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The Infant Learner

Some stuff I read this week:

A. Market Research

MFP Market Report Card (MFP)

B. Entrepreneurial Diary

The Paradox of Stress (HI)
Everything is Technology (NB)
Common Causes of Very Bad Decisions (CF)
Strategy Vs. Tactics from a Venture Capitalist (HBR)

C. Avoid Chasing Performance

Buy High, Sell Low, Repeat Until Broke (DJ)
Hot Funds Look Great — Until They’re Not (EI)
The Latest Edition of Wealth Conversations (FI)
The Blind Men and the Mutual Fund! (FF)
Blast From The Past Can These Mega Funds Regain Their Mojo (LM)
Mutual Fund Managers Are Wrong More Than They’re Right (MS)
“Best Mutual Fund” — Thousands of People Owe it to These Three Words (SK)

D. Personal Finance

Portfolio Pollution (TS)
Suffering in Private (HD)
Financial Advice That Doesn’t Work Anymore (CS)
Can You Gift Mutual Funds in India? Rules (BN)
Rebalance When You Can, Not When You’re on Tilt (PC)
Casualness Trap – Why Some People Never Build Wealth (JI)
60/40 Portfolio Corrections, Bear Markets and Recoveries (CS)

E. Other Articles

Cyclical Investing (JP) (JJ)
It’s Not Even Wrong (ZE)
Trouble on the Horizon (BI)
The Psychology Of Money (AL)
Best Investors Are Steadfast (AM)
Investment ideas : Where to Look? (AJ)
Invest like Buffett (OC) (NI) (FT) (FS)
Buying the Dip Still Works — Even in This New World (AP)
Market Top Detection and Capital Protection System (TK)

“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