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MeritorQ: Low-Risk Investing with Sound Fundamentals

In this newsletter, we discuss the so called “low-risk” anomaly which posits that high beta (or high risk) stocks underperform low beta or (low risk stocks) over the long term i.e. there is NO extra return to be earned from owning riskier stocks. We show that this low-risk anomaly works in India as well. In this context, […]

MeritorQ PMS JUN 11 . 5 MIN READ

MeritorQ: Quality Matters

MeritorQ PMS APR 14 . 7 MIN READ

MeritorQ: Minimizing Risk by Focusing on Errors of Commission

MeritorQ PMS JAN 15 . 4 MIN READ

MeritorQ: Rebalancing Bonus

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MeritorQ: Low-Risk Investing with Sound Fundamentals

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MeritorQ: Quality Matters

Investing in a portfolio of value and cyclical stocks in India would have delivered comparable returns to portfolio of quality & consistently profitable companies respectively over longer term with value and cyclicals outperforming in the post-Covid period. However, an advantage of the quality style lies in its ability to delivers less volatile fundamental growth and […]

Jun 11 . 5 MIN READ READ MORE

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MeritorQ: Minimizing Risk by Focusing on Errors of Commission

Balancing the trade off between errors of commission and errors of omission in stock picking is essential to any investing process. In this newsletter we explain why these two errors are NOT created equal and usually portfolio hit rate is more sensitive to errors of commission. MeritorQ‘s rigorous rules-based screening steps in which we reject […]

Apr 14 . 7 MIN READ READ MORE

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MeritorQ: Rebalancing Bonus

We have previously highlighted in MeritorQ: The Moneyball of Quality Investing the key reasons to rebalance in the context of MeritorQ’s investment rules. In this newsletter, we delve into how rebalancing between uncorrelated equity styles like Quality and Value, which forms the basis for selecting stocks in MeritorQ, further enhances MeritorQ’s returns. We call this the […]

Jan 15 . 4 MIN READ READ MORE

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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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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 […]

Jan 03 . 8 MIN READ READ MORE

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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, […]

Dec 01 . 8 MIN READ READ MORE

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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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Strategy Series

MeritorQ: Low-Risk Investing with Sound Fundamentals

MeritorQ: Quality Matters

MeritorQ: Minimizing Risk by Focusing on Errors of Commission

MeritorQ: Rebalancing Bonus

MeritorQ: Low-Risk Investing with Sound Fundamentals

MeritorQ: Quality Matters

MeritorQ: Minimizing Risk by Focusing on Errors of Commission

MeritorQ: Rebalancing Bonus

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