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BookReview

Book Review : Inside the Trump White House

The Book “Fire & Fury-Inside the Trump White House’ is written by Michael Wolff and is creating waves around the world.

Written in a very gossipy style, the Book chronicles the absurd functioning of the Trump White House.

The Book delves into the different characters of the Book and their infightings in a very amusing manner and leads one to believe that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

President Trump comes across as a complete dimwit and a nutcase in the Book.Apparently, he does not read at all (except press cuttings of himself) and as such,he is influenced by the last person who speaks to him on a particular topic !

In the author’s words, “the President is possibly an idiot and certainly a liar”

The President is also fairly vindictive by nature and this leads him to take decisions which he feels will harm his opponents.

We Indians unfortunately appear to be at the receiving end of this vindictiveness.

The High Tech industry in the US was united in their contempt for Trump and supported his opponent Hillary Clinton with funds,endorsements etc

This has led Trump to wanting to screw Silicon Valley and one way he intends to do it is by stopping H1B extensions-directly impacting around 5L Indians based in the US

Another interesting facet is how Trump and his son-in-law bungled in the Middle East.By directly endorsing MBS,the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, they emboldened him to seize power and put half his family in jail

One aspect of the Book I found interesting was the fear of the Trump family of the ongoing investigation of their Russian ties.The markets are probably ignoring the possibility of Donald Trump getting impeached.

Some aspects of the Book relating to American politics-their conservative,alt-right,Jewish-non-Jewish rivalries etc- may bore the Indian reader

The last word on the Book goes to President Donald Trump

Do buy this Book if you want a great insider perspective on the Trump White House

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CoatTailing

Portfolio of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

This post is in continuation of my coat tailing series (see here)

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a well known spiritual advisor with millions of followers within and outside India.

The significant holdings of his Trust  as on 30 September,2017 as per stock exchanges is as given below:

Company Name Symbol Entity Value (In Crores)
Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd ADVENZYMES Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Trust 35.54
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Links

Linkfest: 08 January, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Alok Jain-The trader who generates 86% returns (MC)

Strategic investments of India’s A List Celebrities (Forbes)

US Congressmen oppose change in H1B Visa rules (ET)

Mutual Fund firms can’t be both-adviser and distributor (Mint)

Airline fares get cheaper due to competition (BS)

My best stock pick for 2018-Nucleus Software(Arunagiri)

3 Lessons from Hedge Fund returns in 2017 (Quint)

Making history by doing nothing (Morgan Housel)

The fatal mistake crypto investors are making now (TRB)

Hiding from the mission (Seth Godin)

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TopClicks

Top Clicks on Alpha Ideas This Week

Here are the most clicked items on Alpha Ideas this week:

Book Reviews (AI)

CLSA themes for 2018 (AI)

When to sell (AI)

My best stock pick for 2018-APL Apollo (Ajay Relan)

Chasing stocks in 2018 (Bala)

Mega Trend: India’s EV battery market (AI)

My best stock pick for 2018-Indian Hotels (Ajay Jaiswal)

Sector Earnings Estimates for FY19 (AI)

Why doctors are not rich (Subramoney)

Kahaani Life Insurance Sector Ki (AI)

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Links

Weekend Mega Linkfest: January 05, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Donald Trump didn’t want to be President (NYMag)

The Spanish Dancer who became an Indian Queen (Mint)

Cigar from outer space (Dilip DSouza)

Why there won’t be a revolution in Iran (ATimes)

India’s cinema popcorn may get cheaper (BI)

Inside Silicon Valley’s sex parties (Vanity Fair)

Making China great again  (New Yorker)

The Nanking Massacre (SCMP)

The Bloody clash that changed Britain (Guardian)

Zubaida Tariq: Pakistan’s favourite grand mother (Scroll)

Elephant Man (P Sainath)

Maa Ka Phone Aaya (Vishal Dayama)

Where Black is never beautiful (Tia Basu)

Why didn’t I get an unique name? (J Mathrubootham)

The best places to travel in 2018 (T&L)