“It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.”Warren Buffet Invesco bought a 11% stake in Zee in August 2019 at Rs 400 –…
A case of Tail wagging the Dog. You always have a choice between Dmart and Reliance Power. Recently Nithin Kamath CEO of Zerodha has tweeted the reason to Not IPO…
While, I have stopped actively looking at Zee entertainment and have not followed its results in detail. I have been pulled back by a number of messages seeking my opinion…
I would have not given more than 5 interviews in my life for a Job after campus. The first interview was with Shilpa Krishnan – analyst at Kotak securities. Second…
(Only for Laughs ) One of the many successful attributes of successful promoters has been their focus on cost control. Azim Premji has been known to own a preowned Mercedes…
Incredible lessons from India most successful digital entrepreneurs by Sidharth Rao A fascinating and must-read book for people who want to get a synopsis of start-ups of India. The…
In Q3 FY21 concall of zee entertainment, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala had a disagreement with mgmt about them being conservative about ad growth forecast. I have tracked and covered Zee entertainment stock…
Reading stock prices for Better returns Michael and Alfred Rappaport in the book provide intricate details of how to understand the mispricing of stocks from looking at the best indicator…
Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha, made a few innocuous-looking tweets yesterday which should send the entire broking industry, promoters, and investment bankers into some soul searching. I had…
Credit suisse to reveal losses from Archegos ; estimate $7.5 bn losses. ( Article) If any of you have ever played live poker with me, you are bound to hear…
The Management Pet: Always starts with “Great quarter guys!” and is always first to ask. . The analyst wants to show everybody that he is the most experienced analyst with…
How Great leaders inspire everyone to take action. I would recommend people to watch the Ted talk ( Link here) which became famous of Simon Sinek on the same topic.…
Techno Fundamental FM: I agree with your structural fundamental story - charts are also showing accumulation and break out. Pseudo Long term FM: This is a structural story that will…
Lessons in creative leadership from the CEO of Walt Disney company The book reads like an autobiography of Robert Iger – one of the most successful CEOs in the world. …
Deepak Dhayanithy in his book “Strategy Huddle” talks about a very interesting event to understand behavioral strategy . This is about Andre Agassi telling the world how he had an…
A book by Ben Horowitz. I heard it is so popular among Venture capitalists, that they refuse to fund a startup until the founders have read this book. When a…
No one in Mumbai can be a trader/investor until and unless he has traveled in the local trains where the wisdom of years of trading are available for free by…
An Investment classic published in 1852. People like crowds. The bigger the crowd, the more people show up. Small crowd, hardly anybody shows up. -Gallagher With Gamestop, Tesla, and Bitcoin…
A Story of Indian stock market by Santosh Nair I had an induction course at my MBA Campus and a 2-day induction session at my first job at SBI capital…
A satirical note. Please dont try to invest in them. U-turnCoin - This is a negative cryptocurrency. All political leaders are given 100 coins by the election commission. As soon…
By Donald Keough – A Coco-cola executive and with foreword from Warren buffet. This book immediately jumps into the best books on business in my list and simply put not…
Twelve classic tales from the world of wall street. The bizarre move in Gamestop stock last week prompted me to read this book especially to understand a similar stock cornering…
An Autobiography of Anupam Kher. The first time I watched Anupam Kher on screen was in the Movie Karma – the Multi starrer and I would repeatedly as a kid…
“It is easy to get anything done in India provided you know whom to contact with how much money.” I had heard Josy Joseph on TedxGateway in 2016 and his…
An Authorized Biography of the very private man Azim Premji. They are 4 business leaders who have influenced me a lot Narayan Murthy, Azim Premji, Bill Gates and Steve…
Why I feel very wealthy and successful after reading this book and hopefully stay. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a very interesting read and a must recommend…
Q1 FY21 results of Zee entertainment was an exercise by management in trying to shore up investor confidence in governance and give some straws of hope to the few bullish…
ZEEL a 15k crore market cap made provisions/write offs of Rs 1500cr of write off and claims in a qtr!!! . A company whose promoters who have lost almost all…
Elcid Investments is a listed entity on BSE with a Market cap of mere 18 lakhs. However, the company is an investing company and owns 4.3% or 4.06 lakhs shares…
In 2011 cricket world cup, India had entered the Quarter finals in World cup and I fancied a chance of India reaching the finals to be played on Wankhede. I…
-Co-authored with Vidish Mantri The northern lights have always fascinated me and I with my nephew decided to travel to Norway this winter (Jan 2020) for the experience. To increase…
Today marks 1-year of me quitting the corporate rat-race and doing away with the addiction of a salary. The idea behind this was to now spend more time in…
Being stuck in Poker or Investing means that you are currently losing money. In poker, this could refer to your current session or this could refer to your cumulative results…
Years ago investor Mohnish Pabrai lost big on an investment in a troubled lender called Delta Financial. Soon after he did an interview with SmartMoney magazine: SmartMoney: How do you…
Zee stake sale of upto 50% of promoters holding is likely to be concluded soon as per promoter’s statements in investor concall and on an interview with CNBC. https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/business/zee-entertainment-stake-sale-to-conclude-by-early-july-says-ceo-punit-goenka-3489961.htm Also,…
Rs.10K reward for anyone who can help me icici direct FNO working (problem 3). Disclaimer: I have been an employee of ICICI Securities and retired from their after 12 years…