It's the weekend!

Grab a cup of coffee, in this thread I will explain

1. How to do Industry Research?
2. How to research a Company from scratch?
3. How to determine Margin of Safety and build an Investment Case?

Lets dive right in.

The most frequent question I get asked is - How should I research an industry or a trend?

A good question indeed and my answer to this is simple.

Read, Read and then Read some more.

The more knowledge you consume, the better you will be able to identify and link trends across industries.

But reading doesn't mean you need to pick a newspaper or start reading random articles over the internet.

Your reading and research needs to be structured.

This is where technology comes in to help and make our lives easier.

Today, algorithms run our world and decide what data you consume.

Be it Instagram posts, TikTok reels or YouTube videos.

So learn to trick these algorithms and use them to your advantage.

Saw a few posts where #LaurusLabs is being floated as 100x candidate from here.

That would mean it would need a market cap of 35 lakh crore+ ($466 Billion) to achieve that goal.

Not going to happen.

Most optimistic goal is a 3 lakh cr market cap ($40 Billion) in next 10 yrs.

Don't fall for accounts selling you false hope
Apply some common sense

Folks who bought Laurus at its lowest of Rs 52 per share may (Big May) see a 100 bagger, entering now will not

Laurus is my largest position, so this is not a criticism, just setting realistic expectations

It's the weekend!

Grab a cup of coffee, in this thread we will explore

1. What is risk management?
2. What is position sizing?
3. How to apply both these concepts to reduce volatility and drawdowns in your portfolio?

Lets dive right in.

What does losing $20 Billion in 24 hours and A Bank being sold for less than $1, have in common?

The answer is Risk Management.

Through this thread we will explore 2 stories - Stories that will teach us the importance of risk management and position sizing in a portfolio.

These stories will show you that no matter

How Rich You Are
How Respected You Are
How Educated You Are

Improper risk management will blow up your portfolio and most likely bankrupt you.

Our first story is the story of Bill Hwang and the saga of Archegos Capital Management.

Corrected my mistake today, bought #Mastek

First identified it at 1100, by the time I finished researching it went to 1800 Thought will wait and invest at pull back. Soon it was at 2800+

Bought today at 2375
15% of PF

This is pretty much all there is to valuations 👇🏼 I personally follow this same process.

(Excuse the handwriting, rough notes from CFA L2 Equity Valuations)