I just raced through the latest book from Satyajit Das titled “Traders, Guns and Money” and you would think it was a year in review on the global financial markets…WRONG. The book was penned in 2006 and describes his last 25 years in the derivatives market which happens to be what is ailing most investment [...]
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Derivatives Deja Vu
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Building the Ambani Empire
February 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
What timing, I finished reading Polyester Prince on Feb 10th and on Feb 11th the Reliance Power IPO from Anil Ambani got listed on the Indian exchanges. Finding this book was about as easy as getting shares in the Reliance Power IPO. The book is apparently banned in India on the request of the [...]
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Biyani’s Bazaar
July 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
If you’ve ever been to a Big Bazaar, Pantaloons or Central then you have Kishore Biyani to thank for it. He’s the guy behind India’s first wave of retailing. I bought the book for Rs. 99 at Big Bazaar (go figure) and thought I might gain some insight into his empire. Unfortunately that [...]