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Our articles specific to the six investment strategies we offer. Whether you invest with us or are looking to invest, these
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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals – June 2025

Global Compounders Portfolio (GCP): June was a constructive month for the portfolio and the broader index. However, the portfolio underperformed the index by approximately 190 bps, as markets were led higher by a sharp rebound in a handful of large-cap semiconductor names—despite elevated valuations. In contrast, our more defensive holdings, including Waste Connections, Berkshire Hathaway, […]

Marcellus Erudite JUN 24 . 11 MIN READ

Portfolio performance and update on Fundamentals – May 2025

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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals

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Portfolio Performance and Update on Fundamentals – April 2025

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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals – June 2025

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Portfolio performance and update on Fundamentals – May 2025

The NIFTY 50 is an Indian stock market index that represents the float-weighted average of 50 of the largest Indian companies listed on the National Stock Exchange. The BSE 500 index is designed to be a broad representation of the Indian market. Consisting of the top 500 companies listed at BSE Ltd., the index covers […]

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Portfolio Performance and Update on Fundamentals – April 2025

Note: For all strategies except GCP, Performance data shown is net of fixed fees and expenses charged till March 31st, 2025 and is net of annual performance fees (Except for Little Champs Portfolio) charged for client accounts whose account anniversary/performance calculation date falls upto the last date of this performance period. Since, for Little Champs Portfolio, performances […]

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Consistent Compounders

How Volatile Funds Cost Investors Dear

High volatility in an equity portfolio creates zones of ‘excitement’ and ‘fear’ based on recent performance. This adversely affects the quality of decision making by equity investors. As a result, historically, investor returns in Indian equity funds have been lower than fund returns across different periods. Similarly, a recent example from the US – NYSE […]

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Consistent Compounders

The Benefits of Timing are Inversely Correlated with the Quality of Fundamentals

The rate at which fundamentals of a company compound (and hence its share price) over the long term is inversely correlated with the quantum of benefit that an investor can achieve by perfectly timing her purchases at the bottom of the share price trajectory. Moreover, for a portfolio consisting of high-quality companies, benefits from a […]

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Consistent Compounders

CCPs use more ‘S-curves’ to elongate their fundamental compounding

Value addition from every initiative undertaken by a company follows an ‘S-curve’ with three parts to it – the investment phase, the growth phase and the fade period. The fundamentals of the overall company are a consolidation of ‘S-curves’ of all initiatives. There are several limiting factors to every initiative such as addressable market size, […]

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Consistent Compounders

The Path to Consistent Compounding is Paved with Free Cashflow

There are four key drivers of free cashflow in a business – revenue growth, profit margins, working capital efficiency, and asset turnover. The order of importance across these four drivers differs across businesses. As Marcellus’ CCP companies invest in technology to improve operational efficiencies, those companies that sell day-to-day essentials to their customers whilst avoiding […]

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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals – June 2025

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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals

Portfolio Performance and Update on Fundamentals – April 2025

Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals – June 2025

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Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals

Portfolio Performance and Update on Fundamentals – April 2025

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