Journey
When I was 12, I once asked my dad what he was doing on his laptop. He explained he was reviewing his portfolio and, over the next few days, patiently answered all my questions. He encouraged me to try thinking about businesses myself. A week later, I decided to buy my first stock: ITC.
It fell that year, and I sold. What started with a small loss turned into a lifelong interest in understanding businesses, studying the markets, and building the patience I didn’t have back then.
I owe most of my learning to Ishmohit Arora and the SOIC channel. I’ve been closely following his content with my dad for the last 3 years. I learned everything from how to break down sectors and understanding cycles to spotting inflection points in companies and constructing valuation models. He shaped the fundamentals of how I pick stocks.
Process
I follow Ganesh Patil’s framework to incorporate some structure to my investing, which I first encountered through The Investing Expedition:
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Sector Tailwind + Growth + Reasonable Starting Valuation + Fundamental Catalyst + PATIENCE​
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I look for businesses riding long-term trends, showing strong growth, available at a fair starting price, with a clear trigger for value realization - and then give them the time they need to compound.
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For portfolio construction, I follow Mohnish Pabrai’s 10x10 Rule, aiming for a portfolio of 10 stocks with roughly 10% allocation each. While I'm still building toward it, this framework guides my investing decisions. For stock picking, I draw from Pabrai’s friends in Turkey: Only deploying capital when I believe I can earn it back within 3 years or less.
Another philosophy I value is Pabrai’s concept of Shameless Cloning. I don’t need to reinvent the wheel when I can learn from great investors. I’ve already mentioned how impactful Ishmohit has been to my approach to investing, but my journey has also been shaped by macroeconomic insights from Ritesh Jain, career advice from Siddhant Bhandari, scuttlebutt from the ValuePickr community, and countless dinner conversations at home.
