‘My first failure…’: Saurabh Mukherjea admits valuation gaps dragged Marcellus’ returns

‘My first failure…’: Saurabh Mukherjea admits valuation gaps dragged Marcellus’ returns

After a sharp fall in Marcellus Investment Managers’ PMS assets, founder Saurabh Mukherjea has responded to critics with a candid admission of missteps and a call for more scrutiny. Acknowledging gaps that led to underperformance, Mukherjea said, “Please keep the criticism coming. My colleagues at Marcellus Investment Managers and I will be the wiser for … Read more

My life littered with failures: Saurabh Mukherjea after failing to beat market in last 3 years

My life littered with failures: Saurabh Mukherjea after failing to beat market in last 3 years

After a strong drop in the PMS (portfolio management services) assets of Marcellus Investment Managers, its founder Saurabh Mukherjea encouraged market participants to direct as much criticism as possible. The fund’s marquee consistent compounders portfolio has delivered a return CAGR of 17.4% over FY19-24, which is broadly in-line with the portfolio’ EPS CAGR of 17.8% … Read more

Saurabh Mukherjea picks 3 new stocks for HNI investors in his PMS fund

Saurabh Mukherjea picks 3 new stocks for HNI investors in his PMS fund

Dalal Street’s top stock picker Saurabh Mukherjea, who handles HNI money worth around Rs 8,500 crore in his PMS firm Marcellus, has picked three new stocks in his portfolio recently – City Union Bank, Tube Investments, and Narayana Hrudayalaya. While adding the smallcap City Union Bank to his financials-focused Kings of Capital Portfolio (KCP) fund, … Read more

Why Saurabh Mukherjea is still gung-ho on specialty chemicals, adding to Little Champs portfolio

Why Saurabh Mukherjea is still gung-ho on specialty chemicals, adding to Little Champs portfolio

Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder, Marcellus Investment Managers, says “China’s economic boom over the last 20 years supported commodity prices. China’s economic unwinding, perhaps its economic collapse over the next 10 years, will have a deflationary impact. As and when that becomes apparent to bond markets and to central banks, the narrative that we are close to … Read more

Saurabh Mukherjea suggests 2 tools to cut risk in your equity portfolio

Saurabh Mukherjea suggests 2 tools to cut risk in your equity portfolio

“If you aren’t thinking about owning a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.” – Warren Buffett If you are one of the followers of Buffett’s methodology of buying and holding stocks for the long term without disturbing the silent but magical power of compounding, then you might be … Read more

Why do smallcaps falter before reaching full bloom? Saurabh Mukherjea gives 4 reasons

Why do smallcaps falter before reaching full bloom? Saurabh Mukherjea gives 4 reasons

For a smallcap investor, it’s a dream to see his hidden gem gradually turn into a much sought-after largecap stock and deliver multibagger returns in between. Citing market data, celebrated fund manager Saurabh Mukherjea says most smallcaps that show early promise falter as they grow and eventually fade into oblivion. Data collated by PMS firm … Read more

Amid turbulent times, even star PMS fund managers are losing money in stocks

Amid turbulent times, even star PMS fund managers are losing money in stocks

With multiple global macro headwinds creating a perfect storm for the domestic equity market, almost 85 per cent of PMS funds, used by HNIs to park their surplus funds, failed to beat Nifty in May. Only one recently-launched PMS scheme managed to eke out a return out of over 280 schemes on offer. Green Portfolio’s … Read more

Long & Short of Markets: Saurabh Mukherjea’s strategy in Covid-hit market; tips on value investing

Long & Short of Markets: Saurabh Mukherjea’s strategy in Covid-hit market; tips on value investing

NEW DELHI: While on one hand the boom in commodities is causing a rip-roaring rally in metal stocks, it is giving a new headache in the other part of the market. Read about the effects of rising input inflation, Saurabh Mukherjea‘s interview, Michael Price’s contrarian view on markets, and more in this week’s edition of … Read more