"No formula in finance tells you that the moat is 28 feet wide and 16 feet deep. That’s what drives the academics crazy."- Warren Buffett
— D.Muthukrishnan (@DMUTHUK) August 19, 2014
Author: Raoji
Linkfest:Aug 19,2014
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Domestic Investors drive markets to new highs (BS)
How much insurance is enough? (BL)
Has gold become a bad investment in India? (WSJ)
Piramal Fund Management looking at 100% returns (Mint)
PSU Banks-How to steal Billions year after year (Bala)
Behavioral Bias-The illusion of control (AlphaArchitect)
How to capture Alpha through Beta (CIO)
A honest stock market update (Fool)
How Modi decided to call off Indo-Pak meeting (HT)
Employee loyalty at the Aditya Birla Group (ET)
Warren Buffett’s largest losses
Hat tip Samir Arora

More than half the battle
Find companies and management that won't dilute you and it's more than half the battle
— MicroCapClub (@iancassel) August 11, 2014
Linkfest:Aug 18,2014
Wishing readers on the auspicious day of Krishna Janmashtami and Parsi New Year
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
How the rich invest (Mint)
About 400 Flipkart Employees with stock options become Crorepatis (ET)
Its time to say hello to Reliance Jio (BL)
Why SIP does not work with direct equities (Subramoney)
When investing “process” meets the real world (TRB)
The misleading story about George Soros (DashOfInsight)
The remarkable truth about 52 week high stocks (AlphaArchitect)
A look at what scare investors the most (Yahoo)
Warren Buffett’s first investing lesson (TRB)
Sanitation – A pipe dream (Jerry Rao)