Shuchi Nahar's Weekend Blog!

How to stay calm ,when markets are not?        Shuchi.P.Nahar Introduction: The stock market volatility has radically increased in recent days and economies are currently passing through a tumultuous period has reflected in all  financial markets and asset classes. The global economic slowdown created a lot of worries in the capital or equity and property market. Business organizations around the world have been affected by volatility in the stock and property markets. In India, fluctuations in the currency market can obstruct the stability in the equity market and hence stock market volatility shoots up. The study of volatility is therefore very important in an emerging market nation like India. Nifty volatility index is also called as India VIX which is treated as India’s volatility Index and is taken as an important indicator of market expectations of near-term volatility. Sometimes investing can feel like flying through a thunderstorm. Lots of bumps and noise. Hard

Summary: The Little Book That Builds Wealth Shuchi.P.Nahar Warren Buffett mentions moats all the time in his talks and writings and emphasizes the importance of finding a company with moats.   It remains one of the more concise and enlightening books for investors looking for great businesses that stand the test of time - historically, the kind of investments that return their worth many times over. The Little Book That Builds Wealth is the fifth book in the Little Books series from Wiley Publishing, each of which focuses in on describing a particular investing strategy in layman’s terms. This time around, the focus is on competitive advantage, or “moats” – the basic idea that Warren Buffett uses when investing.  Chapter One – Economic Moats The book opens by defining the concept of a moat. In a nutshell, a moat is a significant competitive advantage that one company has over another. The great example used in this chapter is McDonalds – in 2002 and 2003, M

Weekend BLOG 4                                                                                                      Shuchi.P.Nahar Disclaimer: So in this blog I have tried to summarize my learning from various research reports justifying the road map for pharma companies in India. All credits to content writers and various reports that are worth reading to have an extra-ordinary idea about pharma sector growth and expansion ahead. Pharma Sector Growth Ahead-2020 The Indian pharmaceuticals market has characteristics that make it unique.  First, branded generics dominate, making up for 70 to 80 per cent of the retail market.  Second, local players have enjoyed a dominant position driven by formulation development capabilities and early investments.  Third, price levels are low, driven by intense competition.  While India ranks 10th globally in terms of value, it is ranked 3rd in volumes. These characteristics present their own opportunities and challenges. An expanding

Blog 3 Shuchi. P. Nahar Need of behavioral finance in today's market scenario..  As discussed in the previous blog , this blog is in continuation and this will help an individual, industry veteran and beginners to understand the roots of finance , depth of instincts and biases.  https://myweekendspot.blogspot.com/2019/11/is-long-term-investing-possible-in.html?m=1 Link to previous blog for detail understanding.  Behavioral finance came about as a way to explain in a rational way the irrational behavior of markets and investors or, as one acclaimed economist put it, finance from a broader social science perspective including psychology and sociology. Behavioral Finance seeks to account for this behavior, and covers the rationality or otherwise of people making financial investment decisions.  Understanding Behavioral Finance helps us to avoid emotion-driven speculation leading to losses, and thus devise an appropriate  wealth management  strategy . Investo