The Tailwind – Dec 2022

Hello folks,

First and foremost, here’s wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy new year! In the final Tailwind edition of 2022, we bring to you a detailed analysis of all that transpired in the capital markets, both in India and overseas. And as usual, we will talk to you about one of the concepts that we use to build and manage smallcases. Other than that, we also debunk one of the underperforming smallcases.

Let’s dive right in!

Markets Last Year

 
With its fair share of ups and downs amidst geopolitical tensions and unusual monetary policies – 2022 was an eventful year, to say the least. Just when you were thinking that the pandemic blues are behind, Russia had other plans to keep the world hooked onto the newswire. Well, as far as equity markets are concerned, we’ve been lucky with its outperformance as an asset class over the last decade. One felt the heightened importance of equities, as it is the only asset class that could potentially beat inflation. Scroll down further to see how India performed.

Performance of fee-based smallcases (As of December 31, 2022)

Inside Windmill Capital

Year in Review – 2022!

So it’s fairly clear that India outperformed its global peers, against a difficult macro environemnt. However, the reasons behind the underperformance might interest you and you’ll find them in the blogpost attached below.

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smallcase in Focus

Why Growth Strategy Underperformed in 2022? ft. CANSLIM

In this edition of smallcase in focus, we talk to you about why growth as a strategy has not been working well recently. The objective here is to make sense of the underperformance of CANSLIM-esque smallcase in 2022. Let’s get to the bottom of this.

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Musings with Analyst

How Do We Select Pure Plays?

In this edition of Musings with Analyst, we begin by explaining what pure plays mean in the smallcase parlance and talk to you about how we use it to build and manage smallcases.

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