Result: Value Investing Contest 2020
Late last month, I had announced the 2020 edition of Safal Niveshak's Value Investing Contest, inviting participants to send SELL or AVOID reports on listed Indian companies of their choice. I received around forty reports, and to say the least, this was the most difficult contest for me to judge given the good quality analysis sent by almost …
Lesson in Valuation from a 2200-Year-Old Greek Mathematician
By the fifth century BC, the Greeks had firmly established that the earth was a sphere. Although they knew it was a sphere, they did not know how big the sphere was. The philosopher Plato (400 BC) declared the earth's circumference to be 64,412 km. Some 150 years later, the mathematician Archimedes estimated it to be 48,309 km. It is not …
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The Easier Money Has Been Made
Update: Admission to the 12th batch of my premium, online course in Value Investing – Mastermind - is now open, and will remain so till tomorrow, 20th October. Click here to subscribe at a special discount. * * * We have seen some dramatic market action over the last eight months. An eleven-year bull market turned into a bear market in less …
I Have Seen Tomorrow
Update: Admission to the 12th batch of my premium, online course in Value Investing – Mastermind - is now open, and will remain so till 20th October. Click here to subscribe at a special discount. * * * Just last night, as I was watching (maybe, for the twentieth time) the animated adventure comedy film ‘The Croods’ with my kids, I got …
Beware of Stockbrokers
First things first. I have two friends who are stockbrokers. Both are kind and hard-working people. Both take good care of their families. Most important, both would happily hide me when required. In short, they are good people whom I love being friends with and love talking to… …except Monday to Friday, 9.15 AM to 3.30 PM IST. Reason? …
Value Investing Contest 2020
Here’s your chance to showcase your devil's advocate skills to the Safal Niveshak tribe, help others understand what can permanently lose them their capital, and in the process win a prize if your entry gets chosen amongst the best. Contest Rules Write a max. 1200 words SELL or AVOID report on a listed Indian company of your choice (BUY …
The Fault, Dear Investor, is Not in Your Investments, But in You
Consider these statistics. The average commercial aircraft flies at an altitude of thirty-five thousand feet. The average passenger in a commercial aircraft flies at an altitude of twenty thousand feet. …
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A 2000-Year-Old Technique for Weathering Life’s Storms
In ancient Greece and Rome, many prominent thinkers subscribed to a philosophy called Stoicism. As part of this philosophy, they practiced a thought exercise called premeditatio malorum, which means premeditation of evils. It simply means taking a moment to think through everything that could go wrong with a particular plan. It means visualizing …
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Dear Mr. Buffett
This is a Warren Buffett birthday post, and like all birthday wishes, I will not take long. This message will never reach Mr. Buffett, but I silently hope the thoughts form some kind of waves and time-travel to reach him before he celebrates his 100th birthday. * * * Dear Mr. Buffett, Happy birthday to you (it’s still 30th August, 11.29 PM in …
A Value Investor’s Lesson on Valuing People
Here is your weekly Saturday newsletter, where I share the latest updates from the site, an idea worth thinking about, few stories you shouldn't miss, and a question for you. Let's get started. On SN This Week When You Become a Millionaire …
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