Zombie Apocalypse
Yes, a huge wave of zombies is walking towards us and all we can do is throw obstacles in their way but eventually they will reach us!! Moving past the dramatic opening, lets jump straight to facts. Zombie companies are like hand-to-mouth workers. Their earnings merely cover their running expenses and interest payments. They do…
Network Effect
What is Network Effect? When more usage (not adding number of users) of a product increases its value for other users, we can say that network effect is created. Not all types of companies can have it and not all types of companies need it. This is just one way of growing. For manufacturing companies,…
Capital Returns (Book Summary)
The book revolves around the theme of how capital cycles can help predict periods of booms and bursts for an industry. The proposed theory is backed by years of anecdotal references across geographies and sectors, which helps bolster the efficacy of the claim. Let’s dive straight into it. Demand and supply don’t move in perfect…
LET THE DATA SPEAK
“In God we trust, the rest must come with data” Narayan Murthy This is a famous quote of Mr. Narayan Murthy, an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Infosys, and has been chairman, chief executive officer, president, and chief mentor, before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus. As apt as this seems…
A tale of numbers versus graphs
The advances made by humans in both advanced statistical calculations and data visualization techniques have been extraordinary over the past few decades. The turning point, which inclined the scale in favor of data visualization, came in 1973 when a commonly believed myth was discarded by a brilliant and intuitive man. In 1973, Francis J. Anscombe…
FTSE100 Rolling Returns
Active investors put in their time and effort to find investment avenues that can produce risk-adjusted alpha (in layman terms, which can produce more return without the need to take excessive risk). Picking a benchmak To what do we compare the returns obtained? Finding an appropriate benchmark is pivotal in building our perspective for any…
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Click on the link below to view very detailed notes of the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki: rich dad poor dad notes
Story behind Black Wednesday
16 September 1992 – A day of paramount importance in the history of finance. It was on this day that Bank of England failed in it’s duties and was forced to withdraw pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). All the how? why? who? questions bubbling in your cerebrum will be answered here.…
Operating Leverage… Huh?
Operating leverage is said to be present when a company becomes capable of increasing its revenue by increasing the volume of goods but the cost of producing it doesn’t increase or increases at a lower rate than revenue, thereby resulting in higher net profit margin. All in all, the increase in revenue is largely transferred…
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Hi, I’m Lillie. Previously a magazine editor, I became a full-time mother and freelance writer in 2017. I spend most of my time with my kids and husband over at The Brown Bear Family but this blog is for my love of food and sharing my favorites with you!
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