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Weekend Mega Linkfest:14 Aug,2014

Some off beat reads for the long weekend:

3 wishes of Sonia that Natwar respected (GossipGuru)

The Sadness of the Comic (GreatBong)

Must Have Apps for your Android phone (Labnol)

Travelogue:Short Trip to Amritsar (TeamBHP)

Travelogue: 3000 Kms roadtrip to Kutch (TeamBHP)

The most wanted man in the world (Wired)

The Yazidis-A people who fled (Atlantic)

Chinese town does brisk trade in Cambodian wives (MarketWatch)

The wrath of Imran Khan (Economist)

Antartica’s blood red waterfall (Smithsonian)

Iraq and Syria’s poetic borders (NewYorker)

Pakistan Army’s official take on the 1948 invasion of Kashmir (IDR)

The Caste Factor in Indian Television (Newslaundry)

Naipaul and the Hindu gangsters of Bombay (OutlookIndia)

CPM-Headed for a free fall (Tehelka)

I-Day:Real Freedom from Sickulars (MediaCrooks)

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Linkfest:August 14, 2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Here’s why you should never pick a stock again (Time)

In the last few months,560 stocks have crashed by 25% (BL)

Tech,compliance costs push brokers to exit door (Mint)

Why analysts are angry with L&T (BS)

Nomura:Sensex to touch 30,310 points by August 2015 (ET)

Losing the shackles of labour laws (BS)

Donald Trump’s views on Mumbai Realty needs a reality check (FirstBiz)

How to pick a good roadside eatery in India (WSJ)

Where to park money for less than 6 months (Apnaplan)

Berkshire’s distinctive shareholders and corporate longevity (BeyondProxy)

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Linkfest:August 13, 2014

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Will Naresh Goyal join Vijay Mallya on the dungheap? (FirstBiz)

A hunt for PPF that leads to toxic sales pitches (Mint)

Raje readies Aadhaar based payments in four months (FE)

How Bhushan Steel landed itself in a debt mess (BL)

12 Infra projects waiting for Modi’s blessings (ET)

Sanjoy Bhattacharyya recommends IPCA (RJ)

How CNN IBN twisted the Meerut gangrape (MediaCrooks)

The simple rule of trading successfully (AdamGrimes)

Do risk adjusted returns matter? (CommonSense)

Taking on India’s crony capitalists (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest:Aug 12,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s net worth beats marketcap of 96% of listed firms (BS)

Using Utilities to time the market (AlphaArchitect)

The power of shareholder yield (Yahoo)

Why Employee Stock Options are losing sheen (BL)

Are the good times over for Cognizant? (ET)

Adani’s Australian coal dreams are turning black (FirstBiz)

Arbitrage funds a big draw (BS)

Adjusted for inflation,Nifty still 15%-35% below all time highs (CapitalMind)

Latest Fixed Deposit Rates in India (MyInvestmentIdeas)

Research: Are Cash Flows better stock return predictors than profits? (SSRN)

6 steps to dumping  a bad mutual fund (MarketWatch)

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Linkfest:Aug 11,2014

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

The long term investor always comes out ahead of the short term trader (WP)

10 reasons India is better prepared for US monetary tightening (ET)

Mumbai’s real estate market becomes even more surreal(RiseofHindustan)

When do Active Investment Managers underperform and outperform? (BI)

Did the UPA mislead the country on the Bali pact? (Mint)

‘Kick’ Box Office collections at 300 Crores? (FE)

Power Stocks (BL)

Churlish Congress lets slip the dogs of war (Swapan Dasgupta)

What is 8K Miles and why is DSP Blackrock buying a chunk of it? (RJ)

Mutual Funds:Why Indians don’t invest (BeMoneyAware)