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Inside Astute Investor’s Calculus, you’ll learn:
- How to find undervalued small-cap stocks
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- How to navigate risk with evidence-based strategies
About the Author
I’m Shailesh Kumar, a value investor with decades of experience in small-cap analysis, intrinsic value modeling, and systematic portfolio construction. Everything I share here comes from real strategies I use to build long-term wealth for my family and businesses.
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Stay current with fresh analysis and timeless principles. Each article is crafted to help you understand markets better, identify mispriced opportunities, and strengthen your investment process.
Why the Efficient Market Hypothesis Breaks Down, and Where Smart Investors Still Win
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How Checklist Investing Helps You Invest Better?
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Evolution of Warren Buffett in 3 Stages
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Low Liquidity is Not the Problem You Think in Small Cap Stocks
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The 4 Phases of Cyclical Stocks: How to Identify Them and Profit
Cyclical stocks tend to be reliable profit generators in a value investor’s portfolio. Cycles exaggerate…
Yahoo Finance Community Panel – 3 Stock Presentations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAb1ODXszz8 We had the first Yahoo Finance Community Meet-Up on Dec 12, 2025. Nathan Worden…
18 Mid Cap Stocks that Fit the Buffettology Criteria – Dec 2025
The book Buffettology describes a screen that is similar to how Warren Buffett looks for…
From Cloud to Vendor: Google’s Historic Pivot to Selling ‘Merchant Silicon’
The Unlikely Alliance Threatening the AI Status Quo The recent news that Google sells TPU…
How the Income Factory Strategy Builds Cash Flow in Any Market
IntroductionYou want a portfolio that works for you every week, every month, and in every…
Track My Watchlist on GitHub
Check it out at https://github.com/shailesh-cmyk It has been difficult to share my working watchlist with…
Why Value Investing Works Over the Long Term?

Value investing works because it is grounded in buying companies for less than their intrinsic worth and letting fundamentals drive long-term returns. By focusing on earnings power, cash flow, and true business value, investors position themselves to benefit when mispriced stocks eventually converge toward fair value. This disciplined approach favors patience, rational decision-making, and the compounding of high-quality opportunities over time.
At Astute Investor’s Calculus, we focus on small-cap value stocks because this is where mispricing is most common. In my 25+ years of investing, I’ve consistently found that small caps are overlooked by institutions and largely ignored by retail investors who concentrate on index-heavy large caps. This lack of attention creates persistent inefficiencies, allowing disciplined investors to buy fundamentally strong businesses at steep discounts to intrinsic value. It’s in these under-followed corners of the market where true value investing edges are built.




