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Saturday Coffee, What we are Reading

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Market Overview: Top indices & asset classes Funda: Investing more matters more than returns on investment Good Reads: 5 good reads on investing & finance Pop Quiz: Answer and win a cool prize!

[Newsletter] Target higher returns or higher corpus?, 5 Good Reads and Market Overview

9 September 2023: Nifty 50 had a solid week, with a 2% increase, while Gold and Silver fell. Crude continues to move up and has now touched $90, increasing our inflation woes.

9 Sept 2023CM Team2 min read

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What is "[Newsletter] Target higher returns or higher corpus?, 5 Good Reads and Market Overview" about?: 9 September 2023: Nifty 50 had a solid week, with a 2% increase, while Gold and Silver fell. Crude continues to move up and has now touched $90, increasing our inflation woes.
What category is this article in?: General
Who wrote this article?: CM Team, Capitalmind's research team.
When was this article published?: Published 9 September 2023.
How long does this article take to read?: 2 min read
What topics does this article cover?: Saturday Coffee, What we are Reading
What does the "🔆 Saturday Coffee Newsletter" section say?: Market Overview: Top indices & asset classes Funda: Investing more matters more than returns on investment Good Reads: 5 good reads on investing & finance Pop Quiz: Answer and win a cool prize!
What does the "What's up with markets?" section say?: Nifty 50 had a solid week, with a 2% increase, while Gold and Silver fell. Crude continues to move up and has now touched $90, increasing our inflation woes.
What does the "Investing more matters more than returns on investment" section say?: If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, chances are you are in a pursuit to generate excessive returns on your investment. Which is understandable - a smart investor, with some luck, should be able to do better than the market.

Market Overview: Top indices & asset classes
Funda: Investing more matters more than returns on investment
Good Reads: 5 good reads on investing & finance
Pop Quiz: Answer and win a cool prize!

What’s up with markets?

Nifty 50 had a solid week, with a 2% increase, while Gold and Silver fell. Crude continues to move up and has now touched $90, increasing our inflation woes.

It’s a sea of green in the markets, where all sectoral indices closed higher than the previous week, while the NSE 500 index rose by 2.4%. Media, Realty, and PSU stocks are experiencing a rally of disbelief with strong performances over different timeframes.

Investing more matters more than returns on investment

If you are a regular reader of this newsletter, chances are you are in a pursuit to generate excessive returns on your investment. Which is understandable - a smart investor, with some luck, should be able to do better than the market.

As yourselves this: Is your goal generating extraordinary percentage returns or increasing your investment amount?

Well, theoretically, I would want to invest highest amount and generate highest returns. But practically, its quite a tough cookie to crack.

In the context of targeting higher returns, Deepak Shenoy shifts the goal post a little bit - towards investing more. He argues if the fight for higher returns is really worthwhile as an investor?

Read: Why investing more money matters more than targeting higher returns

What we are reading

On financial regrets and why life never turns out the way you think it should. Read: Never Look Down the Road Not Taken
The decision to invest in gold comes down to two factors. Read: How Safe Is Gold?
Here are the ten financial lies that kept people in debt, according to Dave Ramsey Read: 10 Financial Lies That Kept People In Debt
What if you knew the future and you could position yourself ahead of it? Read: Even If You Knew The Future
It’s out to get you and your investment returns. Read: Unmasking the Secret Villain Destroying Your Investment Profits

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The richest man in Italy is Giovanni ________ . His last name is also the name of the company.

This company produces confectionery goods under various brand names.

A chocolate-hazelnut spread which helps the company to consume 25% of worlds hazelnut supply.

A mass market premium chocolate brand loved globally.

A candy loved by kids with plastic egg-shaped packaging. Sold in 170+ countries.

Identify this company.

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