Thoughts on Investing
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[Video] Presentation on Wind Energy Revival & Proxies for Investors
Presentation by Jatin Khemani, Founder & CEO, Stalwart Advisors on Wind Energy Revival & Proxies Presentation (Video): Notes to Video: 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Wind Energy – Journey 01:20 FY18 Regime Change 05:30 Old Regime Vs New 09:15 Coal Vs Solar Vs Wind 10:00 Visibility for FY19 12:50 India’s Energy Target 2022 14:20 Key Concerns 18:40 Q4FY18 […]
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Investing Mantra for Large-Caps – Go Contrarian (Case Study)
Until a few years ago, there were 100s of hidden gems/emerging companies available at throw-away valuation, however, since the beginning of this bull market in mid-2013, all those low hanging fruits got slowly taken out. As always pendulum did not stop in the center rather went to other extreme re-rating emerging companies to astronomical levels […]
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[Video] Thematic Research on Pollution & Actionable Investment Ideas
Presentation made by Jatin Khemani, Founder of Stalwart Advisors, during a conference organized by ‘Strictly Invest’ a group of around 150 passionate investors on 13th January 2018 in Mumbai’s Orchid Hotel. Presentation (Video): Notes to Video: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Sneak peek in 2030 04:20 Pollution – A silent killer 05:40 Environmental Kuznets Curve 07:40 Sources […]
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‘Growth Investing’ Vs ‘Growth Revival’ – Which style to follow?
Style 1: Growth Investing Growth stocks are companies which are consistently and predictably growing at supernormal rates and given the visibility in their earnings trajectory, the market keeps re-rating them to levels which look obscenely high when one looks at price-earnings multiple of trailing twelve months. But proponents of this approach chose to ignore trailing […]
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How we caught & dropped a 5-bagger – Story of AGL
Ceramic Tiles is one space which we have been tracking for many years now. In the past, we have misjudged the potential of branded players and missed some multi-baggers like Kajaria Ceramics and Somany. (blog post from 2013) During 2015, we studied a company called ‘Asian Granito’. With Rs 850 Cr. in annual sales AGL […]
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Gillette’s Eroding Moat & Key Lessons
Back in 2013, I had written a post on Gillette discussing the likely challenges it is going to face in growing its business. A business with such headwinds trading at 80 times earnings should have gone only one way- down. That’s a different thing the stock has actually more than doubled given the exuberance in markets. […]
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Why we prefer ‘First-Generation Owner-Operator with Skin-in-the-game’?
We often say while talking about our investment philosophy that we prefer companies which are led by ‘First generation, owner-operator with skin-in-the-game’. Why do we have such a preference? A company is called to be owner-operated when it is led by the promoter(s) who own the majority stake in the company. It is said to […]
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Should you invest in IPOs?
There are two kinds of Initial Public Offering (IPO) – 1). Fresh Issue where new shares are issued and money raised goes to the company which can be used for growth or retire debt and 2). Offer for Sale where existing investors (promoters and private equity) sell their shares and money goes to them rather […]
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[Memo] A Note from CEO – View on Current Markets & Portfolio Strategy
Following is a copy of memo shared with Stalwart’s clients during August 2017 – Markets were rallying one way up since the start of 2017 and many began to believe there’s really nothing that can stop this rally amidst so much liquidity and no alternate opportunity for deployment. Then happened the least expected regulation twist during […]
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[Memo] Penny-wise & pound-foolish – how brokers dupe investors?
Following is a copy of recent memo shared with Stalwart’s clients – It is unfortunate that despite such strict regulations and risk management by SEBI and Exchanges, in a recent case a Delhi-based broker could pledge his clients’ securities worth Rs 55 Cr., borrow money, divert funds for trading/personal use and eventually default. The investors are […]