Gulaq is the retail investment advisory arm of Estee Advisors, a company with almost two decades of experience in creating quantitative investment products for institutional and high-net-worth investors. With Gulaq, we focus on helping retail investors, mainly through the Smallcase platform. We offer them portfolios that are built using the same research but packaged to […] The post Gulaq Market Cap Portfolios appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

If you don’t understand the difference between multicap and flexicap funds, you’re not alone. Multicap and flexicap are two of the most popular equity mutual fund categories, and they often confuse investors when it comes to choosing the right one. While they may seem similar, each has its unique advantages. In this blog, I’ll break […] The post Multicap vs. Felxicap: Which One Should You Invest In? appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

In stock market a good decision can lead to a bad outcome and a bad decision can lead to a good outcome. Luck plays a big role in investment outcomes but is often overlooked—sometimes intentionally. If you tell yourself, you just got unlucky, you are making excuses. If you tell yourself, you got lucky, you […] The post Skill vs. Luck – What Drives Investment Returns? appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

Imagine you’re a student preparing for an important exam. What are the factors you think will determine your score? You can be the smartest person in the whole world, but if you don’t handle the exam pressure well, your performance would suffer. Your score, as you might have correctly guessed, depends not just on your […] The post The Evolution of Factor-Based Investing appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

The Magellan Fund, managed by Peter Lynch from 1977 to 1990, is legendary in the world of investing. Under Lynch’s rein, the fund delivered an average annual return of 29%, making it one of the most successful mutual funds of all time. But here’s the paradox – despite this stellar performance, most investors in the […] The post How Investors Lost Money in Peter Lynch’s Magellan Fund appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

Imagine if taking a few days off your work cost you your entire salary. Sounds extreme, right? Who would want to work in a place like that? Yet, in the world of investing, where your money is working for you, this happens all the time – missing out on a few of the market’s best […] The post Time In The Market > Timing The Market appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

  Proof by contradiction is a logical method used in mathematics to prove a statement by assuming the opposite of what you want to prove. If this assumption leads to a logical contradiction or an absurd conclusion, then the original statement must be true. In this blog, I will show how this method can be […] The post Identifying Overvalued Stocks: A Proof by Contradiction Approach appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

Debt Funds are funds that invest primarily in fixed income securities of government and corporates. As of May 2024, it has over Rs. 15 lakh crore in assets under management (AUM) – about 26% of the total AUM in the industry. In this blog, we are going to take a deep dive into debt mutual […] The post Debt Funds Deep Dive appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

Equity Mutual Fund Deep Dive SEBI classifies mutual funds into five broad categories: Debt, Equity, Hybrid, Solution-oriented, and Others. In terms of Asset Under Management (AUM), Equity leads the pack by a mile as the most popular option among investors. As of May 2024, the total AUM of the Mutual Fund industry in India stands […] The post Equity Mutual Fund Deep Dive appeared first on Gulaq ..read more

Why Investors Are Hard-Wired for Short-Term Thinking An analysis done by Reuters revealed that an average investor holds shares for a mere 5.5 months before selling them for an uncountable number of reasons. The analysis also revealed that the average holding period has been trending shorter and shorter. In the 1950s for instance a typical […] The post Why Investors Are Hard-Wired for Short-Term Thinking appeared first on Gulaq ..read more