Amongst other performance details, what we miss out while selecting an actively managed mutual fund is the AUM.

In equity, moderate the better. In debt, higher the better.

#investing

A basic premier on the banking sector, demystifying commonly used terms,
CASA
Wholesale Banking
Net Interest Income (NII)
Cost of Liability
Advances Growth
Gross v/s Net NPA
Provisions
SLR/CRR
Capital Adequacy Ratio
Net Interest Margin (NIM)

Do hit the 're-tweet' (1/n)

Banking, as a business is simple to understand, you borrow money (liability for the bank as the bank needs to pay back) and lend (asset for the bank as the bank is expected to receive it bank), the difference between the borrowings & lending is banks income (2/n)

Where all can they borrow from?

(a) Savings Account (SA)
(b) Current Account (CA)
(c) Fixed Deposit (FD)
(d) Recurring Deposit (RD)
(e) Certificate of Deposits (CD)
(f) Bonds etc. (3/n)

Whom do they lend?
(a) Retail - Housing loan, auto loan, personal loan etc.
(b) Wholesale (Institutional Lending) – Commercial Papers (CP) & other Corporate Loans

P.S. – “HDFC Bank is now increasing focus on wholesale lending”, hope you now understand what that means (4/n)

How does the bank profit?

So lets say the average borrowing cost of the bank (also know as the cost of liabilities) is 4.54% & average lending cost is 8.54%, the difference 8.54% - 4.54% = 4% is called the Net Interest Income (NII). HDFC Banks Cost of Liability is 4.54% (5/n)

𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 & 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐬 🧵

I still everyday meet investors who think Bitcoin & Blockchain are the same & this thread is specifically for them

Do re-tweet & help us educate more invetsors ☺

#Investing #Cryptos #Bitcoin (1/n)

(Q1) Lets start with what was historically used as a method of payment?

- Barter system, you give me a cow and I give you 100 kgs of rice (2/n)

(Q2) So why dint we continue with the barter system?

- It was difficult to transact in fractions
- What if I want only 50 kgs of rice? I cant give you half a cow right?
- This is the prime reason for the introduction of smaller units of payment method we now call as coins (3/n)

(Q3) How did Gold coins get shortlisted for the job?
- It was malleable & portable
- It was non corrosive, could be stored for a long time
- It was a perfect combination of abundance & rare
- Plus it was eye catching & visually appealing (4/n)

(Q4) What about paper currencies?
a) When paper currencies were introduced, it was decided that a country could only print as much currency as the gold reserves they have but this was withdrawn in 1971 bcoz of which the central banks could then print as much money as they wanted

In my view, different stocks play different roles in a portfolio at any given point in time.

If you had frozen the March 2020 Portfolio of PPFAS flexicap as it is then in 2 years, their domestic folio beats overseas by 2.5:1

Link later in the thread

#PPFAS

I believe PPFAS suffers from typecasting. most investors believe the differentiation is an overseas component and not other features like going into cash/ value/ safety first etc.

no one looks at tax-efficient way of looking at returns along with risk is taken/ churn happened.

Persistent/ Mphasis/ CDSL are 4 to 7 X and with meaningful weight.

IEX is now 2.5-3X (though not part of Indian portfolio)

including dividend, ITC has beaten up amazon since then

Link

There is no scientific way to find out which stock worked well. Only fund house knows buying prices.

this exercise can be done by any investor at any given point of time from factsheet date to any date. (relevant enough in my view)

Debt funds are generally good but still you need to understand this fine difference:

If you lend to banks, the risk is on banks.

If you lend to mutual funds, the risk is on you.

Has anyone seen "you are getting mutual fund units at discount" and "India growth story" tweets?

This is a bit worrying.

1 Page Transcript from 1997 Berkshire-Hathaway-Annual-Meeting, when Warren Buffett boldly claimed, Mutual Fund Managers have “gotten a lot for nothing”.

Important: He is not just talking about US Mutual Fund Industry.

Must Read For Mutual Fund Investors 👇

#KnowledgeZarooriHai

Soon startups like Zerodha, Groww & PhonePe will soon launch their own Mutual Funds!

Why is every Investment App trying to become a Mutual fund company?🤔

Let's understand👇

A Thread🧵

FinTechs like Zerodha and Groww have already disrupted the stockbroking & mutual funds distribution space and have become the largest player in their industr, they own the distribution.

What's next?

They want to make their own Mutual Funds & control the manufacturing as well.

Why now?

In Dec 2020, SEBI made it easy to apply for a Mutual Fund license. Earlier, they needed to be profitable for the 3 out of the previous 5 years including the most recent one - and no startups were profitable. But now, they just needed to show a net worth of Rs. 100 Cr.

This is also the perfect time to enter the Mutual Fund market. India is still way under-penetrated with a lot of first-time investors coming. And as per Nithin Kamath, Mutual funds will be one of the key products to push more people into investing.

Who all are in the race?

Largest stockbroker (Zerodha), Largest mutual fund distributor (Groww), one of the biggest NBFC (Bajaj Finserv), several star investors like Deepak Shenoy, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala are strong in the race, apart from FinTechs like Paytm Money, PhonePe & Niyo.