Basant Maheswari's - The Thoughtful Investor

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  • A) The World of Investing :
    • 1. The Business of Investing1-8
    • 2. Magic of Compounding9-19
    • 3. Equities Don't Outperform all Asset Classes all the Time 21-28
    • 4. Attributes of a Full Time Investor29-33
    • 5. The Pain of Losing35-39
    • 6. Risk vs. Return 41-45
    • 7. Buy What You See 47-55
    • 8. Macro Numbers – How Much to Analyse? 57-63
    • 9. Intrinsic Value – Theory and Practice 65-69
  • B) Bull market, Trends and Economic Bubbles
    • 10. What Makes for an Economic Bubble? 71-74
    • 11. Brief History of Economic Bubbles 75-94
    • 12. Identifying Tops and Bottoms 95-109
    • 13. Identifying the Next Big Trend 111-122
    • 14. Is Semi-Urban and Rural India the Next Big Trend?123-127
  • C) Company and Financial Analysis:
    • 15. Understanding Business Models 129-137
    • 16. Tools of Financial Statement Analysis 139-152
    • 17. Growth, RoE with DuPont Analysis 153-163
    • 18. When Does an Acquisition Work and When it Doesn't?165-174
    • 19. Is Your Company Taking Up Market Share? 175-184
    • 20. Evaluating the Management of a Business185-194
    • 21. Dividend - The Only Sure Thing from a Stock 195-203
    • 22. Operating Leverage - Looking for Margin Expansion205-210
    • 23. How Companies Cook Books of Accounts 211-219
    • 24. Stocks to Avoid 221-231
    • 25. Drivers of a P/E Ratio 233-242
    • 26. P/E Expansion vs. P/E Contraction 243-255
  • D) Buying and Selling Strategies:
    • 27. Should a Small Investor Always Stick to Small Cap Stocks? 257-265
    • 28. Multibaggers from Small and Midcap stocks 267-288
    • 29. When to Catch a Falling Knife and When not to? 289-300
    • 30. The Ones I Saw and Missed 301-308
    • 31. When to Sell and When not to? 309-328
  • E) Analysing Sectors and Industries:
    • 32. Basic Economy Stocks, Diversified Businesses and Spinoffs329-339
    • 33. Analysing Companies with Cash on Balance Sheet 341-346
    • 34. Analysing Banks and Non Banking Finance Companies (NBFCS) 347-362
    • 35. Commodity Cyclicals are not Long Term Bets 363-369
    • 36. Analysing Holding Companies 371-375
    • 37. PSU Stocks377-382
    • 38. Analysing Secular Growth Stocks383-392
  • F) Constructing a Portfolio:
    • 39. Portfolio Construction Strategies393-408
    • 40. When And How to Leverage and When not to?409-415
  • G) The Last Word:
    • 41. The Final Checklist: Contacting Company Management, Dealers And Distributors417-427

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