Happy Durga Puja to you. The festive seasons have started and suddenly there seems to be much energy in the air, right? I was pondering over the significance of the Navratras and to me it appears as an occasion when…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour, Miscellaneous
Planning For An Uncertain Future
Doesn’t it appear to be a paradox? On one hand, financial planners want you to quantify your goals for retirement, children, etc which can be 10/20/30/40 years down the line. On the other hand, we are frequently jolted by uncertainties…
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Posted in Advisors, Financial Behaviour
Beware of Experts with No Expertise
There are many people positioning themselves as experts who do not really have expertise. And it’s a fact that we tend to follow the most confident among us, regardless of how reliable and/or contradictory their views are. Here’s an interesting…
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Posted in Advisors, Financial Behaviour
Getting Started or Re-Started
Newton’s law of inertia works. To refresh your memories, it says, Every body persists in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed…
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Posted in Financial Awareness, Financial Behaviour
Fear, Greed, Biases, ELSS, Taxes and More
Many of our money mistakes are avoidable if we can understand how we take decisions about money. This week’s links throw light on such working of our minds and can help you take better decisions. 1. Why we Buy: How…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour, Weekly Digest
Women and Personal Finance
Here’s an email from Praveen, my kid cousin and a new reader of this blog suggesting the topic of women and personal finance: An article on why women aren’t interested in personal finance! Why are men so easily attracted to…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour
Learning v/s Education in Financial Planning
When you understand the difference between learning and formal education, you will suddenly realize why financial literacy and education efforts does not work. Let me start with a question. Do you learn driving or do you educate yourself yourself on…
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