Author: Raoji

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Linkfest: August 17,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Will stocks lose $10 Trillion in 2015 or 2016? (Marketwatch)

Stanley Druckenmiller buys gold (Barrons)

IPO Review:Navkar Corporation (MyInvestmentIdeas)

The madness for growth (Value Investor India)

HDFC Research Report:Preferred Stocks (RJ)

Emerging Markets are crashing (Irrelevant Investor)

Why investors get less than their fund’s total return (Morningstar)

Valuing and Pricing “Trophy” Assets (Aswath Damodaran)

The best investing strategy for you (Washington Post)

Inside the brain of an investing genius (Investing Caffeine)

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Movie

Duty

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face”-Mike Tyson

Life often is the toughest opponent out there-it throws punches that can throw off the investor off his planned path.

We Indians,being very family oriented,often have to contribute to family situations for which we never planned for but nevertheless are expected to contribute.This obviously results in a reduction of capital available for investing,trading etc

As a movie buff,one of the best Indian movies I ever saw was “Anumati” -a Marathi movie for which Vikram Gokhale got the National Award for Best Actor.

Here is one dialogue (translated) from the movie which still resonates after so many years of watching the movie.

“You conducted the daughter’s wedding in grand style”

“What I did for my daughter was my duty.From my son,I expected dutiful behavior”

 

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AlphaIdeas

Alpha Ideas crosses 7 Million Page Views

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How to lose money by investing in great companies

Source:Tankrich

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Excerpts

Standard Life to raise stake in HDFC Life

(Disclosure:I am market making in the shares of ICICI Pru Life)

British insurer and asset manager Standard Life plc (SL.L) said on Friday that it is seeking approval from Indian regulatory authorities to increase its stake in India’s HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Standard Life is seeking an increase in stake from 26 percent to 35 percent for a total consideration of about 169 million pounds ($264.45 million).

The company would be seeking approval from India’s Competition Commission of India, The Foreign Investment Promotion Board and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India following the passing of the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act 2015 by the Indian Parliament.

The law will shake up India’s overcrowded life insurance sector, allowing global insurers such as Britain’s Prudential (PRU.L) — which holds a minority stake in India’s biggest private life insurer ICICI Prudential Life — and others to increase their Indian stakes.

The legislation could also pave the way for HDFC Life to move ahead with a planned listing of the company.-from Reuters