Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Learning to love volatility (NassimTaleb)
Three positive signs in a dismal market (TRB)
Why the fiscal cliff could be a big deal (Moneygame)
Luck and skill untangled: The science of success (Wired)
Will Gautam Adani get it right? (Mint)
From Ponty to Monty (ET)
The Patel factor in Gujarat elections (BusinessLine)
The 11 lessons that 10 VCs taught me (Rodinhoods)
Obituary: Bal Thackeray (NYTimes)
The history of the Shiv Sena-A Communist perspective (CPIM)
Some interesting off beat reads for the weekend:
Car Parking costs a crore in Mumbai (TeamBHP)
Ram was a bad husband, so ? (IndrajitHazra)
The rise and fall of Subex founder Subash Menon (ForbesIndia)
Once a militant, always an outsider (Tehelka)
Netanyahu’s gambit (NewYorker)
When the nerds go marching in (Atlantic)
Mitt Romney still hates 47% of America (NYMag)
Murder in East Hampton (VanityFair)
Hispanics and US national politics (ForeignAffairs)
The time bomb at the heart of Europe (Economist)
Refiguring Jinnah (NadeemParacha)
Nikola Tesla the Eugenicist (Smithsonian)
The true crime chronicles (JaiArjun)
Latin America’s adaptive gangsters (ProjectSyndicate)
Last champions of the Third Reich (SBNation)
The Americans are crazy: Dance Dance Revolution (GQ)
The curious case of the Sherlock pilgrims (Prospect)
Travelogue:Bhutan (TeamBHP)
Movie Review:Jab Tak Hai Jaan (VigilIdiot)
Spoof:Motorcycle diaries of Robert Vadra (UnrealTimes)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Has the 2G spectrum auction really been a failure? (BS)
Are Indians by nature unhygienic?(BusinessLine)
Walmart bribery investigation expands into India (NYTimes)
Reliance seeks threefold hike in KG-D6 Gas price (FE)
Popularity of Indian equity at 11 month low (BS)
Bobby Jindal just killed a Republican sacred cow (Businessweek)
Whats going on? (BigPicture)
Pune’s Hinjewadi projects exposed (RaviKarandeekar)
Kill the password (Wired)
Why coke cost a nickel for 70 years (NPR)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Stockguru fraudster made his mother believe he was dead (TOI)
2G auction flops (Mint)
Ground report on Bal Thackeray (IndiaToday)
I am Uncle Sam and I am debtoholic (Bloomberg)
Mulling a moronic money losing market meme (TRB)
Has the 200 Day average rule stopped working? (MarketWatch)
Warning from Jeremy Grantham (BusinessInsider)
The Aha moments that made Y Combinator possible (FastCompany)
The market for squirrel catchers (DailyReckoning)
Photos:Venice under water (Atlantic)
Some stuff I am reading today morning:
India to celebrate a ‘Made in China’ Diwali (WSJ)
Broking houses to give a miss to Diwali bonus (ET)
Stock Guru involved in 500 Crore fraud (FE)
Academic Dream Team helped Obama’s effort (NYTimes)
Playing the victim after getting caught (MoneyLife)
Google has officially eaten the newspaper industry (Slate)
A better way than buy and hold (DailyReckoning)
Hedge fund returns lag but pay rises (AICIO)
Why a quant model’s success fades over time (Morningstar)
Easy way to minimize drawdowns (Darvas)
Avoid moving money from the many to the few (ZikomoLetter)