Category: Links

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Tata faces crisis as $20 Billion spent on water (Bloomberg)

Equities may see comeback as gold slumps (Mint)

Weaker Yen could spell trouble for Emerging Markets (ET)

India lobbies credit rating firms for an upgrade (WSJ)

ULIP investors running for cover (BusinessLine)

The biggest average-down in history (TRB)

The fundamentals of market tops (AlephBlog)

Jim Chanos Presentation on China (BI)

Gerald Loeb’s market wisdom (BigPicture)

Thoughts on gold as an investment (AswathDamodaran)

Another one bites the dust (NihonCassandra)

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Snapdeal Vs Flipkart (Rodinhood)

Great moments from IPL Season 6 (GreatBong)

Daastaan-E-Dilli (Ghumakkar)

Bangladesh’s quest for justice(ShashiTharoor)

Travelogue:Bicycling solo to Leh (TeamBHP)

Pakistan shocked that no Pakistani is suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing(UnrealTimes)

Lost in the meritocracy at Yale (Atlantic)

I’m for sale (Elle)

The resort of last resort(GlobalMail)

A wild country grows in South Sudan (Outside)

The invincible Mrs.Thatcher (VanityFair)

Book Excerpt:The mistress and the Narcotraficante (TexasMonthly)

A tribute to Balraj Sahni (Jabberwock)

The war may be over but the idea lives on (Tehelka)

Zenith Infotech:Defrauding shareholders (Moneylife)

Putting the shine back into Tata Steel (ForbesIndia)

1962:The Nehruvian Blunder (IDR)

Chequered Pasts:Resume Fraud in the IT industry (Caravan)

Ramakant Achrekar:Sachin Tendulkar’s coach (Outlook)

Advani:Modi’s real challenger (Open)

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Setback for Vedanta (BusinessLine)

Impose 200 Crore fine on Adani group:Panel (Moneycontrol)

Who’s happy about the falling price of gold? (WSJ)

SEBI plans to shorten settlement cycle (ET)

Cobrapost fallout:RBI extends investigation to 34 banks (Mint)

Ari Wald:This is what distribution looks like (TRB)

The best career advice you’ll never hear (Quartz)

The stock market capitalisation to the GDP ratio (Monevator)

The Commodities market sell off stinks of deflation (BI)

Trees don’t grow gold (DailyReckoning)

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Why analyst recommendations suck (TRB)

FM promises 8% GDP growth by 2016 to foreigners (Moneycontrol)

United Spirits rises to new high (WSJ)

The men behind Apple’s sudden surge in India (ET)

New bets starting to pay off for RIL (Mint)

Clariant Chemicals sale of business (NeerajMarathe)

Investors buy and sell stocks at exactly the wrong times (BI)

Gold’s fall cost Paulson 1.5 Billion $ this year (FT)

Yet another study on the wonders of momentum (CapitalSpectator)

Gold crash is an instructive whodunit for the financial markets (Guardian)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Indian education is useless (BusinessLine)

Theme park in Lonavla (Firstpost)

7 Sins that are costing you money (ET)

IMF:Indian economy has bottomed out (Mint)

When lender misplaces property agreement (BS)

When simplicity is the solution (WSJ)

Sugar:Letting the invisible hand work (AjayShah)

To avoid the biggest investing mistake, stay strong (NYTimes)

The Central Bank dog ate my homework (InvesingCaffeine)

Wily 22 year olds force Morgan Stanley’s hand (Dealbreaker)