Weekly Readings -- May 31: Food - Health

The meat growing in this San Francisco lab will soon be available at restaurants

https://www.fastcompany.com/90278853/the-meat-growing-in-this-san-francisco-lab-will-soon-be-available-at-restaurants

Food Additives are putting health at risk

https://www.moneylife.in/article/study-another-food-additive-could-be-putting-your-health-at-risk/57251.html

Weekly Readings -- May 30: Ethics

The ILFS Audit

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/inside-the-audit-lapses-that-led-to-il-fs-crisis-1558456079750.html

Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/europe/finland-fake-news-intl/

The Hidden Fraud

https://www.moneylife.in/article/exclusive-mother-of-dairy-sham-where-have-nddbs-16-subsidiaries-vanished/57231.html

The Bridge to Nowhere

https://www.moneylife.in/article/mumbais-crumbling-infrastructure-knee-jerk-solutions-leave-mumbais-lifeline-without-a-spine-part-2/57233.html

Transparency Required: IT Department to provide cambata aviations

https://www.moneylife.in/article/cic-asks-i-t-department-to-provide-cambata-aviations-balance-sheet-under-rti/57248.html

Do people vote for individuals or a party?

https://www.moneylife.in/article/outcome-of-two-contrasting-constituencies-east-delhi-and-bhopal/57261.html

Weekly Readings -- May 29: Personal Finance

Invest in yourself

https://janav.wordpress.com/2019/05/24/invest-in-yourself/

A future advise to kids

https://www.valueinvestorindia.com/2019/05/24/a-future-advise-to-my-kids

Women in Finance

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/05/24/women-in-finance-know-stuff-a-conversation-with-perth-tolle/

Financial Pornography

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/stop-the-financial-pornography/

Weekly Readings -- May 28: Business

Majesco

https://biginvestorblog.com/2019/05/22/insure-your-profits-with-majesco/

A Dead Corporation: Zoo

https://lifeandequities.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/found-it-not-quite/

Chemical Specialty

https://finception.in/markets/speciality-chemicals/

India is investing more money in solar power than coal for the first time

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/india-is-investing-more-money-in-solar-power-than-coal-for-first-time

Weekly Readings -- May 27: Investing

Quality Investing: Book

https://www.tankrich.com/quality-investing/

Patsy in the Game

https://fundooprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/05/20/patsy-in-the-game/

Insight into great companies

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/bubbles-pop-downturns-stop

Weekly Readings -- May 26: Essentials

Predicting the Future

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/how-to-predict-the-future/588040/

Degrees of Confidence

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/degrees-of-confidence/

Why Bad Things Happen to Good Decisions

https://fs.blog/2012/10/bad-things-good-decisions/

Exponential Growth is the Least understood concept

https://fs.blog/2019/05/gatess-law/

Weekly Readings -- May 25: Offbeat

Man Dropkicks Arnold Schwarzenegger (watch the second video)

https://deadspin.com/man-dropkicks-arnold-schwarzenegger-screams-help-me-1834867847

CBSE Students can Ask for their Answer sheets

https://www.moneylife.in/article/cbse-students-do-not-hesitate-to-ask-for-your-answer-sheets-under-rti/57193.html

For These Minor Leaguers, the Living Is Good if You Don’t Mind the Dead Below

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/sports/yankees-minor-leagues.html

Weekly Readings -- May 24: History

Calicut & the Discovery of Brazil

https://www.livehistoryindia.com/snapshort-histories/2017/09/13/calicut-the-discovery-of-brazil-

A warrior king and a goat’s eyes

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/a-warrior-king-and-a-goat-s-eyes-1558064222577.html

Banda Singh Bahadur

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1129206218600247296

Weekly Readings -- May 24: Ethics

How Prashant Ruia is trying to game the system and delay ruling for control of Essar Steel

https://www.moneylife.in/article/essar-steel-an-intense-battle-for-control-that-may-not-end-in-the-indian-supreme-court/57179.html

