Thread on sector dynamics and selection...only for educational purpose...personal views...

Some interesting sectors currently:

1. Specialty Chemicals
2. Pharma
3. Agri
4. IT
5. Platforms

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Selecting sectors with tailwind at early stage is an ART and has huge payoff if you can do it...

Generally price-volume action gives you first signs of change in dynamics...

This should be trigger for further FUNDAMENTAL research to understand KEY KPIs in the industry

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Now coming to these why sectors - trying to understand WHY is the key..

1. Specialty Chemicals

>> India has competitive advantage
>> Niche chemistry
>> Monopoly/Duopoly/Oligopoly structures
>> High Entry Barriers
>> Value Migration

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2. Pharma

>> Value Migration
>> Govt. Focus and policy changes
>> Industry competitive advantages
>> Niche players
>> Approval acceleration

More on API and Pharma:

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3. Agri

>> Formalization
>> Effect due to lockdown
>> Rules changing
>> Contract Farming opportunities
>> Good Monsoon

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4. IT (particularly Midcap IT)

>> Huge cost saving through WFH
>> More RFPs floating
>> Mid-size global companies realizing need to go digital
>> Long term partial WFM trends
>> Mostly debt free balance sheets
>> Scalability

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5. Platform businesses

>> Unorganized players feeling pinch
>> Migration for non-digital companies is essential
>> Scalability & growth potential
>> Other industries suffering - value migration
>> Mostly digital, low impact from lockdown, Anti-fragility in these conditions
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Again it is very important to understand whether the changes are structural or temporary...

This helps in position sizing, portfolio allocation and exit decisions..

Framework to do such analysis:



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Again, it's very important to ride these sectors as a basket rather than concentrated company allocation in my view...

And averaging up as they move up..

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