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Book Review:More Money than God


This post is in continuation of my book review series (see here)

The book “More Money Than God” by Sebastian Mallaby is one of my favorite books.

It traces the history of hedge funds from the time  of  Alfred Winslow Jones to present times.

I just love the way he catalogs the successes and failures of the strategies of different hedge fund managers.

For the serious investor, there are lots of learnings in this book.Why some strategies work at some point in time, why some don’t , how competition / imitation can destroy the best of strategies etc

You get a new found respect (or awe) for some of the best brains in the business, especially George Soros.

It also full of great anecdotes and one liners.One more memorable one liner is the one uttered by Robertson of Tiger Funds talking about his spectacular fund performance “It’s me and the patsies !!”

I would strongly strongly recommend to read this book…its a must have for all those managing funds/portfolios.

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Music

Music:Coke Studio, Pakistan Season 3

Came across this music video, recommended by Anand Mahindra on twitter

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SiteReview

Site Review: OneMint

This post is in continuation with my site review series (see here,here and here).

OneMint is a site that covers topics of both the capital markets and personal finance.

It is updated fairly regularly and makes for an interesting read.

The posts cover a gamut of topics -from promoters pledging of shares to difference in mutual fund returns on various web sites etc

The author also informs about happenings on the personal finance front-launch of the Goldman Sachs Mutual fund,banks offering high interest rates etc

The writing style is fairly simple and easy to read.This ensures that the reader is not put off by heavy jargon.

Check it out for yourself !!