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Weekend Mega Linkfest:November 21,2014

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The real roots of midlife crisis (Atlantic)

The curious world of online classifieds (Open)

Then BJP entered the Kashmir Valley (Outlook)

The gallant Dogra (IDR)

The Cosby show:Is Bill Cosby a rapist? (Atlantic)

Mobile payment startup Venmo is killing cash (BusinessWeek)

Islamic State’s gradual expansion into Africa (DerSpiegel)

Hell is other people (GQ)

In Pictures:Rajnath Singh doing things (UnrealTimes)

Travelogue:Iceland (TeamBHP)

India’s Economic Hotspots (ProjectSyndicate)

Mumbai slums comes to London stage (Economist)

Ambala to Moscow (Dawn)

Gabbar Singh-A fat lazy lout-Sholay-Reassessed (JaiArjun)

The voice of God Sachin and his silences (Great Bong)

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Linkfest:November 21,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Kotak to acquire ING Vysya Bank in all cash deal (Mint)

India Inc should get off Rajan’s back (FirstBiz)

Modi races for 1.2 Billion fingerprints (Bloomberg)

13 awesome ideas to make extra income other than your job (JagoInvestor)

Comparison of KVP,NSC,PPF and Bank FDs (BasuNivesh)

How to rebalance your portfolio (HumbleStudent)

Research:Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns (Alpha Architect)

Not everyone sucks at investing (Philosophical Economics)

Gold:Its time to buy (Barrons)

Destroying the myth of the intermediate term investor (BCLund)

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Linkfest:November 20,2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

The Chinese are coming with lots of money (Mint)

5 Big Changes to India’s insider trading regulations (Menaka Doshi)

Latest Fixed Deposit Rates (MyInvestmentIdeas)

Using leverage in a bull market (ValueInvestor)

A perfect investment portfolio (GoodMoneying)

Torturing historical data (CommonSense)

Its investor behavior not investment behavior that matters (IrrelevantInvestor)

The Bear Market “Cure” is worse than the disease (Servo)

Is Social Media coming of age? (AswathDamodaran)

Who gets the best return on investments?Not finance professionals (Guardian)

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Linkfest:November 19,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The most valuable investment secret in the world (Crux)

What is driving Dalal Street? (ET)

New KVP:What you need to know (Mint)

MFs hit new record in equity launches (BS)

India 10 Year Bond Yield falls to 15 month low (Bloomberg)

The Lollapalooza effect in Active Management (CommonSense)

Skills that separate you as an Investment Manager (Enterprising Investor)

Research:Momentum Crashes are predictable (SSRN)

Is the pursuit of alpha sabotaging investment success? (CIO)

Bubble behavior? (Alhambra)

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Linkfest:November 18,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

All eyes on India (Ivanhoff)

Abe’s 1 Trillion $ Stock Market gift (Bloomberg)

Funds woo risk averse HNIs with absolute returns (ET)

Interview with CLSA’s Christoper Wood (Mint)

Narendra Modi takes a dig at RBI (FE)

Pandering your wealth away (Fool)

The bloody origins of money (Quartz)

Have systems not goals (Scott Adams)

The code that made human progress possible (Bill Bonner)

Watch out SBI,HDFC Bank (FirstBiz)