Who wrote this article?

CM Team, Capitalmind's research team.

What topics does this article cover?

EPF, Links, Saturday Coffee, US Stocks

Invest in US stocks via NSE, EPFO concerns, What drives financial news & More

In this edition we have - 🔆 International Investing: Indians can now invest in US stocks through NSE IFSC 🔆 Financial News: What drives the financial news you read? 🔆 Doubtful Debt: Things are not adding up at the EPFOs 🔆 Psychology: The worst thing you can do when there is fear on the street 🔆 Decision data: When do you know that a certain strategy has stopped working? 🔆 Pop Poll: According to you, what's the TOP reason to invest in US stocks for the next 10 years?

5 Mar 2022CM Team3 min read

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What is "Invest in US stocks via NSE, EPFO concerns, What drives financial news & More" about?: In this edition we have - 🔆 International Investing: Indians can now invest in US stocks through NSE IFSC 🔆 Financial News: What drives the financial news you read? 🔆 Doubtful Debt: Things are not adding up at the EPFOs 🔆 Psychology: The worst thing you can do when there is fear on the street 🔆 Decision data: When do you know that a certain strategy has stopped working? 🔆 Pop Poll: According to you, what's the TOP reason to invest in US stocks for the next 10 years?
What category is this article in?: General
Who wrote this article?: CM Team, Capitalmind's research team.
When was this article published?: Published 5 March 2022.
How long does this article take to read?: 3 min read
What topics does this article cover?: EPF, Links, Saturday Coffee, US Stocks
What does the "🔆 US stocks coming to Indian exchanges" section say?: Investing in US stocks has caught the fancy of Indian investors in the last few years thanks to the rally in tech stocks, increased accessibility, and a lot of buzz on social media. Now, it's getting easier to directly invest in US stocks.
What does the "International stocks are coming home 🌍" section say?: Investing in Tesla, Apple, or Amazon shares is no longer reserved for the big Indian fund houses and HNIs. It's getting more approachable for the masses via the GIFT IFSC city route. It still won't be as simple as buying Indian stocks and there will be initial challenges as well. But, it seems to be much better than the options we have currently.
What does the "May I have your attention, please! 🚨" section say?: A team from Arizona State University surveyed 462 financial journalists in the United States about their practices of covering a company.
What does the "Of Greed and Fear 📈 📉" section say?: There's war in Europe. Millions are getting displaced from their homes. Markets are spooked. Add to that inflation worries, geopolitical instability, growth stocks losing liquidity, and overall fear on the street.
What does the "How do you know if it's over? 🚫" section say?: Finding a strategy is simpler but determining how long to continue with it - when it stays in drawdown for long - is difficult. It's a question that often bugs systematic traders. Here's an article that tries to answer this question with statistics and data.
What does the "Pop Poll 📝" section say?: According to you, what's the TOP reason to invest in US stocks for the next 10 years?

🔆 US stocks coming to Indian exchanges

Investing in US stocks has caught the fancy of Indian investors in the last few years thanks to the rally in tech stocks, increased accessibility, and a lot of buzz on social media. Now, it’s getting easier to directly invest in US stocks.

In this week’s newsletter, we have

**International Investing: **Indians can now invest in US stocks through NSE IFSC
Financial News: What drives the financial news you read?
Doubtful Debt: Things are not adding up at the EPFOs
**Psychology: **The worst thing you can do when there is fear on the street
Decision data: When do you know that a certain strategy has stopped working?
**Pop Poll: **According to you, what’s the TOP reason to invest in US stocks for the next 10 years?

International stocks are coming home 🌍

Investing in Tesla, Apple, or Amazon shares is no longer reserved for the big Indian fund houses and HNIs. It’s getting more approachable for the masses via the GIFT IFSC city route. It still won’t be as simple as buying Indian stocks and there will be initial challenges as well. But, it seems to be much better than the options we have currently.

Read - Investing in US stocks through NSE IFSC

May I have your attention, please! 🚨

A team from Arizona State University surveyed 462 financial journalists in the United States about their practices of covering a company.

The top three reasons why financial journalists cover a company came out as 1) Company is controversial 2) Company is large 3) Company products are popular - not quite what you would expect though. This is largely due to the “attention economy” we are living in.

Read - It really is the attention economy

India’s own “too big to fail” 🏛

Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is the de-facto retirement nest eggs for most salaried Indians. EPF is the best long-term debt investment instrument net of taxes.

EPFO - the trust managing these funds holds close to 15 lac crores and declares interest payments each year. A look at the numbers shows that their investments are not yielding as much as they are paying out. If it were a private organization we would call it a Ponzi scheme. Since its a government organization, we’ll call it a “concern”

Read - The EPFO black box: Masking shoddy practices with high returns

Of Greed and Fear 📈 📉

There’s war in Europe. Millions are getting displaced from their homes. Markets are spooked. Add to that inflation worries, geopolitical instability, growth stocks losing liquidity, and overall fear on the street.

Obviously, your portfolio is down too. It’s now that you think that all your decisions have been wrong and its the time to re-think all your investing decisions. Maybe not.

[**Read - The worst thing you could do right now

**](https://thereformedbroker.com/2022/02/22/the-worst-thing-you-could-do-right-now/)

How do you know if it’s over? 🚫

Finding a strategy is simpler but determining how long to continue with it - when it stays in drawdown for long - is difficult. It’s a question that often bugs systematic traders. Here’s an article that tries to answer this question with statistics and data.

[**Read - When to stop trading a strategy?

**](https://medium.com/@ankit_quant/when-to-stop-trading-a-strategy-28d104bb20b6)

Pop Poll 📝

**According to you, what’s the TOP reason to invest in US stocks for the next 10 years? **

US Tech stocks (FAANG) offer huge growth

Diversification to global markets

Hedge against (or Profit from) depreciating rupee

Innovation Led Businesses

Won’t invest in US stocks

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