Weekly Readings -- Jul 4: Technology

Digital insights and using it

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/twenty-five-years-of-digitization-ten-insights-into-how-to-play-it-right

Weekly Readings -- Jul 4: Economics

Arvind Subramanian Paper on Indian GDP in simpler terms

https://finception.in/markets/arvind-subramanian-paper-on-indian-gdp-misestimation/

Weekly Readings -- Jul 3: Personal Finance

Don't leave your personal finance to a Wealth Manager / CA / Banker / Friend or anyone does one of these things

http://www.businessworld.in/article/Four-Wealth-Manager-Traps-To-Watch-Out-For/22-06-2019-172230/

Mutual Funds vs Real Estate

https://stableinvestor.com/2019/06/mutual-funds-vs-real-estate-better-investing-india.html

The tyranny of Small Debts Compounded

https://seths.blog/2019/06/the-tyranny-of-small-debts-compounded/

Don't talk about wealth

https://wisewealthadvisors.com/2019/06/23/dont-talk-about-wealth/

AIF, PMS or MF

http://www.subramoney.com/2019/06/aif-or-pms-or-mf/

Weekly Readings -- Jul 2: Business

Cloud Kitchens

https://www.moneylife.in/article/cloud-kitchens-fb-sector-cooks-up-a-new-recipe-to-beat-high-rental-costs/57532.html

Yes Bank

https://www.stallionasset.com/blog/yes-bank-say-yes-or-no/

Amazon is closing its food delivery business

https://qz.com/1640775/amazon-is-closing-food-delivery-service-amazon-restaurants/

Weekly Readings -- Jul 2: Investments

Anti-fragile and unbreakable

https://microcapclub.com/2019/06/unbreakable/

What killed Value Investing

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/21/is-value-investing-dead-it-might-be-and-heres-what-killed-it.html

The greatest Asset Bubble

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/the-greatest-asset-bubble-of-all-time/

Wide Moat Asia

https://moiglobal.com/wide-moat-asia-2019/

Compounding gone wild

https://tonyisola.com/2019/06/compounding-gone-wild/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 29: Ethics

Nothing changes in India

http://alphaideas.in/2019/06/20/nothing-changes-in-india/

Warren Buffett on Audit Committee

https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_corporate-governance/s08-02-warren-buffett-on-the-challeng.html

How Leaders Screw Their Company

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/how-leaders-kill-meaning-at-work

Modern Slavery?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18681845/facebook-moderator-interviews-video-trauma-ptsd-cognizant-tampa

Weekly Readings -- Jun 28: Offbeat

Little-Known Stories About the Legendary Amrish Puri

https://www.thebetterindia.com/186672/amrish-puri-legend-bollywood-tribute-india/

Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cameronkeng/2014/06/22/employees-that-stay-in-companies-longer-than-2-years-get-paid-50-less/#36d8551ee07f

Luxury Shopping Before the Flight

https://www.wsj.com/articles/forget-the-mall-shoppers-are-buying-gucci-at-airports-11560772801

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/

United Nations report on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/read-full-united-nations-report-killing-jamal-khashoggi

Weekly Readings -- Jun 27: People & Places

Touring Turkey

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travelogues/210198-solo-backpackers-guide-turkey.html

Q&A With Kimbal Musk, Cofounder of Square Roots & Board Director at Tesla, Space X, and Chipotle

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/kimbal-musk-cofounder-of-square-roots-and-board-director-at-tesla-space-x-and-chipotle/

Who Am I?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/work-peak-professional-decline/590650/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 26: Business

APL Apollo Tubes

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/markets/feature/pack-leader-5153

Why India fails to supply 24x7 electricity to all homes

https://www.indiaspend.com/why-india-fails-to-supply-24x7-electricity-to-all-homes/

How Amazon is Disrupting

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/amazon-disruption-industries/

Why credit analysts must keep an eye on the market

https://morningstar.in/posts/53243/bond-analysts-must-keep-eye-stock-market.aspx

SiS Annual Report 2018-19 Highlights

https://biginvestorblog.com/2019/06/17/sis-annual-report-2018-19-highlights/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 25: Investments

Financial literacy vs. a fiduciary standard: which matters more?

https://abnormalreturns.com/2019/05/26/financial-literacy-vs-a-fiduciary-standard-which-matters-more/

The second

https://thereformedbroker.com/2019/05/28/crowds-2/

The valuations mirage

https://balablogsdotcom.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/valuation-established-large-companies/

John Neff's Investing Style

https://www.morningstar.in/posts/53267/investing-style-low-pe-investor.aspx

What Investors Can Learn From Buffett On Airlines

https://acquirersmultiple.com/2019/06/what-can-investors-learn-from-buffetts-pivot-on-airlines-as-an-investment/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 24: Essential

Public Speaking

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/a-few-thoughts-on-public-speaking/

