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The Infant Learner

Some stuff I read this week:

A. Market Research

MFP Market Report Card (MFP)
India’s Journey to Super Power (IN)

B. Entrepreneurial Diary

Differentiation (NB)
AI and the Long Tail (DP)
The Formula For Success (ME)
Creating Magic for consumers (JC)
Learning from Discount Tire’s Bruce Halle (MI)
We Live In The Age of The Bullshitter (CA)

C. Fake It Till You Make It

How a 30-Year-Old Fintech Founder Fooled JPMorgan Chase (FS)
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (NF)
Scam 1992 (SN)
You Won’t Detect the Next Fraud (CA)
The Lifecycle of Greed and Fear (MH)

D. Personal Finance

The Retirement Danger (VR)
Move Over FDs! These Investment Options are Better & Safer (VR)
Why Target Maturity Funds are not the best option! (VM)
5 Steps to Buy G-Secs on the RBI Retail Direct Platform (PI)
What Economists Get Wrong About Personal Finance (FT)
Above Average Or Below? How Good At Investing Are You? (EI)
The History of Capital Gains Taxation in India (AD)
How Much Income Do You Need to Be Rich? (DD)
Is It Realistic to Have 100% of Your Portfolio in Stocks? (CS)

E. Other Articles

Avoid News (RD)
Why You Should Stop Reading News (FS)
The Long-Term Wins (CS)
Forecasting Follies (BL)
Contrarian Investing: It’s Simple But It’s Not Easy (DS)
What To Look For in Competitively Advantaged Businesses? (TW)
Who Wants to Become the “Next Warren Buffett”? (SN)
Thinking About the Tail End and the Long-Term (NC)
The Process of Judging an Investment Process (CS)
Should We Listen to Outperforming Fund Managers? (BI)
How Many Stocks Should You Own? (WL)
Lessons from the Biggest Multi-baggers (MC)

“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