"The trap most retail investors fall for is that they are constantly looking for the ‘next good idea and they often end up ignoring the stocks in their existing portfolios that have potential to become multibaggers. The multibaggers are not an outcome of shifting from one stock to the next, it is a matter of holding it for a good stock long enough to give you outsized returns."
"If we just look at data of the last five years of emerging market performance in dollar terms – it is negative, and India is about 7% to 8% positive in the dollar terms. It is negative is because China, Russia, etc., everything has disappointed. Overall, eventually people will realise that this basket approach of investing with BRICS or EMs, etc. in India, may not be working for them. It is probably not a scientifically constructed basket.."
"If we just look at data of the last five years of emerging market performance in dollar terms – it is negative, and India is about 7% to 8% positive in the dollar terms. It is negative is because China, Russia, etc., everything has disappointed. Overall, eventually people will realise that this basket approach of investing with BRICS or EMs, etc. in India, may not be working for them. It is probably not a scientifically constructed basket.."
Other income in the P&L statement comes from non-core activities like cash on books etc. In some rare cases, it is part of core operations. So, first, investors should find if other income is due to core operations or non-core activities.