Behavioral Finance
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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January 2, 2024 | 7 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Human Side of Money – Announcing ‘The Philosophy of Money’
Stop for a minute and think about how we show the value of money.Nice, neat columns on our financial statements. Rupees and Paise..Money appears to be so clear-cut ....
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December 26, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
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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December 19, 2023 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
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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December 5, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
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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November 21, 2023 | 7 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
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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November 7, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
What’s The Latest?
A funny incident happened last week as I was speaking with a few of my cousins... One of them (a doctor) said, “Thanks to your colleague, I was able to buy a property in Dadar. T ....
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October 31, 2023 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Boring Part
I recently read an interesting headline “Disney Goes All in on Sports Betting”, in the Wall Street Journal. The headline piqued my curiosity as the first thing that came to my ....
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October 17, 2023 | 7 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
How to Not Realize the Investment Outcomes You Want
I had experimented with a different format on my www.happyrichadvisor.com (The Blog for Real Financial Professionals) a few weeks ago. A lot of people loved the post (and the for ....
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September 26, 2023 | 8 Minute Read
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