6 | Saket Mehrotra, Paid for Your Passion

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My guest today is Saket Mehrotra. Saket is a Senior associate at Tusk Investments handling FMCG & Pharmaceuticals for their Indian Public Equities portfolio. He also shares his thoughts on investing on his website, saketmehrotra.com, and as the host of Stock Room Sunday presented by Stocktwits. He also somehow manages to find time to contribute as a writer for Investing.com and MoneyControl.com! In this conversation, we cover trends and areas of growth in Indian Equities, his writing process, and how he converted fans online into paying subscribers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope you enjoy my conversation with Saket Mehrotra.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on </span> <a href= "https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep5"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep6</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">------</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:00:32] - [First question] - Background and influences in investing</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:04:37] - Indian Public Equities Strengths</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:06:40] - Trends in Indian stocks, pockets of growth</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:08:13] - Advantages of Retail Investors </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:10:53] - Situations to avoid as an investor in India</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:14:39] - Market cap as a restriction to investing?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:16:41] - Saket’s decision to write in public</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:18:53] - Saket’s information diet</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:20:51] - How writing has affected his career </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:22:00] - Advice for others thinking of