The Big Picture

JULY 23, 2022

This week, we speak with Graham Weaver, who is the founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, a private equity firm in San Francisco that invests in software and services. Graham has been in private equity for over 20 years, having started Alpine in his dorm room at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We discuss how he launched a PE company in his dorm at Stanford’s GSB, and proceeded to “make every mistake in the book.” But his investors stayed with him, impressed by his commu

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Trade Brains

JULY 23, 2022

Hindalco vs Nalco: Aluminium is the second most used metal in the world. India is the 6th largest producer of aluminium in the world with a share of around 5.3% of the global aluminium output. This makes the aluminium industry hard to be ignored. Here we compare the top 2 Aluminium companies i.e. Hindalco vs. Nalco. Let us find out which of these 2 heavyweights are worth investing in!

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Calculated Risk

JULY 23, 2022

The key report this week is the advance estimate of Q2 GDP. Other key reports include June New Home Sales, Personal Income and Outlays for June, and Case-Shiller house prices for May. For manufacturing, the July Richmond, Dallas and Kansas City Fed manufacturing surveys will be released. The FOMC meets this week and is expected to raise rates 75 bp. -- Monday, July 25th -- 8:30 AM ET: Chicago Fed National Activity Index for June.

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Trade Brains

JULY 23, 2022

Top Growth Stocks in India: Have you ever wondered what are the things that you could achieve if you had made the correct decisions or a correct course of action at the right time? And what is the opportunity cost for these foregone decisions? We commonly hear people talking about “I wish I had invested so and so money in so and so stock at that time I could’ve been a crorepati by now” but in reality, they ignore the stocks which have even more potential right now!!

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Calculated Risk

JULY 23, 2022

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: • Final Look at Local Housing Markets in June • NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 5.12 million SAAR in June • Slowdown in Showings Suggests Further Declines in Existing Home Sales in Coming Months • June Housing Starts: All-Time Record Housing Units Under Construction • 3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in June, Sales Down Sharply, Inventory "Surged" • Record Single Family Investor Buying in Q1, Possible evidence of Slowdown in Q2 This

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The Big Picture

JULY 23, 2022

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Volcanica coffee, grab a seat a seat on the beack, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible. ( Our World In Data ). • Wait, La Guardia Is Nice Now?

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Trade Brains

JULY 23, 2022

Top Defence Stocks in India: Over the last year every time we tune into the news we find ourselves in tensions with our neighbours Pakistan and currently China too. During the same period, the Indian government has committed itself to boosting the Indian Defence to all possible extents. This could be through investments in foreign jets or even our PM’s scheme of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

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Abnormal Returns

JULY 23, 2022

Autos The number of U.S. gasoline stations is in secular decline. (axios.com) Ford ($F) is scrambling to acquire battery supplies. (axios.com) Volvo is well on its way to being all-electric. (wsj.com) Porsche thinks it can make more money selling EVs. (autonews.com) VW is launching Scout as a standalone EV company. (axios.com) Aston Martin is getting a big investment from Saudi Arabia.

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Trade Brains

JULY 23, 2022

List of Best Stock Brokers in India 2022: Are you looking to open your demat and trading account, but confused about which stockbroker to choose? We have got you covered in this post. Today , we are going to discuss the 15 best stock brokers in India (2022) to open your demat and trading account. This list of best stock brokers in India will provide you with a brief overview of the leading full-service and discount stockbrokers in India.

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Trade Brains

JULY 23, 2022

Despite their criticism, sin stocks have always attracted abundant investment. This is primarily because of the potential their products have held despite the curbs placed by the government. In this article, we take a look at another sin sector – the Indian tobacco industry and also take a look at the Best Tobacco stocks in India. Keep reading to find out!

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