Kumar Associates

15/04/2023

15/04/2023

Icici Innovation Fund

15/04/2023

The Annual Integrated Rating and Ranking exercise is done by the Power Finance Corporation as per the framework approved by the Ministry of Power since the year 2012.

24/03/2023

Today’s Infographic: A Few FMCG Brands With Highest Pe*******on in 2021

🛒 Colgate: 88.1%
🛒 Clinic Plus: 85.5%
🛒 Tata: 79.6%
🛒 Parle: 73%

23/03/2023

FED DELIVERS A DOVISH 25 BPS HIKE!

11 points

1) 25 bps hike to 4.75-5.0%

2) Statement drops reference to “ongoing increases” in favor of less hawkish “some additional policy firming may be appropriate”

3) Very few changes to forecasts, dots for 2023 stay at 5-5.25%

4) Powell at press conf indicated that most members did include an expectation of credit tightening due to recent banking sector instability.

5) He said, that without this expectation of tightening, rate forecasts would have moved up by atleast one or two 25 bps hikes

6) Powell also conceded that the Committee considered a pause today

7) Powell pushed back on rate cut expectations & noted the optionality to hike more than the dots suggest

8) In the press conf, when speaking of the various bank rescue policies, Powell said “these actions demonstrate that all depositors' savings are safe.”

9) When asked to clarify, he was terse and repeated that “depositors should assume their deposits are safe”

10) Powell noted that “deposit flows in banking system have stabilized over past week”

11) Asked if a rate hike could exacerbate problem at banks, he said the rate decision was “focused on macroeconomic outcomes” & banks would be addressed with their lending facilities

23/03/2023

Vedanta Bought Hindustan Zinc 45% Stake at 769 Cr In 2002

In Last Three Yrs
Vedanta Got Dividend Worth 35,880 Cr
Govt Got Dividend Worth 16,300 Cr

Since 2002
Vedanta Got Dividend Worth 68,140 Cr
Govt Got Dividend Worth 31,000 Cr

What an Investment

23/03/2023

Record Bankruptcy in US

1. Victoria's Secret declared bankruptcy.
2. Zara closed 1,200 stores.
3. La Chapelle withdrew 4391 stores.
4. Chanel is discontinued.
5. Hermes is discontinued.
6. Patek Philippe discontinued production.
7. Rolex discontinued production.
8. The world's luxury industry has crumpled.
9. Nike has a total of $23 billion US dollars preparing for the second stage of layoffs.
10. Gold's gym filed for bankruptcy
11. The founder of AirBnb said that because of pandemic, 12 years of efforts were destroyed in 6 weeks.
12. Even Starbucks also announced to permanently close their 400 stores.
13. WeWork isn't in a great spot either

Nissan Motor Co. may close down in USA

1. Biggest Car Rental company (Hertz) filed for bankruptcy - they also own Thrifty and Dollar
2. Biggest Trucking company (Comcar) filed for bankruptcy - they have 4000 trucks
3. Oldest retail company (JC Penny) filed for bankruptcy - to be acquired by Amazon for pennies
4. Biggest investor in the world (Warren Buffet) lost $50B in the last 2 months
5. Biggest investment company in the world (BlackRock) is signalling disaster in the world economy - they manage over $7 Trillion
6. Biggest mall in America (Mall of America) stopped paying mortgage payments
7. Most reputable airline in the world (Emirates) laying off 30% of its employees
8. US Treasury printing trillions to try to keep the economy on life support
9. Estimated no. of retail stores closing in 2020 - 12,000 to 15,000. The following are big retailers that have announced closing:

- J. Crew
- Gap
- Victoria's Secret
- Bath & Body Works
- Forever 21
- Sears
- Walgreens
- GameStop
- Pier 1 Imports
- Nordstrom
- Papyrus
- Chico's
- Destination Maternity
- Modell's
- A.C. Moore
- Macy's
- Bose
- Art Van Furniture
- Olympia Sports
- K Mart
- Specialty Cafe & Bakery
and many many more

Unemployment claims reached an all-time high of 38+ million - unemployment is over 25% (out of 160 million of work force, close to 40 million are jobless). With no income, consumer demand is falling drastically and the economy will go into a free fall.

This is just USA...😢😢

23/03/2023

Today’s Infographic: Sectoral Investments by FPIs in Feb’23

💵 Capital Goods - 2,664 Cr
💵 Services - 1,963 Cr
💵 Healthcare - 931 Cr
💵 Automobiles - 895 Cr

23/03/2023

Today’s Infographic: Market Share of Telecom & Networking Products in India

🗼 Nokia - 40%
🗼 Ericsson - 25%
🗼 Samsung - 12%
🗼 Huawei - 7%

23/03/2023

Today’s Infographic: 10 Indian Banks with Highest CASA Ratio

🏢 Kotak Mahindra Bank - 60.6%
🏢 Bank of Maharashtra - 57.8%
🏢 IDBI Bank - 56.7%
🏢 J&K Bank - 56.5%
🏢 HDFC Bank - 48.2%

23/03/2023

In 2020, China accounted for 76% global production of Lithium-ion batteries.

In fact, 7 out of Top 10 Lithium-ion Batteries Manufacturers are from China 🇨🇳

Let’s look at the Manufacturing Capacities of other nations 🔋🔋🔋

23/03/2023

Today’s Infographic: How Much Money is Lying in Unclaimed Accounts?

💰 Unclaimed PF: 26.4K Cr
💰 Unclaimed LIC: 24.5K Cr
💰 Unclaimed Bank A/Cs: 24.3K Cr
💰 Inactive MF A/Cs: 17.8K Cr