The problems in Pharma Industry

https://twitter.com/KatherineEban/status/1128361237761409024

Weekly Readings -- May 23: Technology

Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/05/protecting_your_2.html

Physical War in response to Cyber Attack

https://gizmodo.com/a-new-era-of-warfare-begins-as-cyberattack-leads-to-air-1834556908

Virus Through MS Office

https://outflank.nl/blog/2019/05/05/evil-clippy-ms-office-maldoc-assistant/

Zero Day Exploit

https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/buckeye-windows-zero-day-exploit

How Freedom Is Lost Through Technology

https://boingboing.net/2019/05/07/terrorism-is-the-pretense.html

Toward an Information Operations Kill Chain

https://www.lawfareblog.com/toward-information-operations-kill-chain

G7 on Stopping Terrorist from Using Internet

http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/justice/2019-internet.pdf

Presidential candidate John Delaney wants to create a Department of Cybersecurity

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18410726/presidential-candidate-john-delaney-department-of-cybersecurity-election-2020-primaries

Nations Fighting On Spying

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/04/china_spying_on.html

Weekly Readings -- May 23: Personal Finance

Stock Investing is backloaded

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2019/05/how-compounding-works-in-the-stock-market/

Realistic Personal Finance Hacks

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/realistic-personal-finance-hacks/

The kind of complaint, Banking Ombudsman have responded to

https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-few-cases-where-customers-got-justice-from-the-banking-ombudsman/57151.html

Weekly Readings -- May 22: Economics

Future Factors in Policy Making

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/05/cybersecurity_f_2.html

The only constant in Bengal Politics: Goons

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/west-bengal/in-eyeball-to-eyeball-bengal-politics-goons-only-constant/articleshow/69366018.cms

Transforming Manufacturing and Supply Chains With 4D Printing

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/transforming-manufacturing-and-supply-chains-with-4d-printing/

US - China trade war escalations

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/u-s-china-trade-tariffs-increase/

Weekly Readings -- May 21: Investment

Market Plunge Comes At Worst Possible Time For Investors, JPMorgan Warns

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-13/market-plunge-comes-worst-possible-time-investors-jpmorgan-warns

Identifying the Future ROIC

https://intrinsicinvesting.com/2019/05/10/looking-next-roic-machine/

Interview of Aswath Damodaran

https://elmfunds.com/aswath-damodaran-interview/

Margin of Safety

https://jamesclear.com/margin-of-safety

Folly of Hiring Winners and Firing Losers

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/05/14/the-folly-of-hiring-winners-and-firing-losers/

Weekly Readings -- May 20: Business

Kanchi Karpooram Ltd

https://www.drvijaymalik.com/2019/05/kanchi-karpooram-fundamental-analysis.html

Tata Chemicals

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/moneycontrol-research/demerger-of-consumer-business-what-it-means-for-tata-chemicals-3982581.html

Amazon Prime

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/3/18511544/amazon-prime-oral-history-jeff-bezos-one-day-shipping

Loss Making Company Too Can Issue Shares at a Premium but Below FMV: ITAT

https://www.moneylife.in/article/loss-making-company-too-can-issue-shares-at-a-premium-but-below-fmv-itat/57145.html

Alkyl Amines Chemicals

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/viraj-mehta-5054

Weekly Readings -- May 18: Essential

How humans are destroying the Future

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/climate/biodiversity-extinction-united-nations.html

Big Agriculture Is Breeding a Worldwide Health Crisis

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-03/big-agriculture-is-breeding-a-worldwide-health-crisis

Useful and Overlooked Skills

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/useful-and-overlooked-skills/

Sleep As Medicine

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/sleep-as-medicine/

Weekly Readings -- May 17: Offbeat

The power of doing nothing

https://www.jotform.com/blog/the-power-of-doing-nothing-at-all/

Working 4 days a week

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190429-the-australian-company-that-banned-work-on-wednesdays

Kill or Be Killed: Pushed to the Brink, Gangs are Formed

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/04/world/americas/honduras-gang-violence.html

Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/10/blow-up-how-half-a-tonne-of-cocaine-transformed-the-life-of-an-island

