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A deep dive into The Zurich Axioms

Many years ago, someone had recommended The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther and I remember reading it though I doubt I took home any lessons. Recently I got a physical copy and decided to read it once again. Much water has flown since my last read and while I doubt it has influenced me, experience helps me understand the book...

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Notes from the Book: Dying of Money

My way to looking at markets has always been Top-Down. I focus more on Macros and less on the Company that I finally may invest into for my view is that the Marco decides the larger trend which is critical. Everyone from Charlie Munger to Howard Marks to the local stock broker Analyst say, don’t pay much attention to macroeconomic...

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Book Review: Richer, Wiser, Happier

One common thread among great investors who get featured in books is the fact that almost every one of them got rich by managing other people’s money for a fee that allowed their own capital to expand over time. William Green in his recent book has written about the process of some well known fund managers and a couple of...

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When the Fund Stops – A Book Review

“You are as good as your last trade” is something that is often said to traders. Investors generally have it more easy. Fund Managers when they are generating returns are seen as the Gods of Men and yet as soon as they hit a rough patch, they are thrown to the wolfs and the search for the next Fund Manager...

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Reading – 2019

I have always been someone who loved reading books. During school days it was fiction – I liked Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators. As I grew up, it was Stephen King, Robert Ludlum among others. My all time favorite for a very long time though remained Tintin Comics. Somewhere down the line I stopped reading and I did that...

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Book Review: 101 Years on Wall Steet

In 1875, The Native Share & Stock Broker’s Association which today is known as Bombay Stock Exchange was formed. While not as old as New York Stock Exchange which trails its roots to the Button Wood agreement of 1792, Mumbai Stock Exchange is the oldest exchange in Asia. It was’t until 1986 that the good folks at Mumbai felt the...

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Book Review: Masterclass with Super-Investors

While books on Investing are plenty, very few are authored by Indian’s themselves and an even smaller sub-sect of them are actually worth spending time and money. Masterclass with Super-Investors is one of the rare books that qualifies on both criteria. The book has been written in the style of Market Wizard series by Jack Schwager. The authors have chosen ...