Categories
Links

Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 16, 2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Manchester City’s plan for global domination (Guardian)

How I went from a Governor’s office to a Jail Cell (NYTimes)

In China,a 3 digit score can determine your place in Society (Wired)

Silk road fever grips Russian Far East (ATimes)

Millenials are screwed (HP)

China’s selfie obsession (New Yorker)

The incredible journey of Nepal’s teen golf sensation (SCMP)

Karan Johar is the newest love guru in town (Newslaundry)

On the Sacred Thread (Outlook)

Congress Treachery (Media Crooks)

Travelogue: Megalaya (TeamBHP)

Anandiben’s ire (Gossip Guru)

Code Red: Visible hand of Dadar market (Rural India)

Best books of 2017 (Open)

10 Human Body Tricks (BrightSide)

Categories
Excerpts

A fun way of losing money

Source: Karvy’s India Wealth Report 2017

Categories
Chart

Chart: Road Stocks turning favourite

Categories
Links

Linkfest: December 15,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

GE ties up with Tata for defence (BS)

Interview with Neelkanth Mishra (ET)

Why OMC shares lack fuel these days (Mint)

Will exit polls give fillip to Gujarat stocks? (BL)

A twist in the crypto currency tale (TRB)

Different people hear differently (Seth Godin)

10 Questions: Todd Combs (Vires)

IDGAF > FOMO (Prag Cap)

A 2018 Prediction: More Fintech (Howard)

The 12 signs a cheap stock is a value trap (Bloomberg)

Categories
Plug

Pre IPO: Kurlon Enterprises

Kurlon Enterprises is India’s largest mattress company.

It was recently in the news for it’s stake sale to PE firms

A very limited quantity of its shares are on offer for sale.

Kindly note that you need a NSDL demat account to avail this offer.

For those interested,please email me at Alpha Ideas