The Antifragile Investor

Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an insightful book “Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder”. The concept is so powerful and relevant not only to investing but our life in gene ....
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Don’t be a Jim. Behave like Sue.

Last Tuesday, I had written a post “There will always be reasons for not Investing”. Today, I thought of writing a very simple yet powerful concept that I believe is worth gold ....
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The Real Reason why people flock to Gold

I asked a few investors the other day “What do you think is the real reason for the noise around gold during uncertain times? Why does everyone start to talk about it?” The ans ....
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The Art of Investor Construction

“The Art of Portfolio Construction in the New Normal” was the headline of the column in a magazine. Such titles always make me think about what if the healthcare industry could ....
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Lessons from the last 40+ years of Investing

Last week, I had written a column on the Legend of Compounding and how most people never get to experience Compounding in their lives. I also wrote what you should do to experience ....
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The Legend of Compounding

I am sure you would have guessed who the legend of compounding is but before I get into writing about this, let me narrate a few lines from a brilliant book “Boombustology” by ....
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All that Glitters is not Gold even if it is Gold

The headlines these days scream Gold, Gold and Gold. As I write this post, Gold is trading around Rs.56400 for 10 grams. It seems that people are not getting enough of it. A popula ....
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The Ingredients of a World Class B-Filter

I got an overwhelming response to my last Nano “The Bullshit Filter” and everyone was curious to know how to identify the believable Bullshit. They felt that unbelievable Bulls ....
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Something to Learn from my Dad

In the previous Nano, I had written about the 3 Real Drivers of Performance. I know many people who practice these 3 Real Drivers diligently, but I thought of sharing a bit about M ....
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Author

About Amar Pandit

Amar is a CFA Charterholder from CFA Institute, Virginia, USA and a Certified Financial Planner. He is also an alumnus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Amar Pandit is the Founder of several companies that are making a Happy difference in the lives of people. His first one was “My Financial Advisor”, the happiest and best Private Wealth Management Firm that helps High Net worth Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Doctors and Celebrities to make smart and informed choices about money. He is currently the Founder of Happyness Factory, a world-class online investment & goal-based financial planning platform through which he aims to help every Indian family save and invest wisely. He is very passionate about spreading financial literacy and does so through his sharp and analytical columns published regularly in leading financial dailies, publications and portals. He is the author of 6 bestselling books, 8 Sketch Books and 2000 + columns for various newspapers such as Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, DNA, Hindustan Times, Mint, Indian Express and magazines. He has developed a board game “Financial Premier League" which is a fusion of cricket and personal finance. Besides this, he has developed Corporate Workshops on Financial Literacy and has developed the first financial literacy program for children between the age group of 5 and 12.

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Amar's Philosophy

It’s a myth that More Money = Happiness.
Yes, we have all heard that it is better to cry in a BMW than cry on the road. However, what matters at that point is that you are crying and unhappy. Your location is not relevant, you are just like the other person crying on the road. The point is that if “More Money = Happiness” were indeed true, the richest people would also be the happiest; the most seemingly beautiful and rich people would not be depressed.

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