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Linkfest: August 25,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala grills Aurobindo MD (Moneycontrol)

Mukesh Ambani’s hunt for 100 Million Subscibers (ET)

The chequered past of the Welspun Group (Moneylife)

India’s startup boom turns to bust (Mint)

Surge in IPO loans for the wealthy (BS)

Indian e-Commerce companies will die without discounts (Quartz)

When to sell a share (Subramoney)

5 Reasons why you are bad at investing (US News)

Research:Endowment effects from India’s IPO Lotteries (SSRN)

Understanding VCs (A VC)

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Linkfest: August 24,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

India-The Giant Awakens (Aberdeen)

RBL Bank’s IPO subscribed nearly 70 times (FE)

Amitabh Bachchan’s stock market bets (ET)

Capital mis-allocation by Indian companies (Bala)

Why a surging stock market is not making ordinary investors happy (Guardian)

The only thing that can save your retirement (DR)

Survivorship Bias (Stock Charts)

Why Dividend Growth Investing? (Reality Check)

Ferraris,Fine Wines and Alternative Investments (MF Blog)

Passive investing is worse than Marxism (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest: August 23,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Biyani may buy Aditya Birla Retail (ET)

Maggi retains top slot in Noodles market (FE)

Has Flipkart lost #1 Slot to Amazon? (Mint)

HDFC Bank makes loan grab as rivals curtailed (Bloomberg)

12 things I learnt from Naval Ravikant about investing (25IQ)

Market History Amnesia (Tony Isola)

5 Best financial decisions I ever made (Retire By 40)

Cash Burn: The bonfire of Venture Capital (Aswath Damodaran)

Fortune,ruin and market timing (Climateer)

The reason why so few airlines are profitable (HBR)

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Linkfest: August 22, 2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

New RBI governor Urjit Patel’s profile (Money Control)

The economics of Urjit Patel (Mint)

Why NCDs make a compelling investing case (ET)

Some banks are back from hell (Tamal)

Mid-cap stock picks of Sandip Sabharwal (RJ)

Why no one trusts China’s markets (Bloomberg)

How a 30 something couple got rich (CBC)

How to “crash proof” your portfolio (DR)

Bumping against my upper cash limit (Aleph)

3 essential points every investor should understand (TRB)

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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)