I come across a lot of good articles from across the web. This linkfest will help you cut out the noise and focus on what was important in the last week:
Indian Economy:
Bloomberg Quint – Juggling statistics for GDP
Mostly Economics – Does RBI’s independence matter?
Livemint – Manas Chakravarty: Who are the biggest buyers of gold in India?
Bloomberg Quint – Praveen Chakravarty: Who is paying for those loan waivers
Livemint – Indira Rajaraman: Solutions for legacy failures in India
Livemint – Small finance banks see asset quality deteriorate
Livemint – India’s internet landscape
Mostly Economics – Grade distortion in India
Capitalmind – About the latest GDP growth numbers
Bloomberg Quint – Global comparisons of GST
General:
NY Times – China has made the Fed and the ECB look almost lackadaisical when it comes to pumping money
Visual Capitalist – Electric Vehicles’ ‘Model T’ moment
SL-Advisors – A closer look at oil production trends
Bloomberg – The long calm in commodities
Bloomberg – Robots will diffuse demographics
McKinsey – Insights into consumer behaviour
The Big Picture – Robots for the Long Haul
Benedict Evans – Disruptions in the next 10 years
The Guardian – Operation car wash (via AlphaIdeas)
Investing and Personal Finance:
Alpha Architect – Indexing: Trust, but verify
Safal Niveshak – Go on a decision diet
HumbleDollar – Too trusting of investment promises
Morningstar – Confessions of a stock picker
A Wealth of Common Sense – Reframe your concept of risk
Morgan Housel – Expiring vs. long-term knowledge
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Rishad is the founder of Kairos Capital. He started his career with Standard Chartered Wealth Management and has extensive experience in markets, particularly in terms of mutual funds and stocks.