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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)

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Linkfest: August 17,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

NSE plans to list (Bloomberg)

Only Kumarmangalam Birla wants Grasim-Nuvo merger (OB)

Toyota India’s big small challenge (Forbes)

Beware of Insurance Comparison Portals (Basu Nivesh)

Restaurants back out from food tech startups (ET)

Ravi Jaipuria’s $5 Billion dream (Mint)

Here is proof banks mis-sell (Mint)

Blessed by Misfortune (Bill Bonner)

Successful investments have 2 things in common (DR)

Stick to your investing strategy (Cordant Wealth)

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Linkfest: August 16,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How Franklin Templeton PE investors got screwed (Mint)

ESOPs lose magic (ET)

SEBI is selling.Are you buying? (BS)

Penny stocks have a poor run (BL)

On Pay Day loans (Bala)

Stay away from bigger size Mutual Funds (MoneyLife)

The Bank of Japan’s unstoppable rise to Shareholder #1 (Bloomberg)

The truth behind new all time highs (Daily Reckoning)

What if Saudi Arabia collapses (Lobe)

3 Principles to decide the investible P/E ratio (Dr.Vijay Malik)