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Weekend Reads:August 11, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Why blood will flow in Assam again (Tehelka)

The obituary of a movement (Open)

Man selling everything he has on eBay (Forbes)

Did the Olympics boost Obama?(NewYorker)

Olympian opened a brothel to fund his Olympic dream (Slate)

The demonization of Empress Wu (Smithsonian)

50 Million $ apartments abound in NYC (NYMag)

 

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Linkfest:August 10, 2012

Wishing all readers a Happy Krishna Janmashtami.

Here is today’s linkfest:

Bharti Airtel sinks to six year low (ET)

Deccan:Chronicle of a flawed diversification model (Firstpost)

Bribes:Sr SEBI staff under Govt scanner (FE)

The replacement heuristic (LeighDrogen)

Money market funds can lose money, just not your money (Dealbreaker)

This is what sector rotation looks like (Investingwithoptions)

One of David Rosenberg’s call has been working brilliantly (BusinessInsider)

 

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Linkfest:August 09, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Bread is humble no more (BusinessLine)

Why are FIIs pouring money into India? (FirstPost)

Chor ulta kotwal ko daate:Indiabulls want police action against Veritas (FE)

Preparing to fail (BillBonner)

A legendary stock market indicator screams buy (BusinessInsider)

Why investors should avoid hedge funds (Felix)

Need a name for your fund? (Hedgefundnamegenerator)

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Linkfest:August 07,2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

PC reboots finance ministry (Mint)

A newspaper that wanted to fly (BS)

Standard Chartered examined over Iran dealings (WSJ)

Ignore the noise, focus on price (AllStarCharts)

An actionable idea (ChrisMayer)

Climate change is here and its worse than we thought (Washingtonpost)

The case for vacation (TheAtlantic)

 

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Linkfest:August 06, 2012

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

FCCB Bondholders play it safe (BusinessLine)

Mumbai’s envied power islanding (BS)

SEBI Watch:Order in the case of select midcaps (SEBI)

RBI Watch:Transcript of post policy conference call (RBI)

A blunt regulatory knife (CapitalMind)

A bearish bullish indicator (Alphaville)

Charlie Munger’s Wesco Letters 1983-2009 (MyInvestingNotebook)