If you invest in direct stocks or mutual funds, I am sure you would have received tons of unsolicited bulk SMS with texts like hot stock tip, next multibagger stock pick, sure-shot bet, double your money in 15 days, insider…
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I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (14-20 June 2021) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answer reader's questions related to any aspect of their personal finance. Here is the 32-year old reader's query about accumulating…
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Life is too short to save everything - I came across these words in the title of an interesting article (link). Immediately I knew I wanted to write on this topic. More so after my experience with Covid-19. Due to…
For the last few weeks, I have been down with Covid19 and its after-effects. Different people have different experiences. Some sail through easily. Others don’t. I don’t know how to put a scale to my experience, but it wasn’t easy.…
Recently, there was a lot of noise on social channels about the rise in the number of unicorns from India ("Unicorn" is a term used to describe a startup company with a value of more than $1 billion). Here is…
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I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (March-April 2021) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answer reader's questions related to any aspect of their personal finance. Here is the reader query about investing Rs 40,000 per…
The new budget is around the corner. The one for FY2021-22. So I thought I would just loud think what a common man will desire from the budget. Many of the suggestions in the article might seem to far fetched…
Around March this year (and even last year), few relatives called me up to ask whether they should invest in financial products X or Y or Z among many others… X = Traditional Endowment & Moneyback plans by insurance companies…
Unless you are ultra-rich or have a business churning out unmanageably uninvestable levels of cash ;-), it is important to save some money. In this context, I have already written about a common dilemma that people face- Spend Today or…
I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (November 2020) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answer reader’s questions related to any aspect of their personal finance. Here is the reader query about investing to grow wealth…
The following is a beautiful text from an advertisement in the 1960s (to be specific, from First Federal Savings advertisement). It talks about why you need to save. No don't let your preconcieved notions about such text stop you from…
It has been 9 years. And it has been one hell of a journey. To be honest, when I published my first post here in 2011, I never imagined things would pan out like this. But one thing led to…
Let’s say that I offer to buy you the car of your dreams. You can pick any car that you want, and then that car will be waiting for you at home. There’s just one catch: It’s the only car…
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Recently, I got quoted a few times in a magazine named 'Open' in their Wealth Special Issue 2019. The article was titled A Portrait of the Crore. And you can read it using the below link: A Portrait of the…
Budget 2019 initially proposed something that excited millions of Indians - No income tax on Rs 5 lakh income. It seemed that the zero percent (0%) income tax slab was indeed increased to Rs 5 lakh in India. But when actual…
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