New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- An investor has posted his investment journey on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), claiming that he grew his portfolio from Rs.5 lakh to Rs.1.30 crore over a period of seven years.

Identified only as "R", with the handle @AlphaWizarDD on X, the investor said his investing journey began in 2018-19, with Rs.5 lakh. He called himself, self-learned using books, YouTube, webinars, articles, adding, "no shortcuts".

At time of writing the post was viral with more than 59,000 views. Livemint could not independently verify the investor's claims.

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