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Linkfest:Jan 08,2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Performance of markets prior to National Elections (Prashant)

I-T Department searches 20 Yash Birla properties in Mumbai (Mint)

RBI allows foreign investors to use ‘put’ and ‘call’ options (ET)

Dhoom 3 collects Rs.500 Crores (FE)

Of brains and balls:Nassim Taleb’s macro bets (NoahOpinion)

Yield chasing never ends well (TRB)

What did we learn in 2013? (NYTimes)

That time Buffett smashed the Efficient Market Hypothesis (TRB)

The real Belfort story missing from ‘Wolf’ movie (Dealbook)

How to trick yourself to save more money (LifeHacker)

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Linkfest:Jan 07,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Elections:Buy or Sell (Bala)

Investor sentiment on bank stocks take a negative turn (BS)

10 best tax saving instruments (ET)

Why is Big Business scared of CAG? (Firstpost)

MMS:The man who forgot he was Prime Minister (NYTimes)

How to select mutual fund categories suitable for your financial goals (Freefincal)

Do you want to live to invest or invest to live? (RandomRoger)

Enhancing trading performance by keeping trading simple (SMBTraining)

Fewer cheap stocks.A warning sign? (WSJ)

Investors continue pulling cash from EM Funds (ETFTrends)

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Linkfest:Jan 06,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

You are Here (TRB)

Tiny loans for tiny homes (WSJ)

Cash rich PSUs should be on your radar (ET)

T2 Terminal to give India a flying start (BS)

Run out of money ! (Subramoney)

Post Office Schemes-Who should invest? (MyInvestmentIdeas)

The joy of sleeping in the afternoon (Heartranjan)

The Lost Honour (MediaCrooks)

The rise of long term thinking (Felix)

PIMCO had a tough 2013 (Bloomberg)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:Jan 03,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The road to Gurgaon (Caravan)

No takers for the Rahul Gandhi formula (Tehelka)

Why SAC’s Steven Cohen is not in jail (BusinessWeek)

Hezbollah under fire (ForeignAffairs)

Scientists turn algae into crude oil in less than an hour (Smithsonian)

10 countries where people live longest (MarketWatch)

How Netflix reverse engineered Hollywood (Atlantic)

A memory of Farooque Shaikh (JaiArjun)

Spoof:Vijay Mallya approaches Vinod Mehta to endorse Bagpiper (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:A serene Kasauli Trip (Ghumakkar)

Europe’s Ukrainian Blunder (ProjectSyndicate)

Bashar Al Assad:An intimate profile of a mass murderer (NewRepublic)

Driving from Kolkata to Bhutan in a Pajero (TeamBHP)

Qatar Chronicles (SBNation)

The American who gave his life for Chairman Mao (Atlantic)

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Linkfest:Jan 03,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

BJP leaders discuss zero taxation idea (FE)

Berkshire failing Buffett’s 5 Year test for first time (Mint)

How to sell your house for more than its worth (Firstpost)

Marriage and Money (Subramoney)

The Strangest Fund of 2013 (Barrons)

Are all traders useless morons? (Bloomberg)

Can Do Vs Can’t Do Culture (Recode)

Steve Cohen will settle for a 308% return on Manhattan Penthouse (DealBreaker)

Words of wisdom and advice to aspiring value investors (BeyondProxy)

McKinsey has nothing on Dogbert the Consultant (Climateer)