The Yeti: A Beast in Imagination

http://www.openthemagazine.com/shorts/smallworld/the-yeti-a-beast-in-imagination

A Nobel Prize-winning psychologist says most people don’t really want to be happy
https://qz.com/1503207/a-nobel-prize-winning-psychologist-defines-happiness-versus-satisfaction/

Weekly Readings -- May 16: Ethics

From Bizzare to Shocking

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/property-/-cstruction/home-truths-hit-buyers-as-amrapali-probe-findings-go-from-bizarre-to-shocking/articleshow/69162271.cms

Despite the madness of Mob: It took 8 years for Truth to prevail

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Asia_Bibi

Viktor Orbán’s War on Intellect

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/george-soros-viktor-orban-ceu/588070/

Weekly Readings -- May 16: Management

How giant companies can become agile without losing their strengths

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/giants-can-dance-agile-organizations-in-asset-heavy-industries

Harness competition to give people the information they need to get better
https://fs.blog/2019/05/paragone/

Death by PowerPoint
https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/new-blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx

Weekly Readings -- May 15: Investing

When Market Timing Works

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/when-does-market-timing-work/

Podcast Interview: Market Timing, Margins or Earnings, and many more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=bxW1iASwzxQ

View: Realty Debt could be the next flash point

https://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/realty-debt-could-be-next-flash-point-in-india-s-credit-market-icici-pru-119050800268_1.html

Walter Schloss: When You Find Great Stocks, Keep Them A Secret

https://acquirersmultiple.com/2019/05/walter-schloss-when-you-find-great-stocks-keep-them-a-secret/

Winnging your race

https://microcapclub.com/2019/05/winning-your-race/

Berkshire a Perspective

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/markets/trend/pilgrimage-to-omaha-5078

A Thread on Diversification

https://fundooprofessor.wordpress.com/2019/05/11/a-thread-on-diversification/

Weekly Readings -- May 14: Personal Finance

Financial Milestone

http://www.subramoney.com/2019/05/financial-milestones-by-age-42/

How to Avoid the Traps of Lifestyle Creep

https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/how-to-avoid-the-traps-of-lifestyle-creep/

Munger's Advice on Life

https://twitter.com/george__mack/status/1125488109704163329?

Youtube to replace Cable

https://avc.com/2019/05/youtube-tv/

Weekly Readings -- May 13: Business

The push to break up Big Tech, explained

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/3/18520703/big-tech-break-up-explained

Growth for the last few years has been basis debt. Is the leverage reckoning coming?

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/is-a-leverage-reckoning-coming

Interview One of the D-Mart Founder

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/exiting-a-business-one-has-nurtured-is-always-painful-ashok-maheshwari-entrepreneur/articleshow/58583839.cms

Stocks: Dr. Pathlabs

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/saurabh-mukherjea-5051

Stocks: Majesco

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/mehul-bhatt-5041

Stocks: Reliance Industries

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/harendra-kumar-5039

Stocks: Yes Bank

http://forum.valuepickr.com/t/yes-bank/1227/1209

RVNL. A company where the Government is your Tail Wind.
https://biginvestorblog.com/2019/05/06/rvnl-a-company-where-the-government-is-your-tail-wind/

Weekly Readings -- May 12: History

India's African Kings

https://www.livehistoryindia.com/history-daily/2019/01/01/indias-african-kings

A remote Chinese village kept a courtesan’s secret for centuries – now its founding mother takes centre stage

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3009628/remote-chinese-village-kept-courtesans-secret

The Zafarnama: When Aurangzeb Broke The Oath Sworn Upon The Quran

https://madrascourier.com/books-and-films/the-zafarnama-when-aurangzeb-broke-the-oath-sworn-upon-the-quran/

Weekly Readings -- May 12: Economy

Investors Bet Against Persian Gulf Debt Boom

https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-bet-against-persian-gulf-debt-boom-11557403201

Three questions about emerging economies

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/innovation-and-growth/three-questions-about-emerging-economies?

