Why you should invest for the long run - Nikhil Kamath / InvestyWise Nikhil Kamath
(Stats are for Indian hashtag#stocks but the principle remains the same for most equity markets in the world) "Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffet
Microsoft $MSFT has joined Apple $AAPL as the 2nd individual company that has a bigger market cap than the combined market cap of all stocks in the small-cap Russell 2,000:
Source: Bespoke
This is how Waren Buffet manages risk
Instead of over-diversifying, he takes big bets on companies / stocks on which he has super-strong conviction and knowledge. Almost half of Warren Buffett’s portfolio is made up of Apple at 48%, and valued at $163.7B. The top 5 holdings account for over 75% of the total portfolio... Source: Genuine Impact
Walmart vs Amazon
25 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 305x larger than Amazon. 20 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 51x larger than Amazon. 10 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 7x larger than Amazon. 5 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 2x larger than Amazon. Today: Walmart revenue 1.1x larger than Amazon. Source: Charlie Bilello
Did you know that the biggest e-Commerce app in Asia AND EUROPE trades at 10X earnings?!
$BABA Source: A.J. Button
Retail Investors own 9.4% of the NSE-listed companies
Source: investywise
Apple has bought back $604 billion in stock over the past 10 years, which is greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500. $AAPL
Source: Charlie Bilello
The ENORMOUS EIGHT 2022-2023 Combined Total Returns...
Nvidia $NVDA: +56% Microsoft $MSFT: +8% Apple $AAPL: +2% S&P 500 $SPY: -6% Meta $META: -6% Nasdaq 100 $QQQ: -6% Google $GOOGL: -10% Amazon $AMZN: -16% Netflix $NFLX: -28% Tesla $TSLA: -38%
