SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient–Powered by the Science of Games – Bamboo Innovator Daily: 25 Aug (Tues)

Life

• Making Decisions in a Complex Adaptive System: Farnam
• How to Stop Overplanning (Even If You’re a Perfectionist): HBR
• Square Root of Kids’ Math Anxiety: Their Parents’ Help: NYT
• Starbucks’ CEO sent a memo telling baristas to be nicer because of the stock turmoil; “Let’s be very sensitive to the pressures our customers may be feeling, and do everything we can to individually and collectively exceed their expectations.”: WaPo
• The world’s top-earning authors: Forbes
• Being ‘Intensely’ Data Driven Is Not for Everyone; A high-performing culture like Amazon’s is effective, but it also creates winners and losers. And, in some cases, it can quickly go bad. CFO

Books

• SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient–Powered by the Science of Games: Amazon

Investing Process

• This Fund Manager Picks Stocks by Watching Bonds, Beating 99% of Peers: Bloomberg

Greater China

• After spending about $200bn buying shares to prop up falling equity prices over the past seven weeks, Beijing capitulated to market forces on Monday by choosing not to intervene: FT
• Drop in Yuan Caught Businesses Off Guard; Depreciation ripples through global dealings of companies in complex ways: WSJ
• For All Its Heft, China’s Economy Is a Black Box; China’s economy is difficult to assess amid murky politics, unreliable data and opaque decision making: WSJ
• Alibaba Falls Below IPO Price as Rout Adds to China Concerns: Bloomberg
• Why China’s response to economic freefall is incomplete: WaPo
• After Spell as Rivals, E-Commerce Giants, Traditional Stores Join Forces; Firms like Alibaba and JD.com used to be seen as the mortal enemies of businesses with physical stores, but recent tie-ups are changing that view: Caixin
• We have reason to believe the unthinkable is happening to China’s President; Xi Jinping’s reforms encounter ‘unimaginably fierce resistance’, Chinese state media says in ‘furious’ commentary: BI, SCMP
• From ‘out-dated’ Octopus card to Uber: Is the government’s mindset blocking Hong Kong’s future?: SCMP
• China taught lesson about economic laws: Telegraph
• Norway’s Richest Man Says He’s ‘Very Worried’ About China: Bloomberg

India

• India’s legendary Royal Enfield is taking the fight to Harley-Davidson’s backyard: qz
• Thieves in India Steal 700kg of Onions as Prices Hit 2-year High: JG
• ItzCash: Making cash in a cashless world; The business model that Ashok Goel scripted for ItzCash has given the unbanked access to a host of modern-day services: Forbes

Japan & Korea

• For South Korean Shipbuilders, the Risks Grow; China’s slowdown cuts demand for vessels; stronger won lifts price of Korean ships: WSJ
• First non-Japanese chief of Tomy believes innovation is key to reviving toymaker’s fortunes: JT
• Lotte most aggressive chaebol in M&A: KT
• Korea’s convenience stores vie for IT supremacy: Nation

ASEAN

• ASEAN: Indonesia Imposes 10% Loss Limit; Philippines Halts Trading Again: Barron’s

Macro

• Trading was halted 1,200 times Monday; Large ETFs mysteriously dive – $13bn iShares Select Dividend ETF focused on stable American stocks that have a long history of paying dividends plummeted as much as 35% : CNN
• The Ghost Of 1997 Beckons, Can Asia Escape? Morgan Stanley, BofA Weigh In: zh
• Forget Rate Hikes: Bridgewater Says QE4 Is Next; Warns World Is Approaching End Of Debt Supercycle: zh
• From Panic to Judgment Day, Investors Struggle to Describe Rout: Bloomberg
• Biggest Day in Years for Currencies as Investors Flee Risk; Euro, yen surge; kiwi, aussie tumble; New Zealand’s dollar plunged as much as 8.3 percent, the most in 30 years: Bloomberg
• The Truck Running Over the Stock Market Was Headed Our Way for Months: Bloomberg
• Bonds Market Saw Global Selloff Coming; Some bond veterans say softness in investment-grade and junk bonds was ‘canary in the coal mine’: Bloomberg
• Here’s What Usually Happens to Markets After the S&P 500 Drops 5 Percent in a Week: Bloomberg
• How Low-Volatility ETFs Can Protect You From Wild Market Swings: Bloomberg
• Rout Reveals Monetary Policy Dependence; Unwinding carry trades, the absence of PBOC action and the expectation of Fed hikes weigh heavily on stocks. Barron’s
• Time to Dust Off the Asian Contagion Playbook?: Barron’s
• Emerging Markets Hit Hard as Global Rout Continues; Growing anxieties about China cause investors to pull money from developing markets: WSJ
• Behold: Insanity: Dow futures moved over 4,500 points intraday today: zh

Energy & Commodities

• Oil Traders Rush to Hedge Against Further Drop as Rout Worsens: Bloomberg

TMT

• #BLACKMONDAY could threaten ‘unicorn’ startups; there will soon be some “dead unicorns” in the tech industry, thanks to a complete “lack of fear” in Silicon Valley that is sending these valuations soaring: Wired
• Intel to Invest Heavily in Software That Enhances Cloud-Computing Capabilities; “A new world is coming, and it is inevitable. Everyone has to act differently.”: NYT
• Hot Tech Start-Ups May Face a Long and Bumpy Fall: NYT
• The Fall Of SFX: From Billion-Dollar Company To Bankruptcy Watch; shares are down 93% from its Oct. 2013 initial public offering price of $13 a share: Forbes

Consumer & Others

• The CEO of an obscure Mexican chain reveals his secret to beating Chipotle: BI