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Weekend Mega Linkfest:February 26,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

How a couple built a 300 acre private wild life sanctuary (Better India)

Dear Investors,so you want to take Diversity seriously? (Mitch Kapor)

Why I dread the RSS (DailyO)

Open letter to Barkha Dutt from a Social Media Sanghi Troll (OpIndia)

Justice Srikrishna:The beast in us is unleashed (Outlook)

A Chennai entrepreneur in Latin America (Forbes)

The case for quitting your job without a backup plan (Quartz)

How America made Donald Trump unstoppable (Rolling Stone)

China could beat Hollywood by 2017 (Business Week)

Travelogue:Ajanta & Ellora Caves (Team BHP)

How to use Github for free hosting of files (DI)

The Patanjali phenomenon (FF)

Gossip: AAP will win Punjab (Gossip Guru)

A Multi Million House Rentals Startup (Office Chai)

How Vijay Mallya gamed the banking system (Newslaundry)

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Linkfest: February 26,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

8 Key Takeaways from Railway Budget (Swarajya)

Large Caps have given lousy returns (BS)

Vijay Mallya Quits (Mint)

Tata Companies seek $2.5 Billion in loans (Bloomberg)

Alpha is not a risk management technique (ThinkNewFound)

The abundance is killing us (TRB)

Here’s what Buffett wouldn’t do (Bloomberg)

On Investment Charlatans (Aleph Blog)

The problem with startup porn (Byce)

French restaurant bans bankers,welcomes dogs (DS)

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Linkfest: February 25,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Railway Budget today (Mint)

Govt may auction stake in L&T and ITC (ET)

NMDC shares plunge (FE)

Modi lecture rattles India Funds (Bloomberg)

How to position PPF in your portfolio (Morningstar)

On risk seeking behavior (Prof Sanjay Bakshi)

Market timing Vs Time in the market (Subramoney)

Brazil cut to junk by all 3 ratings agencies (Zero Hedge)

You don’t get paid for yesterday’s news (Dash Of Insight)

The absurdity of what investors see each day (Fool)

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Linkfest: February 24,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The lost decade in Indian stocks (Capital Mind)

NSE makes a mockery of Nifty 50 (Capital Mind)

How ‘black money’ saved the Indian Economy (BBC)

Standard Chartered reports $981 Million Loss in Indian Operations (Mint)

The debacle in JBF Industries (Gaurav)

Meet LIC’s agent Vakalapudi (BS)

Should you invest in a FMP ? (Vipin)

Changes in Post Office Savings Schemes (Basu Nivesh)

7 Investing Lessons from Behavioral Science (Psy Fi)

The firm that trades 1 Trillion $ a year (NYTimes)

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Linkfest: February 23,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

NTPC Offer For Sale today (BL)

NHAI 7.69% Tax Free Bonds (OneMint)

Rupee hits all time low (ET)

Promoters start doing buybacks (Mint)

Party ending for Vijay Mallya (Bloomberg)

OMCs are at attractive valuations (BS)

How to value Ashiana Housing (Tankrich)

Why I don’t care about the price of gold (Alpha Trends)

Why negative interest rates can’t stop the coming Depression (Bill Bonner)

Today’s Life Lessons (Barry)