Category: Links

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Let a hundred banks bloom (Mint)

Consumer durables production at a 7 year low (BS)

AAP’s Amethi rally (Firstpost)

Gold Smuggling:Kerala-Middle East is the golden corridor (FE)

If missed calls could change India (UsualSuspects)

NHAI tax free bonds – Jan 2014 (OneMint)

The most hated man:The Insurance Agent (Subramoney)

What is LPG subsidy? (BeMoneyAware)

Controlling the investment lizard brain (InvestingCaffeine)

How the ‘Value Trap’ squeezes Windows PC Maker’s revenues and profits (Guardian)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

No more assured returns for foreign PE investors (BL)

Delhi Discoms warn of blackouts (ET)

Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra emerges from the shadows (Mint)

In onion,Gujarat farmers smell gold (BS)

New rules for life insurance policies from 1 Jan 2014 (GoodMoneying)

The PC is dead (WaPo)

Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates posts lackluster returns (Dealbook)

How to live like a King for very little (DailyDot)

The true value of gold (DailyReckoning)

The most stressful jobs in banking and finance (EFinancialCareers)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Kishore Biyani is the most successful PE investor of 2013 (ET)

All eyes on LIC again (FE)

Facebook makes it’s first Indian acquisition (BS)

Retail investors should stay put in liquid funds (ET)

Tax Saving Fixed Deposits (BeMoneyAware)

Abolishing taxes (AjayShah)

10 reasons the Gold Bugs lost their shirts (Bloomberg)

India hits US where it hurts:In the Club (WSJ)

The slow march to ruin (BillBonner)

The story of Geico,Graham and Buffett (ValueWalk)

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)