Theme: Quality to Price Update 05.07.2016

held since returns (%)
EVERESTIND
2014-Jul-07
+25.80
INFINITE
2014-Oct-07
+19.51
MASTEK
2013-Aug-28
-21.00
HIL
2016-Jan-04
+1.17
SIMPLEXINF
2016-Jan-04
-9.87
MEP
2016-Jan-04
-7.10
SUTLEJTEX
2016-Apr-04
+43.24
LGBBROSLTD
2016-Apr-04
+6.04
COFFEEDAY
2016-Apr-04
+12.73
EXCELINDUS
2016-Apr-04
+29.30
UFLEX
2016-Apr-04
+30.92
SURYAROSNI
2016-Apr-04
+12.98
AURIONPRO
2016-Apr-04
-1.59
GATI
2016-Apr-04
+51.71
JKTYRE
2016-Apr-04
+11.05
ASHAPURMIN
2016-Apr-04
-5.34
WSTCSTPAPR
2016-Apr-04
+21.86
INDRAMEDCO
2016-Apr-04
+1.59
RCF
2016-Apr-04
+20.59
RICOAUTO
2016-Apr-04
+10.30
Since the last rebalance on 2016-Apr-04 till 2016-Jul-04, this strategy has returned +14.12%

You can find more details about the Quality to Price Theme here.

Theme: Acceleration Update 04.07.2016

held since returns (%)
BODALCHEM
2016-Mar-02
+98.67
MANAPPURAM
2016-Mar-02
+131.28
TATASTEEL
2016-Apr-04
+2.33
PRICOL
2016-Apr-04
+82.89
UPL
2016-May-09
-4.37
KAKATCEM
2016-May-09
+14.00
MAITHANALL
2016-May-09
+29.28
VEDL
2016-May-09
+29.25
SATHAISPAT
2016-May-09
+25.20
YESBANK
2016-Jun-08
+7.80
KSCL
2016-Jun-08
-2.13
SHARDACROP
2016-Jun-08
+2.33
TATAMETALI
2016-Jun-08
+11.78
MAHSEAMLES
2016-Jun-08
+0.57
KIRIINDUS
2016-Jun-08
+69.34
GOKEX
2016-Jun-08
-13.54
HINDALCO
2016-Jun-08
+15.12
HDIL
2016-Jun-08
+5.45
DCBBANK
2016-Jun-08
+8.06
HCIL
2016-Jun-08
+52.15
Since the last rebalance on 2016-Jun-08 till 2016-Jul-01, this strategy has returned +11.20%

You can find more details about the Acceleration Theme here.

Theme: Velocity Update 04.07.2016

held since returns (%)
COSMOFILMS
2015-Dec-01
+20.98
GMBREW
2016-Feb-02
+5.03
TRIVENI
2016-Feb-02
+39.29
PTL
2016-Apr-04
-6.35
BODALCHEM
2016-Apr-04
+52.95
KAKATCEM
2016-May-09
+13.64
RUSHIL
2016-May-09
+47.14
DWARKESH
2016-May-09
+28.30
GNFC
2016-May-09
+41.58
BALRAMCHIN
2016-May-09
+21.77
DALMIASUG
2016-May-09
+56.55
DHAMPURSUG
2016-May-09
+36.85
APLAPOLLO
2016-Jun-08
+0.98
TATAMETALI
2016-Jun-08
+11.61
MAITHANALL
2016-Jun-08
+8.64
KIRIINDUS
2016-Jun-08
+70.49
MANGALAM
2016-Jun-08
-15.55
TRIGYN
2016-Jun-08
-3.60
SHILPI
2016-Jun-08
+39.45
MANAPPURAM
2016-Jun-08
+26.29
Since the last rebalance on 2016-Jun-08 till 2016-Jul-01, this strategy has returned +13.63%

You can find more details about the Velocity Theme here.

