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Linkfest: August 10,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Raghuram Rajan is not done yet (Mint)

HDFC Life,Max merger to create life insurance behemoth (ET)

GST will push these taxes into oblivion (Money Control)

3 Things to note about asset allocation (Morningstar)

Moving the investment goalposts (Irrelevant Investor)

How to read financial news (CFA Institute)

Invest like a Billionaire,if you are one (Barry)

Marc Faber’s 50% Stock Crash call (However…) (Big Picture)

The price of prestige (Fortune Financial)

Trump…the bad,bad businessman (NYTimes)

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Linkfest: August 09,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Top 20 Turnaround stories of this Earnings Season (ET)

Disruption will change banking significantly (Nandan Nilekani)

No let up in share pledging by promoters (BL)

Motilal Oswal: The Value Miners (Forbes)

Reflections on Piramal Enterprises (Janav)

Now is the time for an investment holiday (Bala)

How to assess management quality before buying stocks (Dr.Vijay Malik)

What’s coming is going to be a mess (Jim Rogers)

Girls ! Pay attention to a guy’s house instead of his car (FS)

To get rich,sell something (BI)

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Linkfest: August 08,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

HDFC Life,Max Life merger to get board approval today (ET)

Centre’s disinvestment plan to get a 80,000 Crore boost (FE)

The next wave in regional aviation (Mint)

Debt emerges as better money maker than equities (BS)

How the Amin family changed Alembic’s fortunes (Forbes)

Interview with a high frequency trader (Zero Hedge)

France ends coal mining (Guardian)

Disrupting your own happiness (Common Sense)

Smoking will ruin your retirement (RetireBy40)

50 Things I know now that I am nearing 50 (Medium)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: August 05,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Salman Khan:The last Sultan (Open)

RSS exercises its power in the Cabinet reshuffle (Caravan)

Congress brings back soft Hindutva (OpIndia)

Mamata Banerjee and the Bongo in our heartbeats (NL)

The bait and switch Confusopoly Economy (Scott Adams)

The Uber-Didi deal is more about China (Haresh Chawla)

The ancient history of cheating in the Olympics (Smithsonian)

How Silicon Valley spreads the same aesthetic across the world (Verge)

How the ISIS trains its child soldiers (Spiegel)

Cooling down Kashmir (Pervez Hoodbhoy)

Chilla: A personal safety app (Rodinhoods)

Renuka Shahane’s rant on Salman Khan’s Blackbuck case (Facebook)

20 Fascinating Facts about Andaman & Nicobar (BI)

Travelogue: Skydiving in Dubai (TeamBHP)

How to be drunk in an airport (GQ)

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Linkfest: August 05,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Raamdeo Agrawal on GST (MoneyControl)

What will make GST fail (Tally Solutions)

IPO boom being driven by need for exits (Mint)

The shipping industry is in doldrums (OB)

How to invest in residential real estate (JLL)

How I became a millionaire (Subramoney)

The secret of making 20 fold returns (Katusa)

Fear of running out of money in retirement is overblown (FS)

In defense of bubbles (A VC)

Turn the TV off (Alpha Baskets)