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Weekend Mega Linkfest:April 22,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How Islam created Europe (Atlantic)

How Korea cleared its streets for the 1988 Olympics (AP)

Travelogue: Blessed in Bhutan (Team BHP )

Patriotism in Bastar (Outlook)

The design flaw of Taj Mahal (Open)

Air quality worst at 7 am in India(Newslaundry)

Poster boy Nikesh Arora:Overpaid and Underperforming? (Quartz)

The political desperation of Subhash Chandra (Gossip Guru )

Dr.Rao’s Rs.50 invention gives voice back to throat cancer patients (BI)

Startup Story : Cleartax (YS)

Kangana’s shocking emails to Hrithik Roshan (Quint)

The Kohinoor was never a gift (Scroll)

Our underwear,ourselves (New Yorker )

Volunteer holidays you can sign up for (Natgeo)

Weirdest reasons why Indians reject arranged marriage proposals (Dailyo)

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Linkfest: April 22,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India’s first Insurance IPO (Bloomberg)

Has Rajan lost out on a second term ? (Mint)

Over 1 Crore people give up LPG subsidies (FE)

Investors can expect flurry of stock buybacks (ET)

Interview with Porinju Veliyath(BL)

Soros bearish on China (Bloomberg)

The Unicorn financing market has become dangerous (Bill Gurley )

Tales from money manager due diligence (CS)

Garbage rallies can net massive profits (DR)

Warren Buffett’s Coca Cola investments (Market Chess)

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Linkfest: April 21,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

RBL Bank IPO okayed (BS)

Vijay Mallya convicted (FE)

Anil Ambani focussing on defence (ET)

Gold in the time of drought (Mint)

Rajan clarifies his remark (Bloomberg)

A dose of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (Gaurav)

Stop believing this nonsense (Subramoney)

Stock prices are a function of better or worse (II)

Investing:What’s your gift?( Barry)

10 Investing lessons from John Templeton (DR)

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Bad Times,Good Times

I am a permanent bullish investor and I always feel bullish. I am not concerned about the bad portion of the economy. As an investor I pick and choose where the opportunities are and I will put money out there. In a bad time, we will get good price and in good times, we get good return.

In a lot of companies, there are fantastic franchises. In any valuations module, there are three components — breakup value, franchise value and growth value. Very few companies are growing rapidly, but  you have to balance the opportunity — how much you should pay for the future growth and how much for the franchise. This game is now very calibrated.-said Raamdeo Agarwal

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Chart: $8 Trillion of Debt is now at Negative Interest Rates

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