The Third Commandment: Be Patient
Summary: Be patient like Warren Buffett and play the infinite game. Know that is it likely that you will generate the vast majority of your wealth in the autumn of your life. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, pls click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “Jamsetji Tata was born in 1839. He started his […]
Portfolio performance and update on fundamentals
The NIFTY 50 is an Indian stock market index that represents the float-weighted average of 50 of the largest Indian companies listed on the National Stock Exchange. The BSE 500 index is designed to be a broad representation of the Indian market. Consisting of the top 500 companies listed at BSE Ltd., the index covers […]
Short read: Virat Kohli has been Indian cricket’s most influential figure
Many would debate the subject of the article. Yes, Kapil, Sachin and Dhoni have all had a significant impact on Indian cricket but the author Greg Chappell, a legendary cricketer himself, backs his case nicely with this. For the uninitiated, earlier this week, Virat Kohli unexpectedly announced his retirement from Test cricket, the game’s format […]
Short read: Did South Korea’s legendary female free divers evolve for a life underwater? Scientists find new evidence
This article from CNN introduced us to one of the most remarkable communities in the world: “An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community of women: the Haenyeo. These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, collecting sea urchin, abalone and other seafood […]
Short read: India’s Chief of Information War during Op Sindoor night was fact-checker Mohammed Zubair
Innes Tang views himself as a patriot in HK. We see Mohammad Zubair as an Indian patriot. As Antara Baruah of The Print informs us, Mr Zubair stepped up to the plate when accurate information on a volatile situation was in short supply: “The aftermath of India’s military strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir […]
Gaming or Gambling? Young Indians are getting addicted to ‘opinion trading’, and losing huge sums
Humans in general and Indians in particular love to wager a bet every now and then. But we Indians seem to take our punting instincts a bit too seriously. Until the regulator imposed restrictions recently, Indian traders had made the Indian derivatives market the world’s largest by volume by a healthy margin. India claims to […]
Long read: An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy Of Hiroshima
This is a 20yr old lecture referring to the American dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Hence the astonishing sixty years in the title; now still an astonishing eighty years indeed. Astonishing because the world hasn’t seen a single incidence of the use of nuclear weapons over what is a reasonably long […]
Long read: Hong Kong pro-China informer: ‘Why I’ve reported dozens of people to police’
Patriotism can mean different things to different people. For some people, patriotism means reporting to the authorities the “unpatriotic” activities of neighbours & colleagues. This article from the BBc profiles one such patriot – a former banker named Innes Tang – in Hong Kong. The BBC writes: “From a woman waving a colonial-era flag in […]
The Second Commandment: Simplify your life
Summary: Simplify your day-to-day life into a series of routines and processes which allow you to work hard, work intensely, work collaboratively and yet find time to relax, refresh and be creative. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, pls click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “Studies of the lives of great minds tell us […]
The First Commandment: Take Risks
Summary: Take entrepreneurial risks. Train yourself to take EV (expected value) positive bets early in life and then spend your life making as many EV positive bets as you can. Make small bets initially but once you realize that the odds are in your favour, load up and go as big as you can afford […]
Short read: Pope Francis and the soul of economics: Rethinking global priorities
Plenty of tributes have poured in over the past three weeks celebrating the papacy of Pope Francis who passed away on 21st April. The tributes have focused on his progressive thinking about inclusivity, notably LGBTQ among others. This piece in the Business Standard focuses on his critique of the modern economy for having created inequality, […]
Short read: Avoid Unforced Errors and Stay Humble: Warren Buffett’s Leadership Lessons
Last weekend, we heard the inevitable – Warren Buffett announced his decision to step down as the chief of Berkshire Hathway later this year. Buffett’s contribution to the world of investing and business goes beyond the immense amount of wealth creation for Berkshire shareholders over several decades. As this piece in the WSJ shows, several […]
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