Day: September 5, 2014

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Links

Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 05,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The rise and fall of Jignesh Shah (Forbes India)

Is Dhoni India’s best ever captain? (ESPN)

The games Ranjit Sinha plays (Open)

The “Beastly” connection between India and Ukraine (Caravan)

Pursuing ISIS to the gates of hell (Atlantic)

50 Best Jokes of Joan Rivers (Vulture)

Why does slavery persist in Mauritania (New Yorker)

30 Unusual things/places  you won’t believe exist in India (ScoopWhoop)

How to get into an Ivy League College-guaranteed (BusinessWeek)

Dispatch from Donetsk-Why not kill them all? (LRB)

Millions of Pakistani children falling prey to pedophilia (Mail)

Spoof:How BJP handled AAP’s accusations (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Amsterdam (TeamBHP)

Manu Sharma spends more time in Dad’s hotel than in jail (FashionScandal)

What is the dumbest thing said by a Bollywood actor/actress in an interview? (Quora)

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Tweets

Decide before hand

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CoatTailing

Portfolio of Merrill Lynch in India

This post is in continuation of my coat tailing series (see here)

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Merrill Lynch is a well known FII

Its significant holdings in India as on 30 June,2014 as per Stock Exchanges is given below:

Symbol Entity # of Shares % Date End
ABAN MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA 814965 1.87 201406
ANANTRAJ MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A.S.V. 5264100 1.78 201406
ASTRAZEN Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A.S.V 403857 1.62 201406
BALRAMCHIN Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 3246943 1.33 201406
CESC MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA SA 1281147 1.03 201406
DONEAR Merrill Lynch Capital Markets ESPANA S. A. S.V. 3965000 7.63 201406
FINANTECH Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A.S.V. 713479 1.55 201406
GANESHHOUC MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A.S.V 579213 1.77 201406
GEMINI MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL 19746885 15.94 201406
GILLETTE MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A. S.V. 688000 2.11 201406
GLENMARK Merrill Lynch Capitakl Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 3299384 1.22 201406
IIFL MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A. S.V. 9597606 3.19 201406
INFRATEL Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 25811959 1.37 201406
JUBLFOOD MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A. S.V 1856220 2.84 201406
MASTEK MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A.S.V. 312668 1.41 201406
MCDOWELL-N Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A.S.V 2169471 1.49 201406
MCLEODRUSS Merrill Lynch Capital Markets ESPANA S.A. S.V. 2935574 2.68 201406
PHOENIXLTD Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 2311250 1.6 201406
PVR Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 454151 1.1 201406
SKSMICRO MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A. S.V. 4851312 3.85 201406
SRTRANSFIN Merrill lynch Capital Markets Espana s.a. S.v. 2872750 1.27 201406
SUBEX MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPAN 10192621 6.12 201406
TATAMTRDVR Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A. S.V. 15139005 3.14 201406
UPL MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S A 5187026 1.21 201406
VENUSREM MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPA 414136 3.62 201406
WOCKPHARMA MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL MARKETS ESPANA S.A.S.V 1195629 1.09 201406
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Anecdotes Realty

Rajesh Khanna’s Realty Example

In 1970,Rajesh Khanna bought a bungalow in Mumbai for 3.5 Lakhs.

Fourty Four years later, in 2014, his legal heirs sold the property for 85 Crores.

This translates to a annual compounded gain of ~ 19.5%

Just goes to show that realty is a great investment in India over long time frames.

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Cartoon

The invisible hand of the Stock Market