Most people look for great companies.
Few look for great setups.
The real money is made when 3 things come together:
1. Cheap valuation
2. Visible future growth trigger
3. Contrarian positioning
Example: Real estate (2018–2020)
Dead sector
RERA consolidation
demand shift to organized players
Earnings came back.
Stocks followed
Very few people know this:
In 2007, roughly 800 brokers of the BSE each received 10000 shares in a newly incorporated company called BSE limited.
Today that individual stake is worth 250 Crore, if retained.
Valuation rerating is the engine.
Earning growth is oil.
It is the rerating that decides the multi beggar.
Earning growth is just the push.
People focus in reverse order.
First comes IPO..,mostly OFS..
After some time a QIP..,,
Then another try for QIP...
QIP failed this time...
Then price tanks...
Same script.. company different
Today's headline: Hcl tech bought 10% stake in Sarvam AI.
Imagine the impact on Indian IT sector and stock market if these headlines had appeared 2-3 years back.
Vision is a trillion dollar thing these days
One of best time to buy-
When price is down due to temporary problems...
Those who follow this, take every fall as opportunity...
Banking vs IT..
Which one is temporary?
Humans don't have divine powers.
But some seem to- investment bankers
After all, who else can list a company at price to sales ratio of more than 100.
SpaceX
The first question every investor should ask themselves is:
Why should i expect to earn decent return when majority of people struggle in the market?
What is my edge?
If you can not answer. You are also part of that majority.
Times like Covid and Great financial crisis bring distress and disbelief all around. It often feels things will never improve.
But our job as investor is simple: buy good assets at discounts and nothing else.
Howard Marks
If you want 100 beggar- focus on promoter
If you want 10 beggar - focus on cycle
If you want 100% - focus on macroeconomics
If you want 10%- focus on charts
If you want 1% - focus on price action
Choice is yours.
Why Global funds are not interested in India:
We are not cheap enough for value funds
We are not growing enough for growth funds.
We were never cheap except some narrow time- window but were certainly growing faster in past.
When everybody is on the board,
It is very tough for any ship to sail fast
HDFC bank is that ship these days.
Being contrarian is not a choice but necessity.
Silver is not a safe haven anymore.
What looks like protection may actually be a trap for new investors.
Current prices depend heavily on geopolitical fear.
One good news of global stability and silver could crash overnight.
Meanwhile, supply is rising as zinc & base-metal mines extract more silver.
Silver is sending a very clear signal.
When an underlying commodity starts moving 5–10% daily in either direction, speculation has reached extreme levels.
At this stage, fundamentals take a back seat — price is driven purely by positioning and sentiment.