I have been asked this Q a lot
So answering here for benefit of all

1. I am no expert in managing time, just got better at it after years of practising, still lots to learn

2. 24 hr is a lot of time
Track each hr of your time for a week and you will see how much of it is wasted

It's the weekend!

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

1. What are Valuation Ratios?
2. What ratio should be used when?
3. Why one standard ratio like a PE doesn't work all the time?

Lets dive right in.

Valuation Ratios are a subset of ratios within the broader family of Ratio Analysis.

It is in this segment of Ratio Analysis, that you will find ratios like Price to Earnings, Price to Book, Price to Cash Flow, Price to Sales and many more.

Together these ratios help an investor understand if a company is valued cheap or expensive.

A novice investor tends to use Price to Earnings (PE) for everything - yet it is only one of the many ratios that should be used to judge the current valuation of a company.

Read all these books in the first half of 2021 📖📚

Recommending all of them 👇🏼

Billion Dollar Whale is a fascinating story about how one mastermind was able to rob billions of dollars from Malaysian Sovereign Fund and use that money to finance everything from parties with Paris Hilton to the movie Wolf of Wall Street.

Thrilling and Insightful 💰

Joys of Compounding by @Gautam__Baid teaches you various aspects of the magic that is compounding.

From finance to more importantly how compounding lessons in life play an important role.

This one has both lessons in life and investing packed into one.

Highly recommended 🌱

In The Plex give you an inside view on how one of the greatest companies in the world - Google, works.

Steven Levy is one of my favourite authors 🔍

If you're a fan of history and geopolitics then this one is for you.

The Rise and Fall of Nations by Ruchir Sharma has to be one of the best books written on global political landscape and the rules that govern them today. 🌇

Whenever I am bored, I just go watch Alpha Series on @IIC_Conference
Learn something new everytime.

Watching @tusharbohra present on API industry
https://t.co/WYr2DIpVfD

Highly recommended.

It's the weekend!
Grab a cup of coffee, in this thread I will explain

1. What are ETFs?
2. How are they different from Mutual Funds?
3. What are factors to consider while investing in ETFs?

Lets dive right in.

ETFs stand for Exchange Traded Funds

The easiest way to understand them is to think of them as Mutual Funds that are traded on the exchange just like stocks.

(technically, ETFs are nothing like Mutual Funds)

ETFs are structured as pools of investment that are inclined to

a. lower the fees associated with investment
b. shift the bulk load of fees to frequent traders of the ETF than holders
c. allow investors to invest in diverse set of securities / asset classes easily

ETFs originated after the stock market crash of 1987 in US

'Passive Investing' was the new shiny thing and investors wanted a low cost way to invest in the index without any manager actively managing their investments

Enter Nate Most

Nate Most is known as the father of ETFs
A physicist by training, Nate got the idea of ETF from warehouse receipts

My System for momentum trading🧵:

1. Stock Identification:

Daily and Weekly Delivery Analysis using @mystockedge
Theme Confirmation using Internet and Network

2. Stock Confirmation:

Relative Strength of a stock visavis market using RS55 model listed in @mystockedge

1/n

3. Stock Participation:

Only when chart showing short term breakout along with RS55>0 and RSI>50. I am ready to leave some initial movements.

4. Position buildup:

Every time the stock gives a breakout from the previous swing high add more position and go all-in.

2/n

5. Stock Exit:

I run two portfolios: Short term Swing and Long term Swing.

For Exit in Short term swings, I use a 2hourly Chart with super trend and RS. I am using @tradingview for the same.

For long term swing, I exit when the RS of the stock goes below 0. Period.

n/n

This is in response to the question by @unseenvalue

If I had to buy 1 stock today, anywhere in the world, no avg. up or down, 5 year holding period (I will make that as 10 year for thesis to play out)

Since I track mainly Indian equities, restricting the choice to this space

Few points to look for
1. Strong macro tailwind rather than headwind, huge growth runway for company/segment. It can't be in a niche space & demand must not be easily substitutable
2. Strong Biz Model, high growth curve (15%+ over the period), strong ROE profile (hurdle rate 20%)

3. Low or no leverage, efficient capital allocation, (read minimal or zero fresh dilution requirements), strong cash flows and correspondingly high dividend payout ratios (consistent dividend history) and finally strong moat and with limited regulatory involvement / no reg issues

4. Promoter quality and intention must be beyond reproach, proven management with skin in the game
5. Capability to manage disruption, and if possible to even profit from it. If you can't be disrupted easily, you will eventually adapt your game to gain scale

6. There must be a possibility of non-linear growth if the scale-up hypothesis gets proven right. It's like an FD with low fixed return plus significant upside optionality. Multiple revenue streams / margin levers / IP that can provide non linearity in growth

** MEGA THREAD ON INVESTING **

I was thinking about what kind of resources I'd want to have if someone has to start learning investing right now, the ones I wish I had two three years back.

This thread is a compilation of the best resources I have come across. 👇👇👇

Let's start with ** BOOKS **

1) The Intelligent Investor - Ben Graham :

Classic book, suggested by investors all over the world. Start with this book.

2) One up on Wall Street

Peter Lynch covers his strategies to find 10 baggers, and describes how an average Joe can do as well as the pros with simple methods and rock solid discipline and consistency backing it.

3) Common Stocks Uncommon Profits

This is a Phil Fisher classic.

It's on the other end of the spectrum as the book dives into a deep qualitative approach in value investing rather than being fully quantitative like Ben Graham's.

4) Security Analysis

Another book by Ben Graham that dives deep into analysing and understanding the valuations of any company you pick up to study.

Often good #stocks make long term bottom near 61.8% pullback of last major rally
#TECHM had fallen from 1800+ levels to sub 1000 level
In weekly chart if it can defend 990-1000 it can resume its long term upmove
Weekly RSI entered above 30
#Nifty
Not trading call, academic post