🔆 Saturday Coffee Newsletter
- Market Overview: Top indices & asset classes
- Funda: Investing more matters more than returns on investment
- Good Reads: 5 good reads on investing & finance
- Pop Quiz: Answer and win a cool prize!
What’s up with markets?
Nifty 50 had a solid week, with a 2% increase, while Gold and Silver fell. Crude continues to move up and has now touched $90, increasing our inflation woes.
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It’s a sea of green in the markets, where all sectoral indices closed higher than the previous week, while the NSE 500 index rose by 2.4%. Media, Realty, and PSU stocks are experiencing a rally of disbelief with strong performances over different timeframes.
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Investing more matters more than returns on investment
If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, chances are you are in a pursuit to generate excessive returns on your investment. Which is understandable – a smart investor, with some luck, should be able to do better than the market.
As yourselves this: Is your goal generating extraordinary percentage returns or increasing your investment amount?
Well, theoretically, I would want to invest highest amount and generate highest returns. But practically, its quite a tough cookie to crack.
In the context of targeting higher returns, Deepak Shenoy shifts the goal post a little bit – towards investing more. He argues if the fight for higher returns is really worthwhile as an investor?
Read: Why investing more money matters more than targeting higher returns
What we are reading
- On financial regrets and why life never turns out the way you think it should. Read: Never Look Down the Road Not Taken
- The decision to invest in gold comes down to two factors. Read: How Safe Is Gold?
- Here are the ten financial lies that kept people in debt, according to Dave Ramsey Read: 10 Financial Lies That Kept People In Debt
- What if you knew the future and you could position yourself ahead of it? Read: Even If You Knew The Future
- It’s out to get you and your investment returns. Read: Unmasking the Secret Villain Destroying Your Investment Profits
Pop Quiz
The richest man in Italy is Giovanni ________ . His last name is also the name of the company.
This company produces confectionery goods under various brand names.
- A chocolate-hazelnut spread which helps the company to consume 25% of worlds hazelnut supply.
- A mass market premium chocolate brand loved globally.
- A candy loved by kids with plastic egg-shaped packaging. Sold in 170+ countries.
Identify this company.
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Each week, we randomly pick one winner who gets a lovely book (can pick from few choices)!
Last week’s winner: Adrian M
Last week’s answer: Badla
Last week’s question is here
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