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 few weeks:
Indian Economy:
India: Mega opportunities and mega headaches – Harvard Business Review
Manas Chakravarty: Stagnant exports but growing imports – Livemint
Modicare’s ground reality challenge – Bloomberg Quint
Export woes have little to do with global demand – Business Standard
Downward spiral in bonds seems to be getting worse – Bloomberg Quint
The US tax bill effect on India – Business Standard
What’s causing flat exports – Business Standard
Is corporate India failing? – Urbanomics
History of banking crises – Livemint
An import substitution policy makes little sense – Livemint
T N Ninan: The banking sector is still in crisis – Business Standard
Metro expansion in India – Alpha Ideas
MNCs should go desi – Business Line
The changing face of Indian banking – Livemint
2018: Macro to micro – Business Standard
Neelkanth Mishra: No reason for bond yields to stay so high – Business Standard
GST effect on future supply chains – Business Standard
General:
Global corporate cash hoard invested in bonds – Urbanomics
On China becoming a tech superpower – Wired
Secular trends in US inflation – Pragmatic Capitalism
Global trade is fine – Topdown Charts
How money is spent across income groups – Visual Capitalist
Pricing for a segment of one – Business Standard
The return of grains? – The Macro Tourist
Slow Jam the news – The New York Times
Investing and Personal Finance:
Alpha in large cap mutual funds is harder to come by – Business Line
Risk management in investing – The Eighty Twenty Investor
Cognitive bias – Visual Capitalist
Nonsense finance phrases – A Wealth Of Common Sense
Watch out for management quality – BalaBlogs
Beware the flaw of averages when investing – Livemint
Fear and Greed in the passive era – The Reformed Broker
Bank Recap Of Rs 2.11 Lakh Crore Inadequate – YouTube
Cooperative Federalism in 2018 – YouTube
L2inc: Brand Strategy – YouTube
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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.