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Linkfest:August 13, 2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Will Naresh Goyal join Vijay Mallya on the dungheap? (FirstBiz)

A hunt for PPF that leads to toxic sales pitches (Mint)

Raje readies Aadhaar based payments in four months (FE)

How Bhushan Steel landed itself in a debt mess (BL)

12 Infra projects waiting for Modi’s blessings (ET)

Sanjoy Bhattacharyya recommends IPCA (RJ)

How CNN IBN twisted the Meerut gangrape (MediaCrooks)

The simple rule of trading successfully (AdamGrimes)

Do risk adjusted returns matter? (CommonSense)

Taking on India’s crony capitalists (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest:Aug 12,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s net worth beats marketcap of 96% of listed firms (BS)

Using Utilities to time the market (AlphaArchitect)

The power of shareholder yield (Yahoo)

Why Employee Stock Options are losing sheen (BL)

Are the good times over for Cognizant? (ET)

Adani’s Australian coal dreams are turning black (FirstBiz)

Arbitrage funds a big draw (BS)

Adjusted for inflation,Nifty still 15%-35% below all time highs (CapitalMind)

Latest Fixed Deposit Rates in India (MyInvestmentIdeas)

Research: Are Cash Flows better stock return predictors than profits? (SSRN)

6 steps to dumpingĀ  a bad mutual fund (MarketWatch)

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Linkfest:Aug 11,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The long term investor always comes out ahead of the short term trader (WP)

10 reasons India is better prepared for US monetary tightening (ET)

Mumbai’s real estate market becomes even more surreal(RiseofHindustan)

When do Active Investment Managers underperform and outperform? (BI)

Did the UPA mislead the country on the Bali pact? (Mint)

‘Kick’ Box Office collections at 300 Crores? (FE)

Power Stocks (BL)

Churlish Congress lets slip the dogs of war (Swapan Dasgupta)

What is 8K Miles and why is DSP Blackrock buying a chunk of it? (RJ)

Mutual Funds:Why Indians don’t invest (BeMoneyAware)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest: Aug 08,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How SREI Infra recovered money from Kingfisher Airlines (Forbes)

One Aspirin a day keeps the cancer away (Smithsonian)

Alibaba’s IPO marks the end of US e-Commerce dominance (Businessweek)

Monkey See,Monkey Click (NewYorker)

Watching the eclipse in Russia (NewYorker)

Gaza – A man’s war (Atlantic)

Nepal-The ticking time bomb (IDR)

Vladimir Putin Vs Garry Kasparov (NYTimes)

How Modi Tackled the”Where are the Acche Din Question” (UnrealTimes)

Auto Review:Tata Zest (TeamBHP)

Maruti Workers from Manesar are still in jail (Outlook)

Cricket & Pakistan-The Curse of the Game (MJ Akbar)

Why did Indians not venture out into the sea? (Quora)

Is Modi keeping tab on what his ministers are wearing? (GossipGuru)

Lajja (Taslima Nasrin)

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Linkfest:Aug 08,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Ajay Piramal Group may buy into IL&FS (ET)

Raymond Bickson quits as Indian Hotels MD (BS)

Airtel offloads 4.5% stake in Bharti Infratel (BL)

A stock is a product or a good (Safir)

Google is now the largest holding of PPFAS Mutual Fund (RJ)

Review:HDFC Click2Protect Plus (GoodMoneying)

Fired managers outperform hired managers (TRB)

Ignore yield (AlephBlog)

How to prepare yourself for the end of QE (DailyReckoning)

Investing by the pool (CrossingWallStreet)