@Deven

Hobbies are aplenty. From reading fiction, watching movies, sports, travelling, trekking, swimming, etc… Many things that can keep me occupied in my spare time.

About job I had a govt job which was pensionable if I took voluntary retirement after completing 20 years of continuous job and paperwork was in order. My plan always had to be retired by 50. It took a couple of more years mainly because of some job related paper work was taking time.

Portfolio amount needed to retire would depend upon various factors. Whether there is any other source of income, ( in my case I am happily placed with govt pension) , kind of lifestyle, any future major financial burdens like kids education, marriages, etc. I have a couple of properties which yield rental income but in overall scheme of things it is not much.

All these retirement and financial freedom plans have to thought about carefully, and in consultation with family members and preferably with someone who knows a little bit about financial planning. Or else overshoot portfolio amount needed to retire by a comfortable margin so that these matters stated above take a backseat.

@bireswar_saha I may not be the right person to advise on allocation to various investment instruments. Most of my networth is into equities and its been so since nearly 10 years now. But that may not suit everyone. Regarding positional and swing trading etc that you are doing, whichever style of investment you pursue, it has to be with full commitment and passion. First comes proper learning whatever you want to practice, next comes toe dipping with reasonable amounts of money and once success and confidence is achieved in this mode, increase allocation over a period of time once expertise increases.

I acknowledge and understand opportunities lie for market participants even in times like these, but war is not an act of God, it is created by man, and as with all wars, there is loss of human life, including civilians.

If you are already an investor, you wouldn’t have asked this question, presumably you are not, and I would not deny that, this too is learning and if participated, experience is gained, not to mention financial gain, if it happens. I am a speculator myself, trying to learn the tropes of shorting and would like to have opportunities on both sides. But I guess, we can hold our horses for a little while here.

If that is Buddha in your DP, then I guess it makes even more sense.

This Israel-Palestine conflict is a new development. And Israel has declared a state of war.

How to know which companies have major business revenues in Middle East ?

Paper is a commodity

I have been to Andhra Paper in 2019

I have seen the outside and plantation area of the plant in Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh

The plant is away from major trading points.

It has a good reputation in the markets it sells

Lot of people use the paper that is produced from this mill in and around that area. The population in India is so huge that we need Paper mills I feel

They make copier and all other kraft and cardboard paper too.

Cisco recently upgraded their workflow

They have a new and focused management in place

The EU has lifted the ban on export of raw materials for Paper print and paper production, which we are dependent on.

Overall, after the massive bull run in all other irrational sectors, paper is set to shoot and this stock is coming up on many screener.in top screens for favourable to invest kind of stock.

Demand is high, sector tailwinds due to increase in demand from NEP, Colleges, reopening after CV19.

How to drive the landed cost of Pulp and Pulp Paper ?