Procrastination and not giving priority to financial goals and investment plans are costliest mistake one can make. This is what K Ramalingam, Director, Holistic Investment Planners, explains in an article on Why do we have no time for Personal Finance?…
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Procrastination and Lack of Prioritizing
Posted in Financial Behaviour, RupeeCamp
Mental Accounting v/s Getting Real
Understanding Mental accounting is very useful when want to be able to handle our personal finances effectively. Mental accounting reflects some deep rooted behavioral patterns and it’s very useful and interesting to be able to understand our own behaviors. Yesterday,…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour, Miscellaneous
Do You Want To Pay For Sound Advice?
CB Bhave spoke to HT and had interesting insights about Indian financial advisors. Read it here. Some excerpts: Q: ….that investors are not used to paying for advice. Even though 60% of our GDP comes from services, we are averse…
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Happy Saraswati Puja
My perception of Saraswati is as the Goddess of Learning. I have also been told that she is the elder sister of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. So Lakshmi follows Saraswati all the time. So, if you have the right…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour, Workshop
There’s More To Life Than Personal Finance!
Of course, life is much more than just talking about money. But once money issues is out of the way. So once you have done all your financial planning, you are ready for “LIFE”! I found another reason to do…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour
Stop Your Brain To Take Quick Investment Decisions
That’s what the book, Your Money & Your Brain by Jason Zweig says! Zweig simply points out that making investment decisions is one area where intuition and snap judgments simply don’t work and where our first reaction is usually the…
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How to Change Behavior: Stanford Tech Lab
Has digital media. mobile technology and web apps like Facebook/Google changed the way you behave? Do you agree that much like human persuaders, persuasive technologies can bring about positive changes in many domains, including health, business, safety, and education. Stanford…
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Posted in Financial Behaviour, Presentations
