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Linkfest: Nov 8, 2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Crash in pharma stocks triggers panic (BL)

SEBI mulls increasing minimum public shareholding (MC)

Why small businessmen are worried under GST (ET)

Lenders to RCom face uphill struggle (FE)

Nikkei at 25 year high (ZeroHedge)

Can bitcoin be tamed? (TRB)

How right decisions and compounding can lead to huge results (ODD)

Wilbur Ross is a fake billionaire (Forbes)

How Prince Alwaleed became a Billionaire (Morningstar)

Timing strategies based on relative strength (Asset Allocation)

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Why Gujarat Borosil reminds me of Sholay

In the cult movie Sholay, one of the most memorable dialogues goes like this:

Gabbar Singh: Arre O Samba, Kitne Inaam rakhe hain Sarkar hum pe?

Samba: Poore Pachas Hazaar

Translated:

Gabbar Singh: Hey Samba, How much reward the Govt has kept on me?

Samba: Fully Fifty Thousand Rupees

Seems to have inspired Guj Borosil to dole out a  cash reward of “Poore Pachas Lakh” for a job well done.

From the 2016-17 AGM Notice of Gujarat Borosil:

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Research

Market Capitalizations of Major Stock Exchanges

Source: Hyderabad Investors Club

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Links

Linkfest: Nov 07, 2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

HDFC Standard Life IPO opens today  (MC)

IPO Analysis: HDFC Standard Life (SP Tulsian)

REC may drive Railway’s electrification project (ET)

SEBI, IT dept to probe people named in Paradise Papers (Mint)

Bitcoin’s bid for legitimacy (Quint)

Are you buying midcaps? (Bala)

A parable for the times (Barry)

Creating Oaktree Management & Culture (Howard Marks)

This bull market is not making investors happy (NYTimes)

What if you only bought at below average P/E ratios (Ben Carlson)

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MegaTrends Video

Mega Trend: Urbanisation & Mega Cities