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I am ashamed to say that although I teach and research for a living, I hate giving analogies. Even if I think of a potentially good analogy, one that can drive home the point better, I get uncomfortable and think it is deliberate and artificial and don’t use it. Someone like Ashal Jauhari is so…
Continue reading →Does this question sound familiar? Bet it does. This is probably one of the most popular questions asked in any investor meet or television show. The answer is surprisingly simple and the reaction to the answer, in most cases, unsurprisingly indifferent. In academic circles we have a saying. ‘No question is silly. However, some answers…
Continue reading →I love movies. Before I started taking freefincal seriously, I averaged about a movie every two days. I tell my students that I am cursed: If I do not watch some portion of a new movie every day, I will turn into a vampire! Movies make me happy, sad, think, exhilarated and devastated in equal…
Continue reading →This intriguing question was recently asked by my friend. Intriguing because it can be answered in two ways: In one word! Or by considering all possible ways an emergency fund would see some action! By action, I of course refer to emergencies only! American financial coach Dave Ramsey, often says, “Christmas is not an emergency!”…
Continue reading →One of my teachers once told me, “stare at every graph and every equation you encounter. Milk all the possible information you can out of them before you move on.” This advice helps me on an everyday basis: to teach, research and learn personal finance. Most importantly it allows me to be a contented investor….
Continue reading →No I am not referring to myself! (although a few my students would have something to say about that!) I am referring to ‘One Idiot‘ the new short film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by IFDC foundation as part of their initiative to spread financial literacy to young Indians. If you haven’t seen it…
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