Weekly Readings -- May 11: Ethics

The NSE Algo Scam

https://www.moneylife.in/article/nse-algo-scam-with-draconian-powers-at-its-command-sebi-finally-did-a-desktop-investigation/57060.html

Weekly Readings -- May 11: Cimate Change

To solve climate change and biodiversity loss we need a global deal for nature

https://rising-powers.com/to-solve-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-we-need-a-global-deal-for-nature/

What if air conditioners could help save the planet

https://www.wired.com/story/what-if-air-conditioners-could-help-save-the-planet/

India's water crisis is already here climate will compound it

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613344/indias-water-crisis-is-already-here-climate-change-will-compound-it/

Weekly Readings -- May 10: Management

Maps are not Territories

https://fs.blog/2015/11/map-and-territory/

Don't hesitate to step back and reframe the questions and stories in order to find answers

https://fs.blog/2019/04/lies-we-tell/

Learning Negotiations

https://fs.blog/sheila-heen/

Better Decision Making

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/three-keys-to-faster-better-decisions

Weekly Readings -- May 09: Offbeat

How will the mind cope with a life lived ever more in virtual reality, on social media or among humanoid robots? The author sheds light from a cultural evolutionary psychology perspective.

https://aeon.co/essays/how-culture-works-with-evolution-to-produce-human-cognition

Reflections on visiting Berkshire

https://fs.blog/2018/04/my-berkshire-reflections/

The problem of standardized tests

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/standardized-tests-are-so-bad-i-cant-answer-these_b_586d5517e4b0c3539e80c341

Thailand -- Coronation of Rama X

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/05/article/how-thailands-rama-x-will-be-crowned/

Saving a Million People from Cyclone: Learnings from Odisha

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/how-do-you-save-a-million-people-from-a-cyclone-odisha-has-the-answer-119050400851_1.html

The legend of the Lungi

https://madrascourier.com/insight/the-legend-of-the-lungi/

Weekly Readings -- May 08: People & Places

Microsoft -- Satya Nadella

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-02/satya-nadella-remade-microsoft-as-world-s-most-valuable-company

Exploring South West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya)

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travelogues/208888-exploring-south-west-khasi-hills-meghalaya-bolero-4wd.html

The grocer who became a saint

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/opinion-the-grocer-who-became-a-saint-1556851963840.html

General Shahnawaz: Hero of the INA

https://www.livehistoryindia.com/snapshort-histories/2019/04/30/general-shahnawaz-hero-of-the-ina

Barack Obama on why travel matters

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190425-barack-obama-on-why-travel-matters

Manna Dey diary

https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/manna-dey-diary/301540

Weekly Readings -- May 07: Personal Finance

Overlooked Investment decisions

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2019/05/4-overlooked-investment-decisions/

Basics on ETFs -- All About ETFs with The 15 Minute Financial Advisor

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/05/01/all-about-etfs-with-the-15-minute-financial-advisor-ryan-mike/

Weekly Readings -- May 07: Investment

Fairness Fair Value Analysis

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4258049-fairness-fair-value-analysis-fairfax-india-holdings?page=1

The quest to find companies that have a lasting competitive edge

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/05/04/the-quest-to-find-companies-that-have-a-lasting-competitive-edge

Using emotions to your advantage

https://microcapclub.com/2019/04/using-emotions-to-your-advantage/

Deep dive in the Value Factor

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/05/02/deep-dive-into-the-value-factor%EF%BB%BF/

Are ETFs really crushing mutual funds

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/04/30/are-etfs-really-crushing-mutual-funds/

Weekly Readings -- May 06: Business

Reliance Jio

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/-super-app-to-place-reliance-jio-in-pole-position-1556703321759.html

The Gandhian capitalist of Ujjivan

https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/the-gandhian-capitalist/103178

DLF: Plotting its comeback

http://www.businessworld.in/article/Real-Estate-Plotting-A-Revival/29-04-2019-169840/

LLloyd’s of London Plots New Course as Storm Clouds Gather

https://gcaptain.com/lloyds-of-london-new-course/

Grauer & Weil (India)

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/arunagiri-n-5075

Nelco

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-16/the-world-s-biggest-electric-vehicle-company-looks-nothing-like-tesla

