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Weekend Mega Linkfest: December 16,2016

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The real truth about Aleppo (Independent)

Silicon Valley:Valley of Dolts (Outline)

Rant:We are F**king done with these Billion $ cos (AppDupe)

Politics:Betting on Behenji (Open)

Germany’s Kebab Murders (Guardian)

The Godfather Wars (Vanity Fair)

My President was Black (Atlantic)

The Graffiti kids who sparked the Syrian War (Globe & Mail)

The greatest self-help scammer of all time (Paleo)

How India went from world’s education capital to depths of illiteracy (IndiaFacts)

Travelogue:New Zealand’s South Island (TeamBHP)

The secret to doing what you love (James Altucher)

An Indian in search of the perfect cup of tea (DailyO)

Gossip:BJP-NCP Kichdi cooking (Gossip Guru)

Your Grandma was right about idlis (Swarajya)

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Health Insurance

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Linkfest: December 16,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fear grips bankers (ET)

Paints:Not a pretty picture (Mint)

Interview with Udayan Mukherjee (Money Control)

How Prannoy Roy cheated shareholders of NDTV (PGurus)

Gold gets ‘smoked’ (Bloomberg)

Stock Talk: Apar Industries (RJ)

Goal based investing (Subramoney)

Discount brokerage Zerodha is growing like crazy (BL)

The $ Bull Market will break something (Credit Writedowns)

The importance of patience (Johnson)

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Chart: Top Performer’s Curse

Source: Aswath Damodaran

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Linkfest: December 15,2016

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Yellen takes post hike victory lap (Bloomberg)

Fed’s hawkish commentary a surprise (Money Control)

Back-dated FDs at co-operative banks (ET)

Tirupur in tatters (Mint)

CDSL set to file IPO documents this month (BS)

Infra Stocks:Small is beautiful (OB)

Prashant Bangur of Shree Cement (Forbes)

Cyrus Mistry is actually after Jaguar (Quint)

Active Investing:Rest in Peace? (Aswath Damodaran)

Don’t forget about Deutsche Bank (DR)