Category: Links

Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:

Left with no choice (Open)

Tuq Tuq Gaadi (Newslaundry)

What fixed income investors should look for (ForbesIndia)

Wealth Creators 2003-12 (Moneylife)

Shia anger against Gen Kayani (IDR)

There is more to life than being happy (Atlantic)

The accidental activist (VanityFair)

Harvard grads are seeking baby sitting jobs (Forbes)

A secret history of women and tattoo (NewYorker)

Revenge of the Kurds (ForeignAffairs)

Can your genes predict when you will die? (Smithsonian)

The euro zone crisis:Time to celebrate ? (Economist)

On the trail of SAC Capital’s Steven Cohen (BusinessWeek)

Notes from a discussion about cinema (JaiArjun)

Internet hoax: The long fake life of J S Dirr (Gawker)

Which way did the Taliban go? (NYTimes)

The “Sir, you have a puncture ” Scam (TeamBHP)

Travelogue: London 2012 (Ghumakkar)

Spoof: How Hina Rabbani handled Pakistan’s crises (UnrealTimes)

Two poems (Caravan)

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Reliance Industries yet to finalise action plan on 4G (ET)

UPA’s bet on good economics (Mint)

Taj’s lease woes continue (BS)

Sujata Patil Vs Cowards (MediaCrooks)

If you can’t get into a top 5 MBA program, don’t even bother (Quartz)

Mohnish Pabrai on checklist investing (Marketfolly)

Why Germany wants its 674 tons of gold back (Wonkblog)

The hottest currency trade in the world (BI)

The six biggest investing lessons of 2012 (TRB)

5 reasons to remain cyclically bullish (PragmaticCapitalism)

 

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How to make use of the direct MF plan (Mint)

A one shop portal for farmers (BusinessLine)

Google snaps up junk bonds (ET)

All that glitters is gold for private equity investors (BS)

Thought it was safe to forget Greece?Think again (Bloomberg)

JP Morgan dissects a whale carcass (Dealbreaker)

Research paper:Illiquid Asset Investing (AndrewAng)

There is a stripper boom in North Dakota (Slate)

Founding father of the Quants was a Marxist (Bloomberg)

Four leading indicators of a market top (Marketwatch)

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

NSE bans Deccan Chronicle trading (BusinessLine)

MNC delisting plans get a jolt (ET)

Axis Bank’s retail focus is paying off (Mint)

Pledged shares take a toll on Arshiya (BS)

Pots & panellists (MediaCrooks)

Investing is hard because of bias (Subramoney)

Chasing the cat (TRB)

Learning to be a central banker in 10 easy steps (Cassandra)

Slavery, an Epicurean business model (PsyFi)

22 Insights from the greatest investors in history (BusinessInsider)

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

TCS beats street estimates with 26% jump in Q3 profits (BusinessLine)

It’ll need a miracle to escape stagflation in 2013 (Firstpost)

TCS has given 24000 offers on campus (FE)

BKC neighborhood to get elite residents (Mint)

Making a killing by selling pomegranates (BS)

Why is Narendra Modi opposed? (Centreright)

The purpose of this site (TRB)

Want lower returns?Try sectoral timing (RickFerri)

The dark side of numbers (AswathDamodaran)

6 provocative predictions for 2013 (DailyReckoning)