Weekly Readings -- May 05: People

Youtube CEO Susa Wojcicki

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/business/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki.html

Weekly Readings -- May 05: Technology

Scientists have found a way to decode brain signals into speech

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613421/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-decode-brain-signals-into-speech/

The Digital Revolution Isn’t as Unusual as You Think

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/tom-wheeler-fcc-book/

Weekly Readings -- May 04: Offbeat

China: The Asian Power

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-army-xi/

The invasion of Barcelona. With a high number of tourists visiting the place, the reaction of the local population is evolving

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/the-airbnb-invasion-of-barcelona

Into the pharaoh's chamber.  Peter Hessler went to the ancient city of Amarna, site of another short-lived attempt to remake a nation

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/apr/26/ancient-egypt-amarna-akhenaten-rebel-king-arab-spring-revolution

A Warlord Rises in Libya: Returns of the Dictators

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/04/trumps-praise-haftar-sends-mixed-messages/587890/

If Suppandi were to be the PM, politics would be at least honest

https://madrascourier.com/opinion/if-suppandi-were-to-be-the-pm-of-india/

Weekly Readings -- May 03: Ethics

Character Assassination by the fast Media

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/the-scruton-tapes-an-anatomy-of-a-modern-hit-job/

When BuyBack Makes Companies Go Bust: When Short-Sellers Are Required

https://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2019/04/mattel-buybacks-barbie-and-dead-babies.html

RBI and the lack of principles

https://www.moneylife.in/article/jet-airways-vs-renuka-sugars-how-not-to-handle-a-bad-situation/56995.html

Strangling the CIC: Increasing opacity

https://www.moneylife.in/article/latest-move-on-rti-could-reduce-autonomy-of-information-commissioners-reports/56990.html

DoPT Denies Information despite Strictures by Supreme Court on Transparency in CIC Appointments

https://www.moneylife.in/article/dopt-denies-information-despite-strictures-by-supreme-court-on-transparency-in-cic-appointments/56946.html

One-Sided Business

https://www.moneylife.in/article/how-not-to-be-a-victim-of-upi-frauds/56957.html

Finolex Family Drama

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/finolex-family-dispute-escalates-amid-several-counter-allegations/articleshow/68949179.cms

Weekly Readings -- May 02: Business

The importance of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/apple-spends-more-than-30-million-on-amazon-web-services-a-month.html

Why the success of electric vehicles in India rests on the overhaul of the power sector

https://qz.com/india/1603051/ola-says-electric-vehicles-need-a-whole-new-indian-power-sector/

Parag Milk Foods

http://www.forbesindia.com/article/work-in-progress/parag-milk-foods-whey-to-go/53211/1

Engineers India

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/my-best-pick_2019/ajay-jaiswal-5026

Inox Movie Theatres: Changing Lifestyle

https://www.fortuneindia.com/venture/inox-blockbuster-success/103152

India's garment exports stagnant on high costs, compliance burden

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-garment-exports-stagnant-on-high-costs-compliance-burden-119041800484_1.html

The Paradox of Skill Isn't Stock-Fund Managers' Only Problem

https://www.morningstar.com/articles/924215/the-paradox-of-skill-isnt-stockfund-managers-only-.html

Weekly Readings -- May 01: Investments

How to use the history of Financial Markets for your benefit?

https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2019/04/22/the-worst-week-ever/

The biases that shape our investing behaviour

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/you-played-yourself/

How to avoid risky companies that can fall 80%

http://www.nooreshtech.co.in/2019/04/how-to-avoid-risky-companies-that-can-fall-80.html

The out of favour stocks

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/as-market-favourites-fall-out-of-favour-motilal-oswal-lists-10-contrarian-stock-ideas-3867191.html

Backtesting of Portfolio Concentration to Diversification

https://valuestockgeek.com/2019/04/20/is-diversification-for-idiots/

3 Questions to Fine Tune Investment Strategy

https://www.morningstar.in/posts/51819/3-questions-fine-tune-investment-strategy.aspx

Investment Algorithm

https://fs.blog/2019/02/investment-algorithm/