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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 23 March, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How organised crime took over Russia (Guardian)

The Great British Tea Heist (Smithsonian)

Why the Rohingya can’t return (HP)

The Kurds keep remaking the Middle East (Atlantic)

Trump rolls the dice on China trade (ATimes)

The road out of Gwadar (Dawn)

Cutting ‘old heads’ at IBM (Pro Publica)

A moral reckoning in Silicon Valley (New Yorker)

The farmer’s long march to Mumbai (Rural India)

Road Trip: Prague & Germany (Team BHP)

Spoof: Saudi Prince & Jared Kushner (The Onion)

A Marathi Food movie with a caste problem (Arre)

Average intelligence on Earth has come down by 10 points (J Mathrubootham)

Stephen Hawking Diary (Outlook)

See if you can pass the FBI Special Agent test (Brightside)

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Linkfest: March 23,2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Trump’s trade wars begin (Quint)

Dow drops more than 700 points (CNBC)

Asian markets plunge as China responds to trade wars (Zero Hedge)

Market volatility affecting IPO plans (Mint)

Supreme Court order upsets RCom lenders (ET)

Ola’s sputtering electric vehicle trial (Reuters)

Why we listen to bad forecasts (Morgan Housel)

India to be the 3rd largest tourism economy in 10 years (TOI)

The best way to spend less (Get Rich Slowly)

Mexico-The insider trading paradise (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest: 22 March, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

US Fed hikes rates (Mint)

Stocks to buy when Nifty breaks 10,000 (MC)

LIC subscribed to 70% of HAL issue ! (ET)

Brokerage stocks under pressure (BL)

Stock Talk: Salasar Techno (Sana Securities)

Why Gold is a must-have in your portfolio (Forbes)

Trump trade war with China can hit these industries (CNBC)

The Easy Pickings (Michael Batnick)

Finding deep value stock with the acquirer’s multiple (Validea)

Investing in Vice/Sin is practically always a safe bet (Climateer)

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Linkfest: March 21, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Hindustan Aeronautics IPO : Flop Show (BS)

Mishra Dhatu Nigam IPO opens today (Quint)

Indigo,Qatar Airways to make a joint bid for Air India (FE)

Sector in Focus: Realty Stocks (ET)

Interview with Raghuram Rajan (CNBC)

When Mutual Fund CEOs get over-smart (Mint)

How Indian Insurance Companies are defrauding customers (Wire)

The one strategy that beats Wall Street (James Altucher)

How great story telling can blind us from reality (Of Dollars & Data)

Why are money managers paid so much? (Prag Cap)

 

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Linkfest : March 20, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Trump prepared to hit China with $60  Billion tariffs (Wa Po)

CBI charges former Canara Bank chief with fraud (Reuters)

Bitcoin is unfolding like the dotcom crash-just 15 times faster (CNBC)

Good response to Bandhan Bank IPO (ET)

Ambani’s triple play (Bloomberg)

The return of political risk (Mint)

More engine troubles for Indigo (FE)

A stock tip please…. (Bala)

Morgan Stanley : “That was it for the market this year” (Zero Hedge)

HK’s richest woman loses half her wealth on stock plunge (Bloomberg)