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Linkfest: August 23,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Biyani may buy Aditya Birla Retail (ET)

Maggi retains top slot in Noodles market (FE)

Has Flipkart lost #1 Slot to Amazon? (Mint)

HDFC Bank makes loan grab as rivals curtailed (Bloomberg)

12 things I learnt from Naval Ravikant about investing (25IQ)

Market History Amnesia (Tony Isola)

5 Best financial decisions I ever made (Retire By 40)

Cash Burn: The bonfire of Venture Capital (Aswath Damodaran)

Fortune,ruin and market timing (Climateer)

The reason why so few airlines are profitable (HBR)

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Linkfest: August 22, 2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

New RBI governor Urjit Patel’s profile (Money Control)

The economics of Urjit Patel (Mint)

Why NCDs make a compelling investing case (ET)

Some banks are back from hell (Tamal)

Mid-cap stock picks of Sandip Sabharwal (RJ)

Why no one trusts China’s markets (Bloomberg)

How a 30 something couple got rich (CBC)

How to “crash proof” your portfolio (DR)

Bumping against my upper cash limit (Aleph)

3 essential points every investor should understand (TRB)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: August 19,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

From Rohtak to Rio (Quint)

How Karnataka CM Siddharamaiah saved his chair (Gossip Guru)

Split in Royal Indian Navy in 1947 had serious repercussions (Swarajya)

How imperfections can bring down Michaelangelo’s David (NYTimes)

The search for the Nazi Gold Train (Smithsonian)

The story of Gilgit Baltistan (IE)

The era of ‘The Bitch’ is coming (Atlantic)

The blind man who taught himself to see (Men’s Journal)

The Detectives who never forget a face (New Yorker)

The Conspiracy that brought Putin to power (GQ)

Who are our heroes and role models? (FF)

Travelogue:To Pondicherry in a Thar (TeamBHP)

Aam Aadmi Party indulges in ‘Internet Shaming’ (Scroll)

Movie Review: Kismath (Wire)

9 heart warming Raksha Bhandhan ads (BI)

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Linkfest: August 19,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

IPO Review: RBL Bank (BL)

SBI board clears merger with associate banks (Mint)

Tata Vs DoCoMo (ET)

Candy:How Pulse got it right (Forbes)

US Mutual Funds invest in pre IPO to get alpha (Climateer)

The building blocks of investing nirvana (AB Blog)

Late August:The calm before the storm? (DR)

Mongolia is having an epic economic meltdown (Bloomberg)

Central Banks are destroying the real economy (Bill Gross)

Latest Memo from Howard Marks:Political Reality (Oaktree Capital)

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Linkfest: August 18, 2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

NTPC plans to become biggest renewable energy company (ET)

Investors pumped in 1 Lakh Cr in MF schemes last month (BL)

India Sovereign Bonds rally on (Bloomberg)

Successful investor attributes (Subramoney)

Nothing recedes like success (TRB)

Take profits to pay for a better life (FS)

Investing lessons from the Renaissance (Aswath Damodaran)

Big Winners and Big Drawdowns (Pension Partners)

The rise of the Buy Side (Bloomberg)

Legends of Finance short the stock market (Yahoo)