Manish Goel

Manish Goel - SEBI Registered Research Analyst

About Manish Goel

SEBI Registered Research Analyst • Chartered Accountant

377 Articles Published

Manish Goel is a Chartered Accountant, SEBI Registered Research Analyst, and founder of Manish Goel PMS. A full-time value investor since 2010, he has helped thousands of investors build long-term wealth through quality stock picking and disciplined fundamental analysis.

May 13, 2026
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Bird in Hand vs Two in the Bush: Warren Buffett’s 2000 Berkshire Letter Reading of Aesop

Warren Buffett distilled Aesop into three questions every Indian investor must answer before laying out a single rupee — and Titan Biotech FY25 has audited answers to all three.
May 12, 2026
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Cognitive Dissonance: Leon Festinger’s 1957 Resolution Mechanism

Leon Festinger's 1957 theory of cognitive dissonance explains why Indian investors hold losing positions rather than closing them: the brain resolves contradictory beliefs by re-narrating the thesis rather than reversing the action. This piece traces the original Stanford research, links it to SEBI/NSE retail-investor data, sets out a six-step procedural defence, and uses Titan Biotech Ltd (BSE: 524717) FY25 audited numbers — 81% borrowings reduction, 103% CFO/Operating Profit, ₹4.56 Cr aggregate director remuneration vs ₹22 Cr PAT, 14 board meetings under an independent chair — as an illustrative case of anti-dissonance corporate disclosure architecture. Educational only; no buy/sell/hold view.
May 12, 2026
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Director Remuneration as a Percentage of PAT: The Companies Act Section 197 Governance Test Every Indian Long-Term Investor Must Master

Companies Act 2013 Section 197 caps managerial pay at 11% of PAT. Learn how to read this under-used governance ratio in 15 minutes — illustrated by Titan Biotech FY25's ~₹4.56 Cr director remuneration alongside 14 board meetings, an independent chair, ~103% CFO/Operating Profit and a ~29% ten-year PAT CAGR.
May 12, 2026
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Time Arbitrage: Why Stretching Your Holding Period to Five and Ten Years Is the Single Greatest Edge a Private Indian Investor Has Over Institutional Money

Why time arbitrage — the structural edge of holding quality businesses for five to ten years while institutional money is forced to optimise for the next 90 days — is the rarest source of edge in Indian value investing, illustrated by Titan Biotech's FY25 audited numbers.
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