Bamboo Innovator Daily Insight: 29 Jan (Thurs) – 15 Successful Entrepreneurs Share The Most Important Lesson They Learned In Their 20

Life

• 15 Successful Entrepreneurs Share The Most Important Lesson They Learned In Their 20s: BI
• Such a Stoic: How Seneca became Ancient Rome’s philosopher-fixer. NewYorker
• This Is Bill Gates’ Biggest Regret In Life: BI
• This Mental Bias Explains Why Investing Is So Scary: BI
• Six Essential Productivity Tips For Introverts: Forbes
• Storytellers find versatile medium in podcasting; The extraordinary success of the program “Serial” has commentators tipping a big year ahead for podcasting. TheAge
• Laser’s co-inventor, Nobel laureate Charles Townes, dead at 99: Reuters
• Review: Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra: FT
• Flight Centre’s Graham Turner and Cofounders Are Flying High: Forbes
• “The key to financial success isn’t saving, but investing in your own future production.” Cullen Roche: Link
• What sort of face do you need to have to become a FTSE 100 chief executive?: Telegraph
• Billionaire Ananda Krishnan in foundation to promote study of Mandarin and English: TheStar
• Guanxi in China ‘can be a double-edged sword’; a relationship of trust could lead one to overlook fraud or other undeclared issues: BT

Investing Process

• Why factor investing is flavour of the month; But four-decade run of outperformance may not last: FT
• A Revelation For Small-Cap Investing Strategies; Yes, Virginia, there is a small-cap premium, but to harvest it in a meaningful way we’ll have to rethink how we invest in these companies. CS
• A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Joel Greenblatt about Value Investing: 25iq

Greater China

• Debt That Once Boosted Its Cities Now Burdens China; Behind Nation’s Debt Load: Rampant Local Borrowing for Roads, Housing, Airports: WSJ
• Regulator releases damning report on Alibaba over fake, substandard goods on Taobao: SCMP
• Democratising finance: China’s P2P industry attracts scammers: FT
• 1001 Fights: Wuxia chivalry took Alibaba’s Jack Ma to the top: WCT
• Kaisa saga puts focus on investor Sino Life Insurance: SCMP
• New Rules in China Upset Western Tech Companies: NYT
• China regulator to inspect stock margin trading at 46 firms: Reuters

India

• Modi’s Reform Push; India’s leader takes some risks to clear obstacles to growth. WSJ
• With India Bulls Everywhere, a Rare Look at the Risks: Bloomberg

Japan & Korea

• 26 Korean firms caught having disguised themselves as SMBs to clinch deals: Maeil
• The creative economy dilemma in Korea: JA
• 90 industrial complexes nationwide in Korea house just 1 company: Maeil

ASEAN

• ‘Zombies’ haunt Vietnam’s trade bonanza bid: Reuters
• Editorial: First, We Must Teach Indonesia’s Teachers: JG
• Leaders Say Graduates in Indonesia Don’t Make the Grade: JG
• Storm Warning For Keppel, Sembcorp Marine; Weak oil prices and tighter spending budgets means investors should be wary of Singapore’s rig builders. Barron’s
• Singapore bourse hopes Southeast Asia will copy HK-Shanghai stock link: Reuters
• Philippine Growth Rises for Best Three Years Since Mid-1950s: Bloomberg

Macro

• Sweden’s Wallenberg family shake up Investor: FT
• Bonds: Caught in a debt trap; The markets’ verdict on central bank policies is that they are failing on inflation and growth: FT
• Currencies Hit as Monetary Policies Shift; Central Banks’ Moves Are in Response to Stronger U.S. Dollar, Threat of Deflation: WSJ
• ‘Fake margin calls’: Forex traders furious after losses: TheAge

TMT

• Lesson Learned: How An Apple Contractor, Taiwan’s second-largest touch panel manufacturer, Went Bankrupt: Forbes
• Apple’s massive market cap still trails these historical giants: Quartz
• Samsung’s $100 Million Internet of Things Bet Is Even Crazier Than You Think: FastCo
• Alibaba given little advance warning of Yahoo split decision: FT
• The Next Front Of Wearables: Techcrunch
• How Tim Cook’s Apple conquered the world: Telegraph
• The Technology that Unmasks Your Hidden Emotions; Using Psychology and Data Mining to Discern Emotions as People Shop, Watch Ads; Breeding Privacy Concerns: WSJ
• Apple’s World Domination Shows No Sign of Stopping: Bloomberg
• Samsung’s $100 Million Internet of Things Bet Is Even Crazier Than You Think: FastCo
• To Buy or Not to Buy: How Increased TV Watching Impacts E-commerce: K@W

Energy & Commodities

• Big Oil Faces Time of Reckoning; Shell, BP and Others to Report Earnings, Reveal What Role Lower Crude Prices Played On Results: WSJ
• Consumer-goods firms and advertising: The dangers of cut-price soap; Why the likes of Unilever should think twice before discounting their wares: Economist
• ‘We have all seen this before’: In Calgary, end of the oil boom has yet to sink in: FP
• Cocoa, Once Hot, Is Facing a Chill; Weaker Economic Prospects in Many Markets, Higher Candy Prices Hit Demand: WSJ

Consumer & Others

• McDonald’s CEO Steps Down; Move Comes Amid Declining Sales, Menu Changes: WSJ
• Who’s Driving World Wine Consumption? A new industry report has revealed how much wine is being produced each year—and who’s drinking it. The findings may surprise you. WSJ
• Why Target’s Big Canadian Expansion Went South: K@W
• Why It’s So Hard for McDonald’s to Change; “The system” McDonald’s holds dear is what’s holding it back: Bloomberg