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The Infant Learner

Some stuff I read this week:

A. Market Research

MFP Market Report Card (MFP)
DSP Tathya (DSP)

B. Entrepreneurial Diary

Disconnect (SL)
The Perfect Pitch (MC)
Marketing in Four Steps (SG)
The Secret to (My) Success (WF)
Why Venture Capital is the Best Asset Class (NB)

C. Don’t Confuse a Bull Market with Brains

Smart Moves = Financial Freedom (MI)
The Difference Between a Bubble and a Cycle (CF)
Why It Is Better To Be Foolish At The Start Than At The Finish (JK)
Stock Markets Bring Out Your Animal Behaviour: Siddhartha Bhaiya (SB)

D. Personal Finance

The Key to Personal Financial Planning: Being Lazy (MS)
John Bogle – 7 Investing Lessons from the $7 Trillion Man (DM)
25 Investing Mistakes I Made That You Can Easily Avoid (DF)
Stock Picking is Not the Same Thing as Portfolio Management (CS)
How Families Mismanage Finances And What We Can Learn From Them (FF)

E. Other Articles

The Mystery of Curiosity (SC)
Successful Investor Attributes (SM)
The Herschel Walker Syndrome (MF)
Building An Investment Checklist (WI)
The Wisdom of Intelligent Investors (SN)
The Biggest Risk in Business (and investing) (BH)
Catastrophic Risk in Investing and Business (AD)
Two Mindset Shifts for Stock Market Success (KM)
Overview of Outsourced Electronics Manufacturing companies (PPFAS)
Japanese Bets: How Buffett’s Genius Has Yielded Infinite Returns (AM)
Investment Mantra: Here Are The Fastest Ways to Blow Up a Family Fortune (LM)

“I read everything: annual reports, 10k’s, 10q’s, biographies, histories, five newspapers a day. On airplanes, I read the instructions on the backs of seats. Reading is key. Reading has made me rich over time” – Warren Buffett

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you” – Charlie Munger

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better”-  Carol Dweck