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Field Guide to Investing by Neeraj Marathe ( CFA Society India) Twitter: shuchi_nahar So here is the article that will definitely widen the thinking horizon before investing in stocks just by listening to markets. It's a compilation of my understanding from the webinar that I attended. The start of a new year is always one of the best times to review your investment strategy. We know what happened last year, but 2020 is a chapter waiting to be written. One thing we can count on is that 2020  won’t  be exactly like 2019.  That means no one would have ever thought that 2020 will bring all the unexpected to us. These are the times that were nightmares but anyhow the world is surviving. Staying without work, without income, far from families , pandemic, fire and so on but as its said every coin has two sides lets not forget the good ones. Unprecedented Times Never has the world been so connected. Never has the world come to halt. Never has there been such ...

Book Summary : The Most Important Thing - By Howard Marks Summary by: Shuchi. P. Nahar Brief Introduction about the Author- Howard Marks For twenty years Howard Marks has been educating investors with his “Memos from the Chairman,” and in writing The Most Important Thing, Marks drew from these memos to compile the most important lessons he has learned as an investor. That he is an outstanding investor goes without saying he is also a great teacher and a thoughtful author, and The Most Important Thing is a generous gift to all investors. In The Most Important Thing Illuminated, readers will benefit not only from Marks’s hard-earned wisdom, but also from the insights of three seasoned investors Christopher Davis, Joel Greenblatt, and Seth Klarman and a Columbia Business School adjunct professor, Paul Johnson. The Most Important Thing Illuminated continues the value investing community’s tradition of generously sharing its ideas, insights, and investment wisdom. What...

Understanding the details of Cashflow Shenanigans (Part-3) Shuchi. P. Nahar Link to Part-1:  https://myweekendspot.blogspot.com/2020/01/catch-trend-its-all-about.html Link to Part-2:  https://myweekendspot.blogspot.com/2020/01/checklist-to-understand-recording-of.html This blog is in the series of my previous three blogs. This blog will help an individual to understand the manipulation done in cash flow statement and help an investor to analyze the statements and be wary of cash flow shenanigans. With so many recent financial frauds going undetected, investors are increasingly questioning the value of the accrual-based figures shown on the Statement of Income. Time and time again, companies have duped investors by recording revenue too soon or hiding expenses. Some sophisticated investors claim that they realize that earnings can be manipulated and therefore put more faith in the “purer” cash flow from operations. While that’s certainly a step in the right direction, ...