India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>FM Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to unveil the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 on July 23rd.</li>
<li>Movement of Sensex and Nifty around the Budget day and post that.</li>
<li>What sectors performed best and worst during the last 10 budget days?</li>
</ul>


FM Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to unveil the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 on July 23rd.
Movement of Sensex and Nifty around the Budget day and post that.
What sectors performed best and worst during the last 10 budget days?


Mapping Indian Market Performance Around Past 10 Budgets

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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<li>The Union Budget 2024 expectations: Focuse on job creation, rural support, and domestic manufacturing, aiming to drive economic growth and self-reliance.</li>
<li>Employment, housing and Manufacturing will be the key priorities for Modi 3.O.</li>
<li>This Budget can see some Taxation benefits for middle-class salaried individuals by offering improved tax incentives and a simpler tax system.</li>
</ul>


The Union Budget 2024 expectations: Focuse on job creation, rural support, and domestic manufacturing, aiming to drive economic growth and self-reliance.
Employment, housing and Manufacturing will be the key priorities for Modi 3.O.
This Budget can see some Taxation benefits for middle-class salaried individuals by offering improved tax incentives and a simpler tax system.


Union Budget 2024 Expectations: The Modi 3.0 Era and Its Impact on India's Economic Growth

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

Korea Stock Exchange Kospi Index / Event-Driven

The KOSPI Index is a capitalization-weighted index of all common shares on the Korean Stock Exchanges. The Index was developed with a base value of 100 as of January 4, 1980. Note: The preferred shares are excluded in calculating the KOSPI Index from June 14, 2002. 

Korea Stock Exchange Kospi Index (KOSPI INDEX)

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<li>The major framework of this realignment is likely decided, integrating KOSPI and KOSDAQ into a tiered system based on liquidity, market cap, and financial status, with periodic replacements.</li>
<li>The KOSPI 200's continued existence is uncertain under the new realignment plan, which may shift its role to the value-up index, resembling Japan’s market restructuring model.</li>
<li>The first-tier market's entry requirements will likely reflect value-up index criteria, suggesting greater speculative money movement toward the value-up index starting in September.</li>
</ul>


The major framework of this realignment is likely decided, integrating KOSPI and KOSDAQ into a tiered system based on liquidity, market cap, and financial status, with periodic replacements.
The KOSPI 200's continued existence is uncertain under the new realignment plan, which may shift its role to the value-up index, resembling Japan’s market restructuring model.
The first-tier market's entry requirements will likely reflect value-up index criteria, suggesting greater speculative money movement toward the value-up index starting in September.


KRX's Plan to Integrate KOSPI & KOSDAQ into a Tiered System: Trading Considerations

Head of Trading/ Partner, AceGama Advisors

Sankalp Singh

Head of Trading/ Partner

Proprietary Trading Desk

AceGama Advisors

Trading desk specializing in the Listed & OTC options strategies for risk management & investment purposes.

The NIFTY 50 index is National Stock Exchange of India's benchmark stock market index for Indian equity market. Nifty is owned and managed by India Index Services and Products (IISL), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited.

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<li>Weekly IVs marked significantly higher. Options demand returns post holiday-shortened week. Market focuses on 23.07.2024 Budget &amp; Corporate Earnings announcements. </li>
<li>Put-Call Ratio compression + Rising IVs indicative of call-buying activity. Significant Open-Interest buildup seen in 25000 calls.</li>
<li>Vol Term-structure: Entire curve in Backwardation. Much of which can be attributed to the India Budget event. Curve expected to flatten out post event.</li>
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Weekly IVs marked significantly higher. Options demand returns post holiday-shortened week. Market focuses on 23.07.2024 Budget &amp; Corporate Earnings announcements. 
Put-Call Ratio compression + Rising IVs indicative of call-buying activity. Significant Open-Interest buildup seen in 25000 calls.
Vol Term-structure: Entire curve in Backwardation. Much of which can be attributed to the India Budget event. Curve expected to flatten out post event.


EQD / NSE Vol Update / IVs Marked Higher & Vol Curve Inverts ... Its All About the Budget

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of July 19th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for ICBC (1398 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of July 19th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for ICBC (1398 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Jul 19th): ICBC, China Hongqiao

Financials
Follow the money trail

Mapping Indian Market Performance Around Past 10 Budgets

FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget for FY 2024-25 on July 23rd. Analysis of Sensex and Nifty movement, best and worst performing sectors on...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Union Budget 2024 Expectations: The Modi 3.0 Era and Its Impact on India's Economic Growth

Union Budget 2024 aims to boost job creation, rural support, and domestic manufacturing for economic growth and self-reliance, with focus on...

Nimish Maheshwari

KRX's Plan to Integrate KOSPI & KOSDAQ into a Tiered System: Trading Considerations

This post examines KRX's plan to integrate KOSPI and KOSDAQ into a tiered system based on promotion and demotion, similar to Japan's, and discusses...

Sanghyun Park

EQD / NSE Vol Update / IVs Marked Higher & Vol Curve Inverts ... Its All About the Budget

Increased options demand & higher IVs post-holiday week, focus is on upcoming Budget and earnings. Vol Curve is in Backwardation but expected to...

AceGama Advisors

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Jul 19th): ICBC, China Hongqiao

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for ICBC (1398 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Mapping Indian Market Performance Around Past 10 Budgets

​FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget for FY 2024-25 on July 23rd. Analysis of Sensex and Nifty movement, best and worst performing sectors on...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Union Budget 2024 Expectations: The Modi 3.0 Era and Its Impact on India's Economic Growth

​Union Budget 2024 aims to boost job creation, rural support, and domestic manufacturing for economic growth and self-reliance, with focus on...

Nimish Maheshwari

KRX's Plan to Integrate KOSPI & KOSDAQ into a Tiered System: Trading Considerations

This post examines KRX's plan to integrate KOSPI and KOSDAQ into a tiered system based on promotion and demotion, similar to Japan's, and discusses...

Sanghyun Park

EQD / NSE Vol Update / IVs Marked Higher & Vol Curve Inverts ... Its All About the Budget

​Increased options demand & higher IVs post-holiday week, focus is on upcoming Budget and earnings. Vol Curve is in Backwardation but expected to...

AceGama Advisors

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Jul 19th): ICBC, China Hongqiao

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for ICBC (1398 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget for FY 2024-25 on July 23rd. Analysis of Sensex and Nifty movement, best and worst performing sectors on...

Union Budget 2024 aims to boost job creation, rural support, and domestic manufacturing for economic growth and self-reliance, with focus on...

Increased options demand & higher IVs post-holiday week, focus is on upcoming Budget and earnings. Vol Curve is in Backwardation but expected to...