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Weekend Mega Linkfest: September 16,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

US Presidential Elections: Reality turned inside out (Scott Adams)

The sacred Cow: An epic stature (Bibek Debroy)

The real story behind RCom-Aircel Merger (Jaggi)

Two unexpected phone calls in China (Meryl)

The atheist and the saint (Hindu)

Khan Devta : The Muslim God in Bastar’s Hindu Pantheon (NL)

Welcome to the Dark Net (Vanity Fair)

The free time paradox in America (Atlantic)

It’s tough being over 40 in Silicon Valley (BusinessWeek)

Why Pakistan’s market beats India’s and China’s (Forbes)

Why does the US give so much money to Israel? (Atlantic)

Auto Talk: Mitsubishi Pajero SFX (Team BHP)

Startup Story: Asset Vault (YS)

How a Chennai beggar became a Wales Engineer (BI)

Food Talk: Biryani is not Pulao (HP)

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Linkfest: September 16,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Two mega trends for next 10 years (Ravi Dharamshi)

Why Bollywood’s investment model is not working (Mint)

NMDC,MOIL’s buyback offers open on Sept 19 (BL)

An investor’s guide to the insurance sector (Quint)

If you are buying, who’s selling? (Irrelevant Investor)

My 5 Worst Financial Mistakes (RetireBy40)

Martingales and Markets (Pension Partners)

Investing Cage Fight:Real Estate Vs Blogging (Financial Samurai)

Wall Street’s insatiable lust for data (Climateer)

Oh…the investment mistakes I made (Backland)

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Linkfest: September 15,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Is HDFC Mutual Fund screwing its investors? (Vipin)

India lays foundation for a Fintech revolution (Reuters)

Is Infosys facing a leadership crisis? (Mint)

Stock investing is not only about buying the right stock (S Naren)

Oyo Rooms loses around 47 Cr per month (FE)

Soured DoCoMo deal tests India’s investment appeal (Bloomberg)

Investing in an IPO?Go with the institutions (BL)

My lessons from Mutual Fund investing (FreeFinCal)

The John Bogle expected return formula (CS)

3 Lessons from Buffett’s bet against hedge funds (Morningstar)

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Linkfest: September 14,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Reliance Capital to list Housing Finance arm (Mint)

How YES Bank’s QIP ended in failure (ET)

Time to go fishing for large cap stocks (ET)

Interview with Cyrus Mistry (Quint)

How PSU Banks are gaming Modi’s Jan Dhan Yojana (IE)

The bull market in used luxury cars (BS)

We are at the end of the debt cycle (Ray Dalio)

Net worth of Raamdeo Agrawal and other market stalwarts (RJ)

Ignore Forecasts (Swedroe)

The expensive lesson of closet indexing (AA)

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Linkfest: September 13,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Is the party in the markets over? (DR)

The world’s safest instrument just got dangerous (Market Watch)

Funding woes for Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence (ET)

How can one generate income from funds? (Morningstar)

India in early stages of a bull run (Ratnesh Kumar)

Mohnish Pabrai suffers massive losses (RJ)

Ronnie Screwvala’s success story (OB)

How Byju’s fills up the biggest gap in India’s education (Forbes)

Why I still won’t buy a house (Financial Samurai)

Cash In Hand = Happiness (WSJ)