Investing is hard 🤔

#DoorDash Results (TTM)

GOV $ 70 BN (QoQ 21%)
Revenue $ 9 BN
Adj EBIDTA $1.3 BN
Mkt Cap - $52 BN
$DASH down 15%

Meanwhile #Zomato in India

GOV - $ 5 BN (QoQ 27%)
Revenue - $ 1.4 BN
Adj EBIDTA 0.0003 BN
It’s profitable. Yeah!
Mkt Cap - $ 21 BN 😱

A master class on how NOT to answer live interviews after a bad quarter.

#Starbucks CEO speaks more like a consultant (ex MxKinsey) than a hands on CEO. Keeps repeating “deliver value”.

Co misled investors on guidance

Jim Cramer shows how interviewing on #CNBC should be 👏

Time for another 'I told you so'.
Posted only when I'm right 🙂

My Dec 7th - 2023 OpEd for Economic Times where I argued 3 reasons why inflation will be sticky & Fed would need to be very cautious in dropping rates. Higher for longer is here.

RBI list for “Serious deficiencies and non compliance” at #kotakbank includes almost everything under tech at a bank.

I find it hard to believe that all PSU banks are doing this just right but Kotak bank can’t.

I DON’T BELIEVE IT.

#UdayKotak in 2023
“We’re dramatically changing the DNA of the bank, we have to move tech first, record number of engineers working in the bank….you need to start with simple emotion - Paranoia. We can’t be comfortable of the regulatory moat as something that will protect us”

#Tesla Results:
Tesla price peaked out in 2021 at $1.2 TN mkt cap when quarterly sales were ~50% below vs today.
Now with $22 BN sales/qtr, stock is down ~50% from peak.
Storytelling drives new age stocks.
When profits flow, stocks correct.
#Nykaa #Zomato #Paytm #PBfintech

How are US markets looking in view of “higher for longer” Fed stance?

Are FIIs ready to change stance for Indian markets at this point?

My discussion with Alex Mathew for #NDTVProfit

#HDFCBank Results:
When the headlines deceive you with '37% profits growth & 108% loan growth', what do you do?

Dig out pre & post merger numbers.

EPS Q4'2023 : 21.6 (pre merger)
EPS Q4'2024: 21.7 (post merger)

20% growth - History
Flat profits - Mystery !
Headlines - 😮

वर्ल्ड ऑर्डर गड़बड़ा गया है और दुनिया मल्टीपोलर बन गई है-अनुराग सिंह, मैनेजिंग पार्टनर, Ansid Capital

#AwaazAdda Neeraj Bajpai Anurag Singh #Sensex #Nifty #Nifty Bank #Infosys #IranIsraelConflict #US

Threat to IT services giants is serious. For years they thrived on manpower revenues.
Today, the AI output surpasses the quality of output by average white collar employee.
I was amazed by the quality of analysis by AI on a case study.

My thoughts on CNBC-AWAAZ Neeraj Bajpai

ईरान ने ड्रोन और मिसाइल से किए इजराइल पर हवाई हमले
इजराइल-ईरान के बीच तनाव कितना गंभीर?
ग्लोबल बाजार और क्रूड पर कितना होगा असर?
क्या फिर रिकॉर्ड हाई के लिए सोना तैयार?
किन कमोडिटी पर रखें नजर?

देखिए Ansid Capital के अनुराग सिंह के साथ खास बातचीत

#IranIsraelConflict …

A bold take by #RuchirSharma on #democracy in #India

“Indians are willing to trade political freedom for economic progress”

For those who’ve experienced extreme poverty (includes me), bread on the dinner table beats “liberal free speech” any day!

Rush Hour | US March jobs data tops expectations

What does it mean for Fed's next decision? Anurag Singh of Ansid Capital decodes the key triggers for the markets and more

Ankita Saxena Anurag Singh

youtu.be/MTEDu3BO9Uo?si…

US Federal Reserve has 2 key tools - Interest rates and Quantitative easing/ tightening.

However there is a third tool that works well in most situations -
“The Body Language”. That’s the one in play now.

My discussion on US markets with Neeraj Bajpai

Life insurance - an entire industry that is built on tax arbitrage & commissions.

Far from global standards, one wonders how do these expensive plans even exist ?

You were hopeful, the regulator would finally end these blood sucking life policies.

Well - not today! #IRDA

And yet, India features meaningfully in global bank rankings on Market Cap. Despite correction, #HDFCbank is ranked 10th. Post merger, it was 6th globally on valuation ($180 BN).
Thats when the world took notice & wondered - Wait what...a bank from India ranked 6th !

Most candid take #India bureaucracy.

“We have a bureaucracy that is designed for control, not service delivery. We have tried to withdraw that. It doesn’t mean that we have improved bureaucracy. It is still the same. But it’s ability to damage the economy is a bit less now”.