Our 7th anniversary issue is a special feature that covers 11 myths that most investors end up following. Quite often, we come across various investing principles – some we follow while others we try to stay away from. So, as we set about working on this special issue, we decided to explore the principles espoused by the greatest investor of our times – Warren Buffett.
Buffet has highly influenced the way people invest and over the years a lot of theories have come up which talks of the Buffett way of investing. We analysed all that the sage of Omaha has said and done to see the truth or Mithyafrom a frame of reference. Myths ride on the wings of fantasy and hyperbole, so does investment principles. Never mind the veracity of these investment principles.
At Value Research, it has been a continuous effort to make investing simple, an extension to this belief is in the following pages where we have busted some strong investing myths that are interlaced with what Warren says or has done to put the Mithya into context. Internalise the 11 myths, which will help you with your investments for a lifetime.
In the Market Compass segment, we have covered two sections. In the first section, we have shown a historical performance of FIIs over the past seven years and how this performance impacts the Indian market. The second section covers the causes and effects of rupee depreciation.
Elsewhere, in the 'Companies with Moat' segment, we have revisited companies with moat and drawn up a list of 20 companies which have performed well over the years and are likely perform in the future given their economic moat.
Apart from this, the issue has exclusive columns – Edit by Dhirendra Kumar, Mainstreet by Saurabh Mukherjea, Straight Talk by Anand Tandon, Offbeat by Sanjiv Pandiya, The Chartist by Devangshu Datta and Generally Speaking by Vivek Kaul.