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Three basic principles for macro investing:God is dead, life is absurd and there are no rules. In other words, you are on your own and you must take ownership of your own destiny.-Hugh Hendry in his letter to investors

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Weekend Reads:May 05, 2012

Hugh Hendry’s latest letter to investors (FTAlphaville)

Why there will never be another Warren Buffett (Forbes)

The inscrutable politics of Subramaniam Swamy (Caravan)

How Subramaniam Swamy stopped Sonia Gandhi from becoming PM (Moneylife)

Was the Maldives coup Made in India? (Open)

Amitabh Bachchan as the Fall Guy (NewsLaundry)

Cognizant:Francisco D’Souza and his two mentors (Forbes)

Eating beef in India’s colleges (Outlook)

Steady as Islamabad goes (ForeignAffairs)

Young Barack Obama in love (VanityFair)

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Jim Rogers-The next recession will be much worse

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“Escalating social and political risks, slowing growth and rising inflation mean that we are already in a macro environment that would hurt both stock and bond returns. Stocks first and bonds next. Dance near the door, if you still want to party.”-V Anantha Nageswaran , Senior Economist at Asianomics wrote in  Mint

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Linkfest:May 04, 2012

Some stuff I am reading this morning:

Reliance Industries spends only 5% of its buyback kitty so far (EconomicTimes)

Will Rupee tumble to 60 against the $ ? (Firstpost)

RBI Watch:ECB Data for March 2012 (RBI)

How Pawan Ruia is screwing minority shareholders (NeerajMarathe)

Special report on bullion and energy by SMC (ValueNotes)

Marginal oil production costs are heading towards 100$ barrel (FTAlphaville)

BCCI’s boss’s son punches cop (MumbaiMirror)