Happy Anniversary and Profitable Investing
It is an emotional moment for us and a historical one as well as we celebrate the 36th anniversary of the most coveted and popular investment magazine India has ever seen. As market volatility increases while we celebrate our anniversary, we find ourselves more relevant today than ever with so much noise in the market. We have served the investment community with utmost care and in an ethical manner, always keeping long-term investors’ interest in mind. It is this very nature of serving investors with the most efficient stock market calls in the most affordable manner that keeps us going.
We are sure to serve you all with confidence and some unparalleled market insights which will help investors deal with volatility in the most profitable manner. The situation in the current market dictated by the whims of political leaders of several countries, and in particular Russia, the US and Ukraine, has pushed stock prices lower than most investors would have expected. The media of course thrives on fear and in this pursuit make a mountain out of a molehill.
The situation is not as bad as projected to be. While this event is a serious one and will have global repercussions, we have seen such events disturb global equity markets before and have also seen swift recovery in the markets from the lows triggered by such disturbing events. In fact, history has taught us that such a downfall in stock prices proves to be a boon for long-term investors as the probability of finding deep value in depressed market conditions always is very high.
In this special 36th anniversary edition we present you a list of ‘high quality’ wealth creators. We have scanned and filtered all the stocks for dozens of parameters before including them in the list of wealth creators. I am extremely proud and glad to bring to you such a list of stocks with superlative performance in the previous year at the most opportune time i.e. when the market sentiment is sour and the stock prices are depressed. I hope and wish that smart investors such as yourself use the inputs in our cover story to maximise returns in 2022 and beyond.
In our special story we have discussed something that excites long-term investors a lot – ‘wealth compounders’. There are some stocks that have literally doubled every three years in the past decade or so. The story can be useful to readers as the analysis of such stocks highlights a pattern and performance consistency that can be observed in the forthcoming wealth compounders. Do share with us your feedback on both the stories. Meanwhile, it is very easy to get defocused on various other market triggers such as macroeconomic indicators and interest rate environment when you have a geopolitical situation dominating the market moods. Investors will have to be cautious and keep an eye on evolving interest rate environment and on the earnings’ reports. Recently we have seen some of the companies with poor promoter track record underperform heavily. Also, the so-called new-age companies are seen destroying wealth of investors as of late. The least an investor can do in such volatile times is to stay away from wealth destructors. Slow and steady wins the race and in pursuit of quick returns the quality should never be compromised.
It is worth noticing here that the markets have gained superfast in the last couple of years. Money making by investing in equity never seemed so easy. With the recent ongoing corrections, the market looks healthy as most of the froth is removed from the markets. As a long-term investor you should hold on to high-quality stocks and consider adding more of these in a staggered manner during market weaknesses. Let’s brace up for the promising opportunities for 2022. Together we will emerge victorious. Happy 36th anniversary to our readers!
RAJESH V PADODE
Managing Director & Editor