Opinion Four things my father taught me about money 16 Jun 201918 Sep 2022 A few years ago, I called up my Dad on Father’s Day and very excitedly said, “Papa, Happy Father’s Day”. He off-course could not understand what I was saying. So…
Opinion Zero in on the month that was : Curtain Call on #AtoZChallenge 30 Apr 201918 Sep 2022 I love watching theatre performances. Other than the live performance, raw emotions and unfiltered voice what appeals to me is the curtain call. Every single person behind the scene gets…
Opinion You — value yourself & your career 29 Apr 201917 Aug 2022 Past weekend, I attended a women’s conference. I love such gatherings. I get to meet women who are doing amazing stuff, building career, businesses and most important, they are building…
Opinion XOXO : Investor emotions — from hugs to kisses and everything in between 27 Apr 201918 Sep 2022 When we look at that black screen on god forsaken channel that we rarely watch, and the red and green graphs scream “Sensex”, “Nifty” and “markets”, we assume it is…
General Wildest Wolf of Dalal Street 26 Apr 201918 Sep 2022 Dalal Street is Indian equivalent of Wall Street (in New York). When Bombay Stock Exchange was relocated, the street next to it was named Dalal Street. Stock market, for some…
Brainery ULIP — All it takes is one bad investment 24 Apr 201918 Aug 2022 Most of us have that one ULIP policy that we know nothing about. A few (un)fortunate ones have more than one. It is one product that is sold like the…
Brainery Time Value of Money 23 Apr 201918 Aug 2022 When I go out for Samosa and Chai with my father, he reminisces how it used to cost 50 paisa per samosa when he was younger. Or how they could…
Brainery Systematic Methods — SIP, STP and SWP 22 Apr 201918 Aug 2022 I went about randomly asking some people if they know what SIP is. Most of them knew the basic concept. Some did not know the full form though. Mutual funds…
Opinion Rethink the break: How to financially account for it 20 Apr 201918 Aug 2022 Today, I had to write something technical. Writing an opinion piece is my comfort zone, writing outside of it, technical specially, is a stretch. And stretch causes stress. And stress…
Personal Finance Quit the habits that hurt your finances 19 Apr 201918 Sep 2022 “A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time” — Mark Twain It is a humongous task to reach a stage…