Category: Finance & Investing
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Lessons from Warren Buffet’s Annual Letters – Part 2
This is second in the series of articles about my learnings from Warren Buffet’s annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway. Read Part 1 here. Investor Behavior Retained Earnings & Stock Splits
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Lessons from Warren Buffet’s Annual Letters – Part 1
This is the first in the series of articles about my learnings from Warren Buffet’s annual letters to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. The greatness of this man is in distilling his worldly wisdom in investing into simple sentences that an average investor can understand. His annual reports, starting from 1965 to 2013, are a classic…
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China’s Shadow Banking System
A well researched article in FT.com warns about the exponential growth of shadow banking system in China and the potential fallout in future. Wealth Management Products (WMPs) are emerging as alternate asset of choice for investors in China seeking better returns than the bank deposits. Mainstream banks in China offer regulated and ultra-low interest rates…
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The Perfect Hedge
It has come as a shock to many in Wall Street that an innocent hedge, from a bank known for its ability to manage risk, could go so horribly wrong. Dig deeper and the story is a bit different. Many argue that a hedging position taken to offset a certain risk could in fact be…
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China’s Dilemma
Over the last few weeks the political and economic turmoil that is unfolding in China is creating quit a stir. While many books and articles have predicted an impending political and economic crisis in China, the recent events are only reinforcing this view. Probably most of the doomsday predictions may never come true. It is…