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Linkfest:17 March,2014
Wishing everyone a Happy Holi.Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Why we are awful at assessing risk (Fool)
PSU Banks:Will the new govt privatize? (Mint)
5000 Crore of crop loans may turn bad (ET)
Meet the new age grocers (BS)
BJP going for the kill in Uttar Pradesh (BL)
Win ! (MediaCrooks)
The Bull that got away (WSJ)
Different from the consensus (Aleph)
Warren Buffett’s underperformance (SalilMehta)
An Investor’s guide to better writing seriously (InefficientMarkets)
Hat Tip: Joe KusnanWhen there is a stock-market boom, and everyone is scrambling for common stocks, take all of your common stocks and sell them. Take the proceeds and buy conservative bonds. No doubt the stocks you sold will go higher. Pay no attention to this— just wait for the depression which will come sooner or later. When this depression— or panic— becomes a national catastrophe, sell out the bonds (perhaps at a loss) and buy back the stocks. No doubt the stocks will go still lower. Again pay no attention. Wait for the next boom. Continue to repeat this operation as long as you live, and you’ll have the pleasure of dying rich.
Mega Weekend Linkfest:March 14,2014
Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Amit Jatia and McDonald India’s 15 year wait for success (Forbes)
Inside Sahara Dessert (Outlook)
Why I hate cricket (SunandaVashisht)
How to solve a problem like Swimfisher Airlines (Newslaundry)
The mystery of Malaysia Airlines 370 (Atlantic)
The world’s oldest crown (NewYorker)
A dog’s life (Dawn)
Steven Cohen identified in new insider trading suit (BusinessWeek)
Joe Biden in winter (Politico)
In Pictures:How Kejriwal finally got Narendra Modi’s attention (UnrealTimes)
Travelogue:Zero Point,North Sikkim (TeamBHP)
What Juhi Chawla and Supriya Pathak did next (JaiArjun)
India’s Democratic Pageant (ShashiTharoor)
Movie Review:Gulaab Gang (GreatBong)
10 Rejection Letters sent to famous people (MentalFloss)