Compounding Knowledge

What I am reading today The staircase chart (Rohit Chauhan) Chinese love story helps Alibaba Pictures' content segment record profit after years of losses (SCMP: China Tech)

What I am reading today Some 90% of hedge funds aren't worth the fees, but there's still a place for them, says expert (Buffett Watch) Freakishly warm air has again surged over the North Pole, and sea ice is breaking up north of Greenland — in winter (Discover Magazine)

What I am reading today A formidable alliance? The opposition's growing indictment of the Punjab government (India at LSE) How Happy Talk Can Ruin M&As (INSEAD Knowledge)

What I am reading today Is corporate India failing India? (Gulzar Natarajan: Urbanomics) Could the tech companies run *everything* better? (Marginal REVOLUTION)

What I am reading today How New Technologies Will Radically Reshape India's Workforce (Knowledge@Wharton) Is It Time for a Reassessment of Malcolm X? (Smithsonian History)

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What I am reading today India's financial destiny is at the crossroads: Uday Kotak (Economic Times) Decoding India's Budget 2018: Hope and promise sans reality? (India at LSE)

What I am reading today Grocers Get Robotic Help to Compete Against Amazon (Discover Magazine) Smithsonian's Curator of Religion on Billy Graham's Legacy (mithsonian History)

What I am reading today Are Markups Increasing? (ProMarket) Failures of land tenancy in Pakistan (India at LSE)

What I am reading today Indian millennials are emerging as chief wage earners; what they want (Business Standard) Can't get new lungs? Try refurbished ones instead. (MIT Technology Review)

What I am reading today a16z Podcast: The Internet of Taste, Streaming Content to Culture (Andreesson Horowitz) Should you invest in mid cap funds? (Moneycontrol)

What I am reading today Map: The Top Tourist Attraction in Every Country (Visual Capitalist) What Trump Still Gets Wrong About How Russia Played Facebook (Wired: Business)

What I am reading today The most popular answer to our quiz was Obama. The correct answer is Harry S. Truman, who during his second term saw a 17.53% annualized rate of return in excess of the 3-month Treasury rate. Learn more about stock returns and presidencies at CBR: http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/why-stock-returns-under-trump-might-disappoint-investors … (Chicago Booth Review) no posts… (Subramoney)

What I am reading today How online shopping minted Tonglu's billionaires and made it China's happiest county (SCMP: China Tech) Shout-out by Charlie Munger at Daily Journal Annual Meeting – Feb 14, 2018 (Chai with Pabrai)

What I am reading today What next for Pakistan's Board of Investment and foreign investment? (India at LSE) Berkshire Hathaway doubles down on Apple stock and dumps IBM (Buffett Watch)

What I am reading today Emerging Markets January 2018 Update: A Strong Start (Mark Mobius Blog) No More Lies: An Ultimatum for India's Banks (Gadfly: Andy Mukherjee)

What I am reading today Everything Is Timing (Behavioral Scientist) India's 2018 budget review: part I (India at LSE)

What I am reading today ELSS still makes sense!! (Subramoney) The Shift to Decentralization (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)

What I am reading today Nota bene: The racist-memorabilia tax dodge (Felix Salmon) Fear and Buying or Fear and Loathing…Preparation Matters (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)

What I am reading today Idealism is tested at the extremes (Views on Life & on Equity Investing) The Just 100: Competition is the new union (Forbes India Magazine)

What I am reading today Central banks, systemic risk and financial sector structural reform (Oxford Business Law Blog blog) China Plays Yuan to Demand a `Powell Put' (Gadfly: Andy Mukherjee)

What I am reading today Dubai Real Estate Not As Crazy For Crypto As People Think (BRIC Breaker) It's All About Timing: How Nonprofits Can Increase Charitable Donations (Knowledge@Wharton)

What I am reading today Kafka Casts Terror on India's Angels (Gadfly: Andy Mukherjee) Baidu to bring Goya into Chinese living rooms with Spanish museums tie-up (SCMP: China Tech)

What I am reading today Indian Babies Heavier Than Ever–And That's A Good Thing (IndiaSpend) Antifragility, Path Dependency, and Value Investing (Part 2) (Vitaliy Katsenelson: Contrarian Edge)

What I am reading today China Could Steer Self-Driving Cars (Bloomberg View: China) Business Book Challenge: episode 1 (FT: Management)

What I am reading today 'Educated Dalits Are Mobilising Against Upper Caste Antagonism, Rise Of Hindutva Forces' (IndiaSpend) The wealth of Sapiens (Daniel P. Egan)

What I am reading today a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing (Andreessen Horowitz) The slowing pace of life expectancy gains since 1950 (Marginal REVOLUTION)

What I am reading today Devising an Optimal Sourcing Strategy (Insead) When Healthcare Providers Consolidate, Medical Bills Rise (Kellogg Insight)

What I am reading today Is a Transition to Renewable Energy on the Verge of Being Unstoppable? (Knowledge@Wharton) Why Arun Jaitley Must Focus On Education, Health, Nutrition (IndiaSpend)