The Thrill of Boring Investing

Have you ever visited the buzzing cities of Las Vegas, Reno, or Atlantic City? These aren't just havens for gamblers; they're electric with energy – more vibrant even than Rio de ....
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The Greatest Bank Robber in The World

Last week, I was writing my take on an interesting question pertaining to stock market investing...Let me keep the question a secret just for a few paragraphs. After a couple of da ....
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Corrections, Crashes, and Clickbait

On January 4th, I read a moronic headline on the website (of a financial news channel), “Brace for correction in 2024.” I will explain why I used the word moronic or rather it ....
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The Perennial Wisdom

On January 3rd, 2023, I wrote the post, “The Thing To Focus On In The New Year”. I was going to publish the same one this year too, as this is a super important post that must ....
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The New High

“Is the market too high to invest?”, Rahul (a friend) asked. Anil (a neighbour) who overheard this question joined in the conversation, “The Sensex is 70000+. It’s made a n ....
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The Lollapalooza Effect

What did you think of this word “Lollapalooza”?Sounds like a cute word. Doesn’t it?While you are thinking, let me clarify that I am not referring to the world’s largest glo ....
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The Paradox of Inaction

I heard an interesting line on a podcast- It’s amazing how physically exhausting it is to do nothing.Have you ever noticed/observed this phenomenon?I don’t know whether you hav ....
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The Missing Millionaires and Billionaires

After reading last Tuesday’s post (What’s the Latest?), a dear reader wrote to me, “Amar, I loved this post, but I didn’t understand the last line of your post. What did yo ....
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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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