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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 13 February,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Booze,sex and the dark art of dealmaking in China (ChinaFile)

How Naresh Trehan became India’s most powerful doctor-businessman (Caravan)

Here is a $9 Trillion question (Bloomberg)

Why are Japan’s oldest businesses failing? (Atlantic)

11 real Valentine’s Day Horror Stories (NYMag)

How to defeat Putin in Ukraine (Slate)

Global illiteracy and its ghettos (Medium)

What we know about the earliest history of chocolate (Smithsonian)

The Fixer from Bharno,Jharkhand (Granta)

Leaked:Arvind Kejriwal’s Gmail Inbox (Unreal Times)

Travelogue:Pleasures of West Bengal (TeamBHP)

Movie Review:Shamitabh (Vigil Idiot)

How a 23 year old makes 500,000 $ a year tweeting random facts (BI)

A gay wedding in Mumbai (BuzzFeed)

Shazia Ilmi:Shekhar Gupta is a wheeler dealer (NDTV)

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Linkfest:February 13,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

LIC could book record profits from sale of equities in 2015 (Mint)

FM may announce Rs.45,000 Crore disinvestment target (ET)

Ambit Capital’s “Good & Clean” Model Portfolio (RJ)

Property Update:Pune West (Ravi)

Lumpsum Vs SIP is a meaningless comparison (FreeFinCal)

3 awesome tips to save Income Tax legally (JagoInvestor)

The wisdom of insecurity in the stock market (Felder)

3 reasons why oil prices have not bottomed (HumbleStudent)

A warning from Warren Buffett (Daily Reckoning)

The only basic financial advice you will ever need (PragCap)

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Linkfest:February 12,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The keys to Vijay Mallya’s Goa villa lies in Lisbon (FE)

Not a good idea to ignore Greece (El Erian)

Trading: The one minute challenge (Prashant)

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s latest stock pick (RJ)

Investing in mutual funds vis ZipSip (MyInvestmentIdeas)

The 40% rule for startups (A VC)

HSBC are scum (Climateer)

Baltic Dry at lowest level since 1986 (Bloomberg)

Daniel Kahneman’s top advice:Don’t trade too much (InvestmentNews)

A hitch in time (MediaCrooks)

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Linkfest:February 11,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How companies are making profits from solar energy (ET)

Fraud at J&K Bank takes it down (Capital Mind)

Emkay: 11 Stock Picks to buy after Q3 FY2014-15 Results (RJ)

Thomas Cook is cooking up a magic potion (Big Investor)

An accidental currency war? (Mohamed El Erian)

How to choose mobile phone insurance and extended warranty (BasuNivesh)

5 Ways to Identify the direction of the price trend (Tradeciety)

Chart:Racing the Indian Elephant against the Chinese Dragon (Economist)

A new kind of investment outlook (RPSeaWright)

A Jan 19,2015 Article: Why BJP may want to lose Delhi (Gulf News)

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Linkfest: February 10,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

In HSBC data maze,a 600 Million $ trail to Reliance Industries (FE)

Citi:Oil could plunge to $20 (Bloomberg)

How I created a corpus of 3.7 Crores in 10 years (Stable Investor)

Simple bedrock rules on personal finance (WSJ)

Impact of Arb Fund unwinding on the market (Capital Mind)

Save taxes for your legal heir (GoodMoneying)

Research Report: Bluestar Ltd (Dead President)

Exploring social media analytics (Behavioral Quant)

The richer you are,the older you will get (WSJ)

The simple secret to a jackpot trade (Daily Reckoning)