My new year’s resolution is Empowering youth through ‘value investing’

It sounds a little confusing but it can be a life-changing thought. How?

During the 1940s, a British-born Jewish investor discovered a technique in which he discussed the ‘value of anything’. For example when we buy a pen, way pay its cost say 5 Rs. but this is not the actual cost of the pen but it is just a ‘market price’. To determine its real value we have to go a little deeper into the cost of goods and services used to make that pen, in short SG&A (Selling, General & Administrative Expense) and COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold). There were so many people who followed this principle and among them, there was a guy with reasonable intelligence & terrific passion who found this concept very interesting and started applying it. The concept of ‘value investing’. The guy deciphered all buried concepts and applied it to the stock market. Today he is the richest man in the word and his name is Warren Buffett. In terms of stock market investment, Value investing can be described as ‘Buying undervalued stocks’, These stocks created immense wealth for investors over time that no one can imagine. In Equityboxx when we started applying this concept and tried to find out the intrinsic value (Actual Value) of stocks and ignored the market price ( Current Price). The company has lots of things to observe, See the financials, concentrate on ratios and margins, compare with peers, study about promoters, keep an eye on liquidity, make sure you know the debt, know future plans, forecast the scope, speak up with indicators and press BUY button. That’s how your wisdom will save you from a massive destruction. simply if intrinsic value > market price then we bought the stocks in heavy volume and if intrinsic value < market price, we ignored it. In last two years, these value stocks converted into gems and exceptional profits have been generated for myself and for my esteemed client from all over the world.

The point is ‘anyone can apply this concept’.The question is If It’s an open book then why very fewer people want to read about it? Well because here patience is the key to success and almost everybody wants to make a quick buck in the shortest time span. My new year’s resolution is to make people aware of this concept so that they can also invest their money via value investing and so to protect and grow their wealth.

I managed spread this message to over 2 million people in last 1.5 years and increasing my momentum thru offline workshops, social media etc. My target audience for this year is 10 million and I am already done with my preparations

Was it achieved?

Well, I won’t say completely but Almost. With a vision of empowering youth via value investing, Equityboxx has covered almost all major cities in India like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune etc. I feel fortunate to present myself in one of the finest and reputed institutions like IIT Delhi and IIT Guwahati by expressing my views on how effectively one can beat the Stock Market and can become a disciplined investor. With a mission to spread financial literacy, We are already in discussion with some major institutions like DTU, Delhi and IIT Madras for conducting more seminars (TradeX, Equityboxx) in near future to bridge the gap between Market and Young Potential Investors.

What were the challenges you encountered?

Two major challenges I have encountered were ‘The Process of Simplification’ and of course ‘Competition’. It is hard to decipher the complex concepts into simpler ones but the hardest part is making it understandable to others, citing the projection from the vision of a common man. We converted these concepts into simple ‘step by step. video lectures about Stock Analysis so that even a beginner can become an expert Stock Market investor in a few days.

‘Competition‘: This obstacle is something every entrepreneur has to pass to wait for another. In the presence of intense competition, Equityboxx is now serving customers from 5 distinct countries and became India’s first SEBI Regd investment Advisory to conduct sessions on ‘Equity Analysis’ in IITs which are considered to be as one of the most reputed Institutions in the world.

How did you overcome them?

Everything can be achived if you have a clear vision and have faith on your ideas and strategies. We overcame some of the major obstacles with hard work and teamwork. The best part is, we learned a lot from our mistakes and we are in no mood to repeat it again.The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

– Akshay Seth, Co-founder of Equityboxx, popular on Quora