Underrated but recommended.
Worth Re-reading. #books

~ Atomic Habits.
~ Megatrends.
~ The psychology of money.
~ Stocks to riches.

7 takeaways from 7 of the best books on stock market ever written.

~ One up on wallstreet.
~ Common stocks uncommon profits.
~ Poor charlie's almanack.
~ The intelligent investor.
~ Security analysis.
~ The most important thing.
~ The snowball.

One up on wall street by Peter Lynch.

1) Know what you own, and know why you own it.

2) Selling your winners and holding your losers is like cutting the flowers and watering the weeds.

3) Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you handle.

4) In dieting and in stocks, it is the gut and not the head that determines the results.

5) Remember, things are never clear until it's too late.

6) Big companies have small moves, small companies have big moves.

7) When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.

Common stocks uncommon profits by Philip Fisher.

1) If the job has been correctly done when a common stock is purchased, the time to sell it is - almost never.

2) Usually a very long list of securities is not a sign of the brilliant investor, but of one who is unsure of himself

3) Take extreme care to own not the most, but the best.

4) Don’t be Influenced by What Doesn’t Matter.

5) In the field of common stocks, a little bit of a great many can never be more than a poor substitute for a few of the outstanding.

Strong Monopolies:
(Updated List)

IRCTC 100% market share in rail network.

HAL 100% market share in its segment.

IEX >90% market share in power trading.

Zydus wellness >90% market share in sugar free product.

Eicher motors >85% market share in more than 250cc bikes category.

Wabco >85% market share in braking systems. (Medium & Heavy vehicles)

MCX >85% market share in commodity trading.

Coal India >80% market share in coal production in India.

ITC >75% market share in cigarettes.

Honda Siel >75% in portable power generators.

Hindustan Zinc >75% market share in primary zinc industry

Asahi India Glass >70% market share in automotive glass.

NRB Bearings >70% market share in needle roller bearings

Suprajit Engineering >70% market share in Cables 2W

Greaves cotton >70% market share in Diesel Engine 3W

Garware technical fibres >65% market share in fishing nets.

Pidilite >65% market share in adhesives

Jamna Auto >65% market share in Leaf Spring

CAMS >65% market share in RTA within mutual fund industry.

Time Technoplast >65% market share in polymer based industrial packaging.

Concor >65% market share in domestic container cargo transport.

Exide >60% market share in lead batteries.

Naukri >60% market share in the Indian job market space.

Praj >60% market share in ethanol plant installing.

ACE >60% market share in Mobile & Tower Cranes segment.

Strong Monopolies:

IRCTC 100% Market share in Rail Network.

IEX >90% market share in power trading.

Zydus wellness >90% market share in sugar free product.

Eicher motors >85% market share in 250cc bikes category.

MCX >85% market share in commodity trading.

Coal India >80% market share in coal production in India.

ITC >75% market share in cigarettes.

Honda Siel >75% in portable power generators.

Hindustan Zinc >75% market share in primary zinc industry.

Asahi India Glass >70% market share in automotive glass.

NRB Bearings >70% market share in needle roller bearings.

Pidilite >65% market share in adhesives.

CAMS >65% market share in RTA within mutual fund industry.

Time Technoplast >65% market share in polymer based industrial packaging.

Concor >65% market share in domestic container cargo transport.

Exide >60% market share in lead batteries.

Naukri >60% market share in the Indian job market space.

Praj >60% market share in ethanol plant installing.

Indiamart Intermesh >55% market share in the online B2B Classified space.

Borosil Renewables >55% market share in Lab glass.

Vst Tillers >50% market share in
Power tillers.

Delta corp >50% in online poker games.

Vinati Organics >50% market share in IBB.

2021 - Year End Mega-Thread.

List of Books. Subscriptions. Newsletters. Websites. Stock Picking Patterns. Fund Managers, Businesses I Invested heavily, etc.

Books i love to re-read irrespective of market cycles:

1) The Snowball.
(compounding)
2) You can be a stock market genius.
(Special situation)
3) The Little book that builds wealth.
(Moats)
4) Margin of Safety.
(Valuation)
5) Black Swan.
(High Improbable Events)

6) Zebra in the lion country.
(Smallcap investing)
7) The investment checklist.
(Imp of checklist)
8) Value Migration.
(Mega Shifts in business landscape)
9) The Outsiders.
(Capital Allocation)
10) Megatrends.
(Trends of new world)
11) Poor Charlie's Almanack.
(Mental Models)

Books on Indian Investing:

1) Masterclass with Super Investors.
(Collection of India's best stock market investors)
2) Bulls Bears & other Beasts.
(Brief history of Indian stock market)
3) India's Money Monarchs.
(Collection of India's best stock market veterans)

Reading Material from Global Investors:

1) BRK Annual Meetings Transcripts & Letters to shareholders.
2) Prem Watsa's Newsletters.
3) Howard Marks Memos.
4) LiLu Himalaya Capital.
5) Jeff Bezos Amazon.
6) Nomad Investment & Terry Smith's Newsletters. (Recently started reading)

Thread on "The Final Checklist"
by Peter Lynch.

~ Ideas can come from anywhere - Peter Lynch.

~ If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some - Peter Lynch.

~ All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the stocks that don’t work out - Peter Lynch.

~ Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies - Peter Lynch.

Picked up these 2 books from the bookstore couple of days back...

Did not think much of it.

But as I stated reading them, both have been absolutely delightful..

No wonder I am tweeting this so late while enjoying these books..

Will be immersed in them for the next few days.

https://t.co/uag3BwHMkj

A lot of people asking me about books, here the names of some books may be useful for you..