Buffett’s Airlines Conundrum – Link here Global house prices – Link here In Vancouver, home values have risen by 47% in four years; in London they have risen by 54%; and in Auckland the rise has been a whopping 75%. The influence of foreign capital flows on housing markets is being scrutinised, particularly as …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 18-Mar-17The rise of the useless class – Yuval Noah Harari – Link here So what will people do? Art is often said to provide us with our ultimate (and uniquely human) sanctuary. In a world where computers have replaced doctors, drivers, teachers and even landlords, would everyone become an artist? Yet it is hard …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 11-Mar-1724% India’s MPs/MLAs Say They Don’t Need To Pay Tax Or Have No Income – Link here As many as 1,676 (35%) elected representatives declared annual incomes less than Rs 2.5 lakh. Why are Indian engineers so afraid of ‘artificial intelligence’? – Link here – Line that caught my attention “Forget getting people of our …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 25-Feb-17The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet. It’s the End of the Middle Class – Link here. The lines that caught my attention “I am less concerned with Terminator scenarios,” MIT economist Andrew McAfee said on the first day at Asilomar. “If current trends continue, people are going to rise up well before the machines do.” …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 18-Feb-17The Debate Finally Seems to Have Ended: Robo-Advisors Vs. Humans – Link here Michael Jackson Is Worth More Than Ever, and the IRS Wants Its Cut – Jackson’s star lawyer made a mint for his heirs, so now the government has to be startin’ somethin’ – Link here A CEO’s tale: How demonetisation halved the …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 11-Feb-17Uber: the app that changed how the world hails a taxi – Link here (the real origin story of Uber) The End of Employees – Never before have big employers tried so hard to hand over chunks of their business to contractors. From Google to Wal-Mart, the strategy prunes costs for firms and job security …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 4-Feb-17Secret Taxes for Financial Untouchables – Link here , after reading this I realise how much lucky we all are to be in India and have soo many banks. How to Read Financial News Headlines – Link here – I know few of the buy side who doesn’t allow its team to read a newspaper …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 28-Jan-17Why car and tech companies have different visions for self-driving cars – Link here Policing the digital cartels – Price-setting algorithms mean regulators must now tackle collusion among machines – Link here Charlie Munger: How to Guarantee a Life of Misery – Link here The ground beneath India’s feet – Link here HDFC Bank …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 14-Jan-17Below are some of my random learning’s summarised along with Reading list for this week and some of most read article in 2016 We humans are absolutely amazing, time and again we make the same mistake and we still indulge in the same. Everyone working in the stock market pretty much laughs at roadside astrologer …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 31-Dec-16(Must Read) – I find Ambit to be one of the best brokerage house, their reports are very insightful and innovative. Don’t miss latest Ambit Strategy – Forensic Accounting: Beware of the “Zone of Darkness” – Link here How Much Equity Do Founders Have When Their Company Gets to IPO? – Link here Google, democracy …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 17-Dec-16