Elementary ideas from high school that work in Investing
We take two ideas from high school – Efficiency and Compound Interest and apply them to investing.
Author: Vikas Kasturi
I am a value investor, based out of Bengaluru, India. I use this website to write about my thoughts and ideas.
You can reach me at vikasmkasturi@gmail.com.
Other People’s Money
This article first appeared on capitalmind.in. You know what is better than Debt or Equity? It’s Other People’s Money (OPM). Debt is expensive because you need to pay an interest on it. Equity is technically more expensive than Debt because you need to generate better returns for the extra risk that the shareholder is taking. […]
Chinese Bamboo
For the first three years, Chinese Bamboo doesn’t grow much. And then suddenly it grows nearly two feet a day. Chinese Bamboo is also a metaphor for no growth for long periods of time followed by a burst of extreme growth.
Toll Bridges
This blog is about how Toll Bridges print money for their owners.
Tech driven platforms
This blog is about the tech startup where my friend works.
Winning ecosystems
This is a blog about my friend’s handicraft business.
If See’s Candy were in the wedding business
This blog is about my friend’s business that share many characteristics with See’s Candy.
Force Multipliers
Levers are an example of a force multipliers.
98-2
There is this old joke. A home owner had a leaky pipe in house and called the plumber to fix it. The plumber came, took a while to inspect and after doing so he fixed the leak. “How much”, asked the owner. “$ 100” said the plumber. “$100?!! But the fix was so small and […]
Game theory
Game theory allows us to understand how people act in situations where they are interconnected.
Interest upon Interest 