Monthly Recap: The Fallacy of Success

nifty monthly performance heatmap

The Nifty went completely bonkers this month: +9.83% (+12.28% in USD terms)

Index Performance

Banks stole the show…

index performance

Top winners and losers

BANKINDIA +32.89%
JPASSOCIAT +36.53%
ADANIENT +47.53%
CIPLA -4.46%
EXIDEIND -3.52%
MPHASIS -3.50%
High beta took flight…

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +19.26%
BANKBEES +17.78%
NIFTYBEES +9.22%
INFRABEES +6.94%
JUNIORBEES +6.67%
GOLDBEES +0.83%
PSU Banks showed how government backed entities don’t have to create value for their stock prices to go up…

Advancers and Declines

The A/D line is finally trending up… longer, stronger, better?

advance decline line

Yield Curve

Is the yield curve finally pricing in growth?

india yield curve

Interbank Rates

mumbai interbank rates

Sector Performance

monthly sector performance

Investment Theme Performance

Value out-performed story themes…

Thought to sum up the month

There has appeared in our time a particular class of books and articles which I sincerely and solemnly think may be called the silliest ever known among men. They are much more wild than the wildest romances of chivalry and much more dull than the dullest religious tract. Moreover, the romances of chivalry were at least about chivalry; the religious tracts are about religion. But these things are about nothing; they are about what is called Success.

Source: THE FALLACY OF SUCCESS
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