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Linkfest:Aug 07,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Raghuram Rajan is the next RBI governor (ET)

What happens to your e-gold? (Mint)

Weak rupee makes stocks lose strength (BS)

National Spot Exchange:What went wrong (WSJ)

No tears for Durga Shakti (RediscoveryofIndia)

Poverty and state of the blind (MediaCrooks)

The one Q you must ask before you invest (Forbes)

Bill Ackman’s Biggest problem (JoeFahmy)

Carl Icahn:I have made $500 Million on Herbalife (BI)

Jeweler turns smuggler as India gold prices rise (Bloomberg)

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Linkfest:Aug 06,2013

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How to invest when you are deep in debt (Mint)

Over 45% of NSE stocks are trading below 2008 lows (BL)

Govt bans eSeries contracts at NSEL (Moneycontrol)

NSEL Contracts sold as 100% risk free (BS)

800 Crore plot available for 200 Crore (MumbaiMirror)

Engineering graduates get the placement blues (ET)

We are coming for the money (DailyReckoning)

No such thing as a sure thing (Moneybeat)

The art of worldly wisdom (FarnamStreet)

Your most important investing advantage (RandomRoger)

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Linkfest:Aug 05,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

FT’s Jignesh Shah faces an acid test (ET)

FIIs pull out $10.5 Billion from Indian equity markets (FE)

FT’s Jignesh Shah:Beginning of the end? (Mint)

Govt’s dash for cash triggers meltdown in PSU stocks (BS)

CNN-IBN:Fake Debates and Communal Incitement (Mediacrooks)

Financial literacy is a joke (Subramoney)

Why are America’s value managers hoarding cash? (TRB)

A fool proof plan for true market timers (Forbes)

Life in a modern debtor nation (DailyReckoning)

Death of a language (SandeepWeb)

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:August 03,2013

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The patriotic ant bully (Open)

Why Manmohan Singh does not respond to Manmohan Singh (Tehelka)

Then there stood none (Outlook)

Hot and bothered (Caravan)

KRK-Saving us from one bad movie at a time (Newslaundry)

The potato farming success of Gujarat’s Banaskantha district (Forbes)

Fear and loathing in Risk Street (MoneyLife)

Military:Arrogance of seniority (IDR)

Climate change can increase armed conflicts by 50% worldwide (Smithsonian)

Oil-Yesterday’s fuel (Economist)

Meaning is healthier than happiness (Atlantic)

The curious case of Digvijaya Singh (UnrealTimes)

My week in North Korea (Reason)

In the violent Favelas of Brazil (SuketuMehta)

Travelogue:Birding trip to Gujarat (TeamBHP)

Flipkart 200M funding:Doodh ka Doodh, paani ka paani (Rodinhoods)

20 Google shortcuts to hone your Google-Fu (Lifehacker)

Links for movie buffs (JaiArjun)

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Linkfest:Aug 02,2013

Some stuff that I am reading today morning:

Asset Allocation Strategies (MebaneFaber)

NSEL Crisis:Trajectory of how things went wrong (ET)

The $25 Billion between India and a crisis (Mint)

IAS is dead (Firstpost)

Check your ULIP performance (BasuNivesh)

How to profit from stealth inflation (DailyReckoning)

What I learned from George Soros (25IQ)

Greenlight…Redlight? (NihonCassandra)

Did Goldman Sachs overstep in criminally charging its programmer (MichaelLewis)

John Paulson speaks out (InstitutionalInvestor)