Stay in the Game

https://www.albertbridgecapital.com/drew-views/2019/6/17/stay-in-the-game

Weekly Readings -- Jun 24: Personal Finance

Of Mutual Fund Investments And Income Tax Notices

http://mfcritic.blogspot.com/2019/06/mutual-fund-investments-and-income-tax.html

You Can’t Always Believe What Fund Houses Tell You

http://mfcritic.blogspot.com/2019/06/cant-believe-fund-houses.html

Weekly Readings -- Jun 9: Ethics

How Vadodara Became a Hotbed of Financial Scams & Rackets

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/why-is-vadodara-the-favourite-haunt-for-scamsters-and-fraudsters

Ethical standard at IRDAI

https://www.moneylife.in/article/irdai-transferred-cvo-but-does-not-have-copies-of-the-office-noting-reveals-rti/57283.html

When Practicality is not accounted for in Good Intentions

http://www.subramoney.com/2019/05/aadhar-the-joke/

Anonymous Whistleblowers: How Seriously Should We Take Them?

https://www.moneylife.in/article/anonymous-whistleblowers-how-seriously-should-we-take-them/57316.html

Weekly Readings -- Jun 8: Essential

Master One Thing At a Time

https://jamesclear.com/master-one-thing

Jeff Bezos: Big Things Start Small

https://fs.blog/2019/05/bezos-business-success/

The Art of Observation: The Two Types of Observations

https://fs.blog/2013/04/the-art-of-observation/

Lessons from History

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/five-lessons-from-history/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 7: Offbeat

The Surprising Truth About Caesar Salad

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190521-the-surprising-truth-about-caesar-salad

Learnings over 100 Miles in Six Weeks

https://www.wired.com/story/six-weeks-100s-miles-hours-glorious-boredom-japan/

The Migrant Spy

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

I wouldn't be the refugee, I'd be the girl who kicked ass': how taekwondo made me

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/31/i-wouldnt-be-the-refugee-id-be-the-girl-who-kicked-ass-how-taekwondo-made-me

Weekly Readings -- Jun 6: Health

10,000 Steps A Day? How Many You Really Need To Boost Longevity

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/29/727943418/do-you-really-need-10-000-steps-per-day

Weekly Readings -- Jun 5: Personal Finance

Three Phases of Investor Life

https://thereformedbroker.com/2019/05/21/the-three-phases-of-an-investors-life/

Beware of the urge to break even

https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/beware-the-urge-to-break-even/

How to avoid investment mistakes?

https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/how-to-avoid-investment-mistakes/

Lecture: "Why we invest the way we do"

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52314aabe4b07589293175dd/t/527aeb88e4b06f059b9c417e/1383787400516/schloss+-+why+we+invest+the+way+we+do+-+may+1996.pdf

Weekly Readings -- Jun 4: Business

Sajjan Jindal’s steely resolve

https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/sajjan-jindals-steely-resolve/103255

Outschool Business

https://avc.com/2019/05/outschooling/

The Leverage Reckoning

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

The Successful Merger Story

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/compound-growth-at-milliporesigma

How a cosmetics giant reaches Chinese consumers: An interview with Shiseido CEO Masahiko Uotani

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/china/how-a-cosmetics-giant-reaches-chinese-consumers-an-interview-with-shiseido-ceo-masahiko-uotani

Weekly Readings -- Jun 3: Investment

A perspective. Music and Investing.

https://www.marketmisbehavior.com/blog/why-musicians-make-good-investors

Learnings from Walmart

https://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2014/03/wmt/

Skewness Effect in Commodities

https://alphaarchitect.com/2019/05/30/skewness-effect-in-commodities/

Asset Allocation Strategy: Momentum

https://eightytwentyinvestor.com/2019/05/28/past-returns-as-an-asset-allocation-strategy-here-comes-the-shocker-it-works/

Interview: Howard Marks

https://themarket.ch/interview/investors-are-willing-to-do-almost-everything-ld.259

Types of Risk

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/the-plurality-of-risk-5125

Amazon Annual Letters

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/bezos-amazon-shareholder-letters/

Weekly Readings -- Jun 1: Offbeat

Bringing our own demise

https://rising-powers.com/the-polar-silk-road-and-arctic-geopolitics/

Learning Economics The New Way

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/14/18520783/harvard-economics-chetty

Self improvement

https://fs.blog/2019/05/resonance-open-doors/

Seneca on Saving Time

https://fs.blog/2014/09/seneca-on-saving-time/

Perhaps the population is too high

https://twitter.com/ClayHedges/status/1132295094646837248

Even Harvard Is Now Teaching Personal Finance

https://www.wsj.com/articles/even-harvard-is-now-teaching-personal-finance-11558171800

Improvement is always possible. But, how does ot work?

https://stevenmsmith.com/ar-satir-change-model/