Do it yourself

Will jet fly high again? One positive impact of Covid-19 pandemic for me is that it has increased my productivity significantly. I am saved from excruciating travel, which many times is completely unnecessary and avoidable. I am able to devote the time, money and energy saved from travel to useful and productive tasks. I am reasonably confident that this positive impact of the pandemic may sustain in foreseeable future also. In last two days, I did video meetings with five corporate managements, located in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru. In pre pandemic era, I would usually travel to meet companies for understanding their businesses. A one hour meeting in Bengaluru would mean, waking up at 3AM to catch a 6:50 flight, and reach home by 10PM. No longer is the case. I logged in at 3:58PM for a 4PM meeting from the comfort of my home; and was done at 5:10PM, well within time for the evening tea with my wife. Saved, Rs15000, 20hrs of time, 1500 calories, and stomach ...

 Besides digital transformation of global economy, sustainability is the other theme that had dominated the investment strategies in past three years. The global energies have remained focused on enhancing the role of digital capabilities in our day to day life, and making the growth sustainable in terms of the pressure on natural resources and dispersal of harmful waste in the environment. Scrolling through my social media timelines, I gathered some interesting instances of “sustainability” theme dominating the investment discourse. ·          Market capitalization of Tesla Inc., the US company making electric cars, among other things, has topped market of top 10 global auto makers; even though it’s annual revenue is about US$28bn (vs. Toyota revenue of US$572bn). ·          The stock price of Orsted A/S, a Danish largest energy company in Denmark and world's larg...