Indian stock exchanges are closed today for Mumbai's municipal elections.
The fact that our exchanges, which have international linkages, are shut down for a local municipal election shows poor planning and a serious lack of appreciation for second-order effects.
As Munger said: "Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome."
The holiday exists because no one who matters has any incentive to oppose the market holiday.
It also tells you how far we have to go before global investors take us seriously.
I have added Lumax Industries to my portfolio.
It has a strong order book for the next few years, growing sales and profits, and the current price looks fair for the kind of growth the company is delivering.
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January is one of the strongest months of the year for stocks:
Since 1928, the S&P 500 has risen 62.2% of the time in January, the 3rd-highest win rate of any month.
Over this period, only 37 of the last 97 years have posted negative returns in the first month of the year.
As a result, January has brought an average return of +1.2%, the 4th-strongest among any month.
Furthermore, when the S&P 500 ends January higher, the index has delivered a median full-year gain of +11.8%, with positive returns nearly 80% of the time.
When January’s gain exceeds 5%, the index has rallied +16.0%.
The year is setting up for a strong start.
Your quality of life momentarily jumps up if you manage to drop off your baggage and clear the security in under 15 minutes at the airport :-)
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