Weekend Roundup – Feb. 2nd 2014

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This week I am holed up in the hospital taking care of my mother who broke her leg last Wednesday. The advantage of not having an i-pad or smart phone is that I get to sit in front of the computer only once a day for about 30 minutes or so. It gives me time to read. I am currently reading a book on portfolio management (FlipKart non-affiliate link), and this has given me many new calculator ideas.

In any case I already have many suggestions from readers to work on.

  1. Sharad Singh who runs TheFundoo shared on FB this interesting article he has co-authored on the shortcomings of the Sharpe ratio, a commonly used mutual fund risk measure: The Sharpe-less-ness, when the lighthouse misguides
  2. A couple of interesting posts from safetrade.in

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    36 thoughts on “Weekend Roundup – Feb. 2nd 2014”

      1. Thank you very much for your kind support, Sir. She is still in the hospital. hopefully she will be back soon.

      1. Thank you very much for your kind support, Sir. She is still in the hospital. hopefully she will be back soon.

    9. It’s so difficult to see our parents getting old and we doing a role reversal. Hope your mother recovers and is back home soon!

      1. Thanks Kirti. I could write a book about taking care of sick parents. In any case I have some interesting experiences in hospital. Will write about this soon.

    10. It’s so difficult to see our parents getting old and we doing a role reversal. Hope your mother recovers and is back home soon!

      1. Thanks Kirti. I could write a book about taking care of sick parents. In any case I have some interesting experiences in hospital. Will write about this soon.

    13. I am sorry to hear that sir. I wish your mother a speedy recovery. The book on Portfolio Management looks very interesting. Take care.

    14. I am sorry to hear that sir. I wish your mother a speedy recovery. The book on Portfolio Management looks very interesting. Take care.

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