Theme: Momentum Update 04.07.2016

held since returns (%)
KWALITY
2016-Jan-01
-20.99
COSMOFILMS
2016-Feb-02
+22.18
GAYAPROJ
2016-Mar-02
+6.55
HIMATSEIDE
2016-Apr-04
+17.75
GENUSPOWER
2016-Apr-04
-7.99
TRIVENI
2016-Apr-04
+28.86
TRIDENT
2016-Apr-04
-2.48
MINDAIND
2016-Jun-08
+0.43
APLAPOLLO
2016-Jun-08
+0.98
NEULANDLAB
2016-Jun-08
+8.67
RUSHIL
2016-Jun-08
+12.19
SUPPETRO
2016-Jun-08
+0.79
GHCL
2016-Jun-08
+11.24
UNIPLY
2016-Jun-08
-10.03
ITDCEM
2016-Jun-08
+9.22
IOLCP
2016-Jun-08
+14.47
MANAPPURAM
2016-Jun-08
+25.84
ORIENTPPR
2016-Jun-08
+10.38
MEGH
2016-Jun-08
+0.13
A2ZINFRA
2016-Jun-08
+55.33
Since the last rebalance on 2016-Jun-08 till 2016-Jul-01, this strategy has returned +6.53%

You can find more details about the Momentum Theme here.

Monthly Recap: JunExit

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Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) -4.74%
CAC(FRA) -5.14%
UKX(GBR) +5.57%
NKY(JPN) -9.01%
SPX(USA) +0.66%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +3.64%
INMEX(MEX) +0.84%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +5.91%
XU030(TUR) +0.49%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +7.23%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.54%
NIFTY(IND) +2.06%
INDEXCF(RUS) -0.13%
TOP40(ZAF) -4.08%

Commodities

Energy
Natural Gas +30.17%
WTI Crude Oil +0.16%
Ethanol -1.09%
RBOB Gasoline -5.50%
Heating Oil +2.04%
Brent Crude Oil +1.21%
Metals
Copper +6.22%
Platinum +8.45%
Silver 5000oz +23.75%
Gold 100oz +10.46%
Palladium +10.93%

Currencies

USDEUR:+0.00% USDJPY:-7.26%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) -3.91%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.63%
USDNGN(NGA) +41.74%
USDTRY(TUR) -1.71%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -10.71%
USDCNY(CHN) +1.13%
USDINR(IND) +0.09%
USDRUB(RUS) -3.88%
USDZAR(ZAF) -7.32%
Agricultural
Cocoa +7.39%
Soybean Meal +2.12%
Soybeans +8.41%
Cattle -6.71%
Lean Hogs +2.70%
Lumber +1.68%
Wheat -10.73%
Coffee (Robusta) +4.29%
Corn -12.72%
Cotton -1.80%
White Sugar +17.27%
Coffee (Arabica) +19.34%
Feeder Cattle -3.30%
Orange Juice +19.45%
Sugar #11 +19.14%

Credit Indices

Index Change
Markit CDX EM +0.24%
Markit CDX NA HY -0.98%
Markit CDX NA IG +8.31%
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG +6.85%
Markit iTraxx Australia +8.24%
Markit iTraxx Europe +22.86%
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover +86.86%
Markit iTraxx Japan +8.40%
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) +5.17%
Brexit! Rexit! What, me worry?

International ETFs (USD)

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Nifty Heatmap

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Index Returns

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Check out our dashboard here.

Market Cap Decile Performance

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Top Winners and Losers

VEDL +21.56%
BAJAJFINSV +27.51%
PNB +34.05%
ASHOKLEY -9.73%
INFRATEL -7.88%
UPL -7.62%
Have commodities bottomed out? Is the government’s bank capitalization and merger plan a “game changer?”

ETF Performance

PSUBNKBEES +10.71%
GOLDBEES +4.98%
CPSEETF +4.70%
JUNIORBEES +3.98%
BANKBEES +2.69%
NIFTYBEES +1.96%
INFRABEES +1.52%
PSU banks – because tax payer money is free!

Yield Curve

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Bond Indices

Sub Index Change in YTM Total Return(%)
0 5 -0.07 +0.83%
5 10 -0.07 +0.98%
10 15 -0.01 +0.71%
15 20 -0.08 +1.37%
20 30 -0.12 +1.88%
Bonds rallied across the board. Note the shift in the yield curve.

Investment Theme Performance

Momentum strategies regained their thrones after spending months in the boondocks…

Equity Mutual Funds

Bond Mutual Funds

Institutional flows

FIIs sold out bonds and bought into equities. DIIs did the opposite…
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dii-investments.2014-01-01.2016-06-30

US Treasuries

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Looks like Indian bonds are no where near overbought compared to US Treasuries.
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Book of the month

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes–But Some Do (Amazon)

The only way to improve decision making is to record everything and use the telemetry to deconstruct failure. Once we know why something went wrong, we can go back to improving the decision making process. Much like how every airline crash is an opportunity to learn and improve flight safety. Investors will find a lot of takeaways from this book.