Over the past few months, I have been buying small positions in Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Pearson (NYSE: PSO). Both reflect a type of company which has become particularly interesting to me: transition companies. By this I mean companies who are in the process of transitioning from a lower multiple business model to a market …
Author Archives: Aarsh Kak
Long Term Vision
One thing mentioned by Peter Thiel in his book Zero to One is that wall street fundamentally undervalues long term vision. I want to research this idea more because I believe it has merit. Thiel gave a few examples, such as Amazon, that I discounted at first because I thought the market was just discounting …
‘Playing’ The Market
I’m writing for this to remind myself not to try to play the market. I was looking at a handful of social media stocks (mainly FB and SNAP) during the COVID-19 crisis. They seemed to be overly punished for the crisis and I believed that FB was undervalued. However, I held off on finishing my …
COVID-19
I have over 40% of my portfolio in cash and the recent volatility has me searching for the right opportunities. I am currently skeptical if the market has fully priced in the impact of the virus as I believe that things can only go back to ‘normal’ once a vaccine is developed and deployed which …
Cloudera (CLDR)
I invested in Cloudera back on August 2 for $6.56/share, let me take you through some of my thought process. I’ve always been more interested value investment; I tend to shy away from flashy growth opportunities in favor for undervalued companies with low multiples relative to the market segment. Cloudera, a young technology company that …
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Introduction
Hey everyone, My name is Aarsh Kak and started this site to document my journey as I learn and invest. Ever since middle school, I’ve been exploring the stock market, using my personal portfolio as a way to learn through experience. I began by reading Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor, which introduced me to the …
