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Good ULIPs, Facebook’s IPO and Risk
I was unable to write a post this week due to some unplanned work that came up and took up
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Nature of truth, Game Theory in Penalty Kicks and Mining Asteroids
First up, this fascinating profile of Marc Andreessen who developed the first graphical browser, co-founded Netscape and is currently a
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1000 thanks, rags to riches and scary inflation
I was amazed to learn that Anil Kumar Kapila, who must be a familiar name to a lot of you
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Army, Risk and Girlcott
There is some great commentary on the current state of affairs of the army in this post titled Army intrigue
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Share Buybacks, Counter View and Jugaad
The most fascinating story I read this week was about Sara Blakely who is a self made billionaire and has
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Financial Planning Clinic, Mis-selling and Consumer Protection
Let’s start with Bemoneyaware’s post on mis-selling and mis-buying which is a comprehensive article with takes from many people on
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Exchange Rates, Wills and Twitter Democracy
To start with, Jitendra Solanki writes about Apollo Munich Optima Restore which is a health insurance plan that has got some
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Europe downgrades, Japanese robot farms and Indian troubles
Yesterday I wrote about how things were getting quite in Europe, and today S&P downgraded a bunch of European countries!
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Wisdom of crowds, Facebook’s IPO and Iceland’s Currency
The Economist has an interesting article on crowd wisdom which talks about how people decide which direction to move to
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No growth, no fur and no gas
The best piece I’ve read on the Indian economic malaise is Shekhar Gupta’s editorial in the Indian Express where he
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