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[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

What is the true #purpose of a #product?

As consumers, we buy products very differently. Some are bought every week—FMCG, groceries, personal care. Others are bought only a few times in our lives—cars, houses, jewellery, furniture, electronics.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

Traditional FMCG can take much longer to complete this loop.

That makes me wonder:

Are quick-commerce companies simply building a faster way to deliver FMCG products—or could they eventually become the companies that create the FMCG brands of the future?

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

What is the true #purpose of a #product?

As consumers, we buy products very differently. Some are bought every week—FMCG, groceries, personal care. Others are bought only a few times in our lives—cars, houses, jewellery, furniture, electronics.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

The loop becomes:
Consumer need → Product → Instant distribution → Consumer feedback → Data → Improvement → Repeat purchase.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

🪔 Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 on Instamart:

Eco-friendly Ganpati orders jumped 176% YoY and mawa modaks 145%.

Flowers peaked at an astonishing 868 orders/minute.

The interesting part: demand is spreading beyond traditional festival markets into cities like Delhi, Kolkata & Noida.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

(1) #Swiggy (#Instamart) #Q2 FY27 #Expectations 🚀

📈 GOV: ₹9,800 Cr 📦 Orders: 138M 🛒 AOV: ₹710 📊 Contribution Margin: +0.50% 📉 EBITDA Loss: -₹550 Cr 🎯 NOV: 75%
Expanding network scale & dark store density are actively driving quick commerce profitability forward! 🛍️⚡

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

🚀 #Instamart is becoming more than a grocery app.

Raksha Bandhan orders nearly 3X YoY in 2026, while premium Rakhi demand jumped 20X. At one point, users ordered 857 Rakhis/minute.

The basket is clearly moving beyond everyday essentials.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

While some #investors trust #Swiggy's #quick-commerce market share, others worry about persistent cash burn and fierce competition. What is your long-term view? 📉📈
Is #Swiggy a bad #investment or a #wealth creator?

[Fundamental Investor ™ 🇮🇳 @FI_InvestIndia]

Milk & Eggs are a wonderful source of Protein. Many people in India do not know that most of the eggs which commercially come in the market are Unfertilized Eggs. This means that, a chicken will not come out of the egg. The Rooster has not fertilized the Hen.

Eggs are a Natural Output of a Hen's normal cycle, just like Milk is the Natural Output of a Cow after she gives birth to a calf. The Nutritional content of the Milk & Egg is determined by the Food which is consumed by the Animal & also environment in which she thrives. That is most important.

The problem comes when we make the cow or the hen a machine and milk or breed them to the maximum. I know many places where eggs and milk are mass produced. This should be avoided.

Start buying organic desi cow milk from good sources. Buy cage free eggs from hens who happily give eggs (unfertilized). Companies like Akshayakalpa, Ayur, Fresho etc are working on getting us better products (i do not write paid content, mentioning some brands because I have been using them for long and I trust them).

While plant sources like soya chunks and dals might be cheaper, Eggs are probably one of the most cost-effective and high-quality sources of protein. Because it is culturally classified as non-veg in India (even though an unfertilized egg has no life in it), many children miss out of a great source of nutrition.

This is my view !!!

#FI

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

3 #pillars of #trading are an ecosystem of two couples and a single anchor:
🔘 #Couple 1: Sizing Tiers & Risk Management (The Shield) 🔘 Anchor: Stock Selection (The Weapon) 🔘 Couple 2: Entry & Exit Rules (The Compass)
Master the couples, trust the anchor, and system executes

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

Every trade I take now must answer 3 questions:
Is 1h RSI> 65? Is Buy near support 5 mins 70MA(5 mins RSI near 40)?
Is risk clearly define ? SL Order?

Still learning. Still making mistakes.

But the goal is simple:

Better process → Better execution → Better results.

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

My biggest #trading #lesson so far:
Losses come from breaking rules. 3 things that matter more than indicators, predictions, or stock tips:
No compromise on stock selection criteria.
Master one setup 100-1000 time
Define risk before entry, place the SL immediately.

Thread 🧵👇

[Basic Finance @Basic_fin4every]

My current framework is intentionally simple:
📈 Daily & Weekly charts → Stock selection
📈 1-Hour chart → Trend strength confirmation (RSI > 65 preferred)
📈 5-Min chart → Entry execution using 70MA support
Find leaders on higher timeframes.
Use lower timeframes for timing.