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Linkfest: August 03,2015

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Property,gold weakness will drive stock prices higher (Moneycontrol)

Diesel cars get cheaper (BS)

Burning your fingers in real estate (Bala)

‘Passive’ income needs active involvement (FreeFinCal)

HDFC Securities Research Report: ICICI Bank (MyIris)

More than 90% of investment opinions are crap (Washington Post)

Mohnish Pabrai on how to be a mentor (Common Sense)

Gold will turn out to be man’s best friend (Bill Bonner)

Marc Faber is  a clueless “guru” (Swedroe)

China’s naked emperors (Paul Krugman)

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Mumbai Music

Sion Aaya

A song only Mumbaikars will understand and appreciate !

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Music

Is Hindustan Unilever a vice stock?

Can a company making soaps,detergents etc be considered a vice stock?

The video below sure gives one pause for thought.

 

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SEBI

SEBI trips front runners

(Hat Tip: RJ)

A fantastic piece of work by SEBI where they caught front running by employees of the Sterling Group and Sharekhan.The order makes for fascinating reading.

As an aside,many of the stock market “veterans” made their fortunes front running institutional orders.They would be thanking their stars that SEBI was not this active then.

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Weekend Mega Linkfest:July 31,2015

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

An open letter by a cop to those opposing death penalty to Yakub (Op)

Shaming of the British Empire (Open)

The last resort for an Indian Cancer patient (Scroll)

Is this India’s worst real estate nightmare? (Mint)

Making money off the lazy economy (FF)

The singular mind of Terry Tao (NYTimes)

Bobby Jindal and the trouble with Louisiana (New Yorker)

Why Cecil was such an important lion (Slate)

A Pakistani teen made $200,000 in a month as a professional gamer (Bloomberg)

Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others (Smithsonian)

Why Mullah Omar’s death could be a nightmare for Afghanistan (Atlantic)

The worst thing you can do in a job interview (Forbes)

BJP and Modi’s horoscopes (Gossip Guru)

Auto Review:Maruti S-Cross (TeamBHP)

How to get the best finance deal while buying a car (TeamBHP)