Here is today's session recording on How to build Your Portfolio by Ilyas in case you missed the live session. Happy Learning! Share your feedback in the comments below!

Hey everyone 👋 Wanted to share something real from my own portfolio — not a lesson, just what actually happened. When the US-Iran-Israel war broke out last quarter, our market dropped almost 25% in a matter of days. If you were active in the markets then, you remember the chaos. A lot of newer investors panicked and closed their positions at a loss. I did the opposite. At the peak of the panic, I put together a Rs. 1 million portfolio — Rs. 125,000 across 8 companies, spread across 8 different sectors. I even recorded a video while I was building it (attached below, you can see my thinking in real time). Fast forward 3 months: → ~20% price appreciation → 1.5% dividend yield → ~21.5% total return Now here's the part I actually want to talk about with you all — because the return isn't really the interesting part. The interesting part is: why was I able to buy when everyone else was selling? It wasn't confidence in "the market." It was confidence in the specific companies I owned. I understood their sectors, their fundamentals, why they'd still be standing regardless of a geopolitical shock. That's the whole reason this community exists. Most people start investing chasing upside — they want the number to go up. But nobody teaches you how to survive the downside first. And if you don't know what you own, every red day feels like a crisis instead of a normal part of investing. Education is what turns volatility from something scary into something you can actually use. Our recent training batches are closed. Drop Your number in Notify Me https://sarmaaya.pk/trainings?utm_source=skool&utm_medium=skool&utm_campaign=laeeqahmad

Most investors don't check iNAV or ex-dividend dates before buying. That one oversight can quietly kill your returns. We just dropped a video breaking down exactly what's going on with ETF pricing right now, why some ETFs are trading above their iNAV, and what you should be doing instead. Worth 5 minutes before your next trade. 🔗 Watch here: https://youtu.be/c6Nk80mDqz8?si=v8FhLhhLC7PAq_yF Got ETF questions? Drop them below. 👇