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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 06 Sept, 2019

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

India is ready to touch down on the Moon (Wired)

The cost of Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery (Buzz Feed)

A honest look at India’s VC Industry (Quartz)

Bangladesh cannot hide history (Forbes)

Tauba, Tauba (Naila Inayat)

Why Sonia Gandhi won’t crack the whip in Congress (Rasheed Kidwai)

Commode for Chidambaram (India Today)

The politics of Lahore’s Hindu Temples (Dawn)

A Foodie’s guide to Israel (Spectator)

The Formula for Happiness (Dr. Daniel Crosby)

The Ballet Boy of Bengal (Better India)

Where is real friendship? (J Mathrubootham)

Madurai: Myths & Miracles (LHI)

Maratha blood & Persian veins (Manu Pillai)

Dead Sea Diary (Outlook)

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Linkfest: 06 September, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India Bulls Housing Finance : Another PIL (BSE)

Reliance Jio launches wired broadband (Mint)

Sun Pharma confirms SEBI forensic audit underway (MC)

Bajaj Finance to sell shares worth $ 1 Billion (ET)

JSW Steel takes over Bhushan Power & Steel (FE)

Recovery of PSU stocks may be short lived (Mint)

India’s Craft Brew revolution (Forbes)

Chinese shoppers embrace facial payments (ATimes)

Short Investing Beliefs (Morgan Housel)

One simple trick (Seth Godin)

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Linkfest: 05 Sept,2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

RBI’s move to ensure transmission of monetary policy (BS)

How a SEBI circular can lead to market selling (BL)

Why demand for power is surging in India (Mint)

Reliance Naval running out of time and cash (ET)

Cement demand may crash (FE)

Steel makers to have a poor Q2 (ET)

Stock Talk: Solara (MC)

PPF beats Mutual Funds over 5 years (Mint)

Structured Notes: Exploitation of Retail Investor (Larry Swedroe)

Some thoughts on Crypto (A VC)

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Linkfest: 04 September, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

9,300 Cr for IDBI Bank (Mint)

Will jewellery stocks lose sheen? (BS)

Interview with Deepak Parekh (MC)

Interview with Siddharth Khemka (ET)

How the Indian music industry makes money (Forbes)

Radio Industry in India is struggling (OB)

SocGen’s Newsflow indicator signals a crash (Zero Hedge)

Trade War drives ‘innocent’ Asian nations to recession (BBC)

Expected real returns are scarily low (Mr Zepczynski)

Gold in real terms (Barry)

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Linkfest: 03 September, 2019

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Maruti Suzuki cuts output by 34% (FE)

Bad macro economic data keeps pouring in (Mint)

7 Changes in Income Tax Laws effective from 01 Sept (ET)

More than 2.6L people can lose jobs in mining sector (BS)

No takers for Jet Airways (BT)

Sahara wants SEBI to return ‘idle funds’ (BL)

Capital Allocation: Why it matters (Altais)

Valuation divergence between growth & value stocks (Platinum)

Landlords are eating every thing (Steven Buss)

Days are long, but decades are short (Sam Altman)