Poke the Box

Poke the Box: Simplify

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Latticework of Mental Models – Mental Accounting.
My most powerful tool for thinking and decision making.
Read Safal Niveshak’s latest e-book – Cheat Sheet for Investing Your Money.

Poke the Box: Think Like a Child

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Here are 36 lessons from 36 years of my life. And here’s the 37th.
The legendary Howard Marks on contrarianism.
Lesson from a 2,000-year-old Stoic philosopher on what to read in investing.
Is maximizing shareholder value a dumb idea?

Poke the Box: The Hardest Part is Starting

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Breaking News – Anshul got a super awesome double treat yesterday in the form of twin daughters. Congratulate him on Twitter. 🙂
Ian Cassel of MicroCapClub shares his insights on investing through an interview with Safal Niveshak.
Check if you are making this mother of all investing mistakes.
Bull markets create a curse that leads people to give up on their sound investment philosophy and become impatient. Read more here.

Poke the Box: Embrace your constraints

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If you want to know anything and everything about what Safal Niveshak is and what it stands for, you will find in this presentation.
Beware of the Curse of a Bull Market for it makes you forget the risk of losing money.
Why good people do bad things: A Conversation With My Daughter.
5 Things I Learned from Elon Musk on life, business and investing.

Book Worm
If you are familiar with the terms ‘value investing’ and ‘behavioural biases’ then chances are that you have heard about ‘checklists’ too. The idea of checklist has been made popular in recent times by Dr. Atul Gawande through his book The Checklist Manifesto.
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Poke the Box: Combine Ideas

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Introducing Safal Niveshak’s University of Value Investing and Multidisciplinary Thinking.
Vishal interviews Terrible Mr. X – Lessons on What NOT To Do in Stock Market.
We kick started Safal Niveshak’s Value Investing Meetups from Bangalore and Mumbai. The initiative aims to bring the tribe members together, face to face.
Vishal recently delivered a lecture on Value Investing and Behavioral Finance at Goa Institute of Management. Click here to download the presentation slides.
Vishal received an autographed (by Charlie Munger) copy of Poor Charlie’s Almanack and Anshul joins Safal Niveshak as full time partner. Click here to find out more.

Poke the Box: There Are No Silver Bullets in Investing

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I have opened admission to the 4th batch of my Mastermind Value Investing Course. Click here to know more and join now.
Read my interview with Niveshak, the monthly magazine released by the Finance Club of Indian Institute of Management, Shillong.
Aswath Damodaran shares two bitter truths of stock valuation, and how you can avoid them.
Read when I (almost) dumped Ben Graham’s The Intelligent Investor, and why you mustn’t.
Hilarious but honest take on how a lot of companies that come out with their IPOs really operate and sell their shares to public.

Poke the Box: You Are Not God, So Beware of Hubris

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I had an interesting email exchange with Prof. Sanjay Bakshi on the subject of valuations.
Warren Buffett teaches us not only how to invest well, but also to live well. In a recent post, I shared Buffett’s advice on how to succeed in life.
Holding cash in portfolio is one of the most painful decisions an investor makes, because we always want to remain in the thick of action – playing around with our cash. Read here how you should handle this painful situation of holding cash.
Buffett (again) on what an investor must look at while researching a business.

Poke the Box: Avoid Arrogance. You May Have Just Had a Beginner’s Luck

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I’m organizing my next Value Investing Workshop in Pune on 1st Feb. 2015. Register here if you wish to join.
I recently wrote about the Butterfly Effect and the huge impact it has created in my financial life. You may find some value in my experiences.
Dev of Stable Investor recently interviewed me for his website. You can read the complete interview here.

Poke the Box: Sit Tight and Live Wide

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Safal Niveshak got featured among worthwhile value investing blogs to read at Graham & Doddsville and Old School Value. Feel happy and motivated!
I recently interviewed PV Subramanyam aka Subramoney who dispelled some great yet simple ideas on wealth creation. Read the complete interview here.
I met one of the happiest persons on the planet recently. You’ll be amazed at what keeps him happy. Read here.
I turned thirty-six recently. Here are 36 invaluable lessons I learned over these years, which may serve as a helpful guide for those just starting out.
There are several timeless lessons you can learn on life and investing from Guy Spier’s Education of a Value Investor. Read five of them.
Two of the world’s geniuses – Stanley Druckenmiller and Isaac Newton – have some lessons to teach us on why we must not speculate, especially during bull markets. Read here.

Poke the Box: Pay Attention, and Be Prepared

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Safal Niveshak now has 2,000+ “followers” on Twitter. If you are not one of them already, click here to follow and read the investing and other thoughts I am thinking through my days.
Admissions are now open for the 2nd batch of my 2-month online course in Financial Statement Analysis. Click here to join now!
You think manipulating stock prices is illegal? Well, read here about some people who are doing it in broad daylight, and no one’s questioning!
Looking to buy a banking stock? Richard Feynman has some advice for you.
Read here why smart people like you make stupid money mistakes
Want to attend my Value Investing Workshop in Hyderabad on 20th July, Sunday? Simply register here.