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Diamonds in the Dust by Saurabh Mukherjea| Salil Desai| Rakshit Ranjan [HARDCOVER]

Diamonds in the Dust by Saurabh Mukherjea| Salil Desai| Rakshit Ranjan [HARDCOVER]

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Diamonds in the Dust offers a comprehensive guide for Indian investors striving for consistent, long-term wealth creation in a landscape dominated by physical assets like real estate and gold. Drawing on deep research from Marcellus Investment Managers, authors Saurabh Mukherjea, Rakshit Ranjan, and Salil Desai lay out a disciplined investment framework centered on three core pillars: clean accounting, deep competitive advantage (assessed via the IBAS framework), and sound capital allocation.Through case studies—from Satyam and DHFL to well-regarded “consistent compounders” like Asian Paints and HDFC Bank—the book uncovers red flags in financial statements and highlights trusted investment strategies for identifying elite companies capable of delivering outsized returns. It also challenges the automatic application of Western investment theories like the Efficient Market Hypothesis and CAPM in the Indian context.This makes the book both a thoughtful critique and a practical manual for serious, value-focused investors.

About the Authors 

Saurabh Mukherjea is the founding force behind Marcellus Investment Managers and the bestselling author of Coffee Can Investing and The Unusual Billionaires. An alumnus of the London School of Economics and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he blends academic insight with real-world investing expertise.

Rakshit Ranjan, a CFA charterholder with an IIT Delhi background and over sixteen years of equity experience across India and the UK, currently manages Marcellus’s flagship Consistent Compounders fund.

Salil Desai, a CA and MBA with extensive sectoral coverage in Indian equities, also leads major advisory portfolios within Marcellus.Together, they offer a rare blend of academic rigor, analytical depth, and proven investment success rooted in India’s economic realities.

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