.50%
Netweb Technologies: 128.30%
Zomato: 128.10%

Check out the worst-performing stocks 👇 Worst-performing stocks in 2024 (Nifty 500)

Zee Entertainment Enterprises: -55.55%
Vodafone Idea: -51.56%
RBL Bank: -43.86%
CreditAccess Grameen: -43.05%
Honasa Consumer: -42.97%
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank: -41.04%
IndusInd Bank: -39.74%
Equitas Small Finance Bank: -39.34%
Tanla Platforms: -38.94%
RHI Magnesita India: -38.81%
Rajesh Exports: -33.33%
Aarti Industries: -36.87%
Balaji Amines: -34.65%
Bandhan Bank: -34.13%
Asian Paints: -32.75%

9:30 am, 1 Aug 2012.

Immediately after the markets opened, traders knew something was wrong.

The volume of trades seemed abnormally high.

Too many orders were being placed, but no one knew who was placing them 👇🧵 The order volume was large enough that some stocks’ prices started getting pushed up.

Traders wondered why it had not stopped.

In the world of high-speed trading, even 1 minute is an incredibly long time.

And yet these orders kept coming in.

What could a Trump presidency mean for Indian and global financial markets? 🤔

Check the views of @VivekBanka7 in this thread 🧵

#DonaldTrump One big risk that could get ebbed from the equation is global geopolitical risk!

Trump's victory could impact NATO's involvement in Ukraine 👇

"India’s market cap to GDP is at 140%, near 10 year high.

Amidst high PE and PB ratios, many market experts and fund managers are warning of stretched valuations."

🧵What should an investor do when the markets seem expensive? Check out the views of Neil Borate (@ActusDei)👇 The Nifty is up 27% in 1 year and 125% in the past 5 years.

Investors in mid and small caps are sitting on even bigger gains.

In 2020, BMW came up with a new idea.

An idea that would ensure they had more stable revenues.

BMW’s idea was criticized universally.

What was the idea? 👇 If you buy the higher variant of a car, it will have more features – that you paid for.

BMW’s idea was to charge a ‘subscription fee’ for some of the features.

When doctors did not wash hands 🧵👇 Bad ghosts cause illnesses.

That used to be an extremely common explanation for many centuries.

As science progressed, the blame shifted: illnesses may be caused by bad ghosts or by bad air.

[1] Fraud alert 🚨

SEBI has banned an influencer from the stock markets until further notice and ordered to deposit Rs 17.2 cr.

Here’s how he was fooling people! 🧵 [2] He created a website where he used to sell courses offering high returns in a short time span.

India's PSU banks transferred over Rs 35,000 crores worth of unclaimed deposits to the RBI 🤯

Did your grandparents leave you deposits which you might be unaware of or

You have unclaimed deposits but don't know how to claim them? 🤔

Check out this thread 🧵 According to RBI, balances in savings or current accounts which are not operated for 10 years, or term deposits not claimed within 10 years from the date of maturity are classified as unclaimed deposits.

In 2018, on an online forum, a gamer complained of hardware problems.

Gamers (people who play video games), are an incredibly passionate group of people.

They like their games – a lot.

In 2018, the gamer community was hit by an inconvenient obstacle.🧵 They weren’t able to buy graphics cards.

Graphics card – a computer component – is essential in making games’ graphics look real.

7 women borrowed ₹80 to build a papad business in 1959💰

Today, they’ve built a business worth ₹1,600 Crores🤯employing over 42,000 women

Here's the story of the meteoric rise of Lijjat Papad. A thread🧵👇 1. How did Lijjat Start?

👉Jaswantiben, along with her six friends, wanted to monetize their cooking skill

👉They took a loan of ₹80 from a member of the Servants of India Society

👉Took over a loss-making papad business and bought ingredients for papads

Some competitions are held to find the winner.

Some competitions are held simply as a formality. Everyone knows who the winner will be.

But they still hold the competition. Just to be able to say that everything was done in a fair manner.

Boeing 299 was one such plane. The first World War ended in 1918. But the tensions never went away. And as we know now, there was a second World War from 1939.

In 1903, the first plane was flown – the first ever plane.

Anjuna flea market.

Those who have been to Goa would have heard.

Every Wednesday, a large fair-like market is set up by various vendors selling everything from clothes, paintings, jewelry, earthenware, and even herbs and spices.

It’s quite a sight. 🧵 The word is that some great deals are possible – if you can bargain.

This flea market has a peculiar origin.

These days all sorts of people turn up here to sell items.

If buying a two-wheeler EV is on your wishlist, then buying it before 1st June 2023 might save you some money! 🛵

Why🤔? Because these vehicles are going to get costlier! 🤯

Wondering how and why? Here’s the answer🧵👇 The reason is reduction in FAME-II subsidy

👉How does this impact you?
👉What will be the reduction in your subsidies?
👉Why is government reducing the subsidy?

To know all this, read on👇

India currently has 16 Vande Bharat trains running on the track🚄

More than 400 are expected to be launched in the span of 3 years📈

But what makes the world's first semi-high-speed passenger train so special?🤔

Let’s explore 🧵👇 History of Vande Bharat

🔸The first Train 18 was inaugurated on February 15, 2019

🔸It ran between New Delhi-Varanasi and was given the green flag by PM Narendra Modi

🔸Its name got changed to Vande Bharat for embracing "Make In India"

In Aug 2021, Mahindra launched the XUV700.

From the day it was introduced, the car was a success.

For a car costing Rs 20 to 30 lakh for most models, the demand was crazy high.

Obviously, Mahindra was happy.

But they were also very stressed.🧵 The demand was there. The supply – that wasn’t there.

The car launched in the middle of the pandemic.

If you recall, in those days, there was a commonly spoken-of problem besides the pandemic – chip shortage.

In 2021, more than 51,030 phones were lost or stolen in Mumbai alone, but only 6.3% were recovered🔻

The thief can use your credit card information, OTPs to even wipe-off your bank account🤯

If your phone gets stolen, here's what to do🧵👇 About CEIR Website

🔸Launched by DoT with the collaboration of telecom partners and device makers

🔸Created a database of IMEI numbers in India

🔸Available across all states & UTs in India

🔸CEIR helps mobile owners block their phones and blacklist their sims remotely

‘Magic of compounding’ – sounds so boring.

Why?

Everyone in the finance industry repeats it – repeatedly.

To make things even more repetitive, in our age of social media, it gets repeated that much more often.

It almost goes from being boring to annoying. 🧵 Peter Lynch is famous for saying, “everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it”.

He is also famous for advocating that investors invest only in companies that they understand.