A blog which periodically revisits evergreen investment principles!

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Raunak Onkar heads the Research department at PPFAS Mutual Fund. He started his career at PPFAS as part of his internship during MBA.

He holds an MMS (Finance) degree from the University of Mumbai.

Building Insights, deliberately

“The only way to win is to work, work, work & hope to have a few insights.”
– Charlie Munger

Insights are incredibly rare. I know that this insight itself is going to be lost on many of us. It was certainly lost on me for a while. I follow 200+ people on twitter & if at least 10% of them share some unique reading material everyday, that means I need to read at least 20 new things, each day. Well, great way to learn about the world, but is it something that I want to learn, today?

Physical Fitness & Investing

Does staying fit help in anyway to become a good investor?

I was listening to a very honest interview, with Mikael Syding, a former hedge fund manager from Sweden. What struck me the most about this interview, were not just his thoughts on investing but also about fitness.

Historiography – A great tool for investors

The Truth can be adjusted

Michael Clayton (2007)

864full-michael-clayton-posterLately, I have been spending a lot of time reading business biographies. I have always been enamoured by the ability of some investors to weave stories and narratives out of historical facts.

Kung Fu Investing

I recently presented on the Alibaba Group & its founder Jack Ma (lovingly known as Crazy Jack) at FoF. While reading about the culture of the firm, it was obvious that they’re heavily influenced by their founder’s love for martial arts and historical Kung Fu Fiction. It’s so much woven into their culture, that Jack Ma’s nickname in the company is “Feng Qingyang” which comes from a character, who is a reclusive, unpredictable & aggressive swordsman.

Great Conversations

True history of the world is the history of great conversations.

– Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)

Great Conversations: A Pensive Tyrion, Picture from HBO

A Pensive Tyrion, Picture from HBO

If you have caught up with the last week’s episode of Game of Thrones, you’d have noticed Tyrion drop this line. It’s one of those moments when life connects with art.

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