small cap – Katalyst Wealth

HDFC: 14% in 5 years. Small-cap: 200%. Which would you hold?

April 9, 2026

Investment paradox I’m observing: HDFC Bank: 14% returns (5 years) Infosys: 0% returns (5 years)…excluding dividends. Investors hold these comfortably. Small-cap that delivers 200% net return (after – 40% drawdown first): Same investors panic-sell at the bottom. Why? It’s not about returns. It’s about emotional comfort. Let me share with you The Psychology of “Comfortable Underperformance”. Before that: Help us grow: If our research adds value to your investing process, we’d appreciate you spreading the word about Katalyst Wealth to friends, family, or colleagues who…

Report released: New stock recommendation for Alpha/Alpha + members on 9th Oct’25

October 10, 2025

Update – Yesterday, 9th Oct’25, post market hours, we released a new stock recommendation for (opens in new tab)Alpha and Alpha + members. The stock recommended by us is: Less than 5,000 crore market cap Related to Protective Gears segment and experiencing strong sector tailwinds domestically Company has spent ~ Rs 200 crore in last 3 years on capacity expansion and becoming future ready for rapid growth Management is targeting doubling of sales in 3 years The company has almost 0 long…

We largely invest in Small and Mid Cap Stocks…and have our reasons for the same !!

April 18, 2021

Dear Investor,Let me share with you an interesting snippet from the book ‘One up on Wall Street’ by the legendary investor Peter Lynch.He says that during his time in the market he noticed that fund managers usually refrained from investing in unknown stocks. The key reason he identified for this was that when a fund manager wanted to invest in a computer business and he/she chose a name unheard of and the stock did not work well, then the entire…

Do you know there are sectors trading at NIFTY equivalent of 5000…Good time to hunt?

May 16, 2020

Dear Sir, Hope you are doing well and staying safe. Recently, we came across an important piece of data on the bounce back in under-performing or beaten down sectors and we believe it can be really helpful for you as an investor. We all like to buy stocks/sectors that have done well recently; however, as value investors it’s important to not get trapped at high valuations because the draw-downs can be huge and the wait for getting even the principal…