These days, common questions are “How long will the correction last?“, or, “Is it the bottom?“ I think nobody knows. All we know is, it’s been a decent correction and instead of trying to time your purchase, spread your purchase over the next 12 months. What’s good though is that Promoters/Insiders of many companies where the stocks are down 40-50% from the top have started buying from the open market. Legendary investor Peter Lynch once said: ‘Insiders might sell their shares for…

If you enjoy your beer, you might be interested in reading about Som Distilleries Breweries which commands the highest market share in the Beer segment in the state of Madhya Pradesh. In Aug’23, the company had allotted 1,28,75,000 convertible warrants at an issue price of Rs 110/- per warrant. Out of the same, 1,21,25,000 warrants were allotted to Promoters and only some 24 lakh warrants are pending conversion by the promoters. Below, we have shared notes from the Q3 FY 25 concall to understand the company better.  …

Markets are down around 20% from top and many stocks and sectors are offering good value from a perspective of 3-4 years. To ensure that the beaten down stocks you buy today, do well in the long term, you could look at what the Promoters/Insiders of such companies are doing and whether they themselves are increasing stake or not. The idea is to buy stocks which will bounce back like tennis balls and not splatter like eggs. The question is – How…

Today was a brutal day for the investors with small and mid cap indices down around 3-4%. Unfortunately, that’s how markets move. You don’t get 12-25% CAGR or more over longer term without such down days. In fact, in most cases, investors can earn decent money over longer term (7-8 years cycle), unless you invest around peak and don’t wait for the next major bull run. Question is what to do on such days? I think it’s important to not panic and remain focused…

In Feb’24 we had recommended Pokarna (NSE – POKARNA) to Alpha/Alpha + members. It is one of the largest exporters of Quartz surfaces from India.   The detailed Feb’24 initiation report on Pokarna can be read at the following link (free access, no login required) – Click HERE This mail is just to share an update that yesterday, we closed the coverage on the stock. The reasons for coverage closure are as follows.   Update: On 18th Jan’25, we released a new stock recommendation under “Insider Bets“ subscription which…

I was recently looking at Bajaj Steel Industries. The stock came in our radar as the Promoter bought shares worth Rs 4 crore in Feb’24 around 300 odd levels. While digging deeper in the company, I found some interesting details regarding actions taken by the promoters in Jul’20 and will share details below to understand how can one screen for stocks which may end up performing well in future. Investing is probabilistic and the idea is to invest in stocks where the probability…