Market Notes

Short lessons for better market thinking.

Real investor questions. Simple explanations. Practical takeaways. No daily stock calls, no noise.

Asian Paints
Business & valuation · 6 min

A great company can still be a bad investment

Asian Paints kept its leadership and the stock still fell hard. What a 70x multiple was actually asking you to believe.

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Titan
Timing & charts · 5 min

The business grew 25%. The stock fell 17%.

Revenue surged, margins slipped, and the stock hit an 18-month low. Why price follows expectations, not performance.

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Yes Bank
Risk & psychology · 6 min

The information was public. The problem was believing it.

The Yes Bank warnings ran for years in the mainstream press. A study in confirmation bias and false comfort.

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Pidilite
Complete process · 7 min

One company. Five questions. One decision.

Pidilite, the VAM cycle, and hard evidence of pricing power. The full framework on a single company.

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P/E
Valuation · 3 min

P/E of 15 vs P/E of 40 — which is cheaper?

The number alone cannot answer the question. Learn what context changes the meaning of a multiple.

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RSI
Technical analysis · 3 min

RSI below 30: opportunity or warning?

Oversold is a description. It is not a complete decision.

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Risk
Risk · 4 min

Why a 50% loss needs a 100% recovery

Loss recovery math is simple — but it changes how you think about position sizing and drawdown.

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Breakout
Charts · 4 min

Why a breakout isn’t always a breakout

Price, volume, structure and the larger market context belong in the same conversation.

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Position
Risk · 4 min

How much should you actually risk on one trade?

Position size should begin with the amount you can afford to be wrong about.

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