The Four Words You Believe

Your success as an equity investor depends on four words...These four words drive how you behave in the stock markets or how you behave with your portfolio...The truth is there are ....
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1881 and 2023

In 1881, New York Times cited academics who said telegraphy will end the world.Can you imagine your life without telecommunications today?Can you imagine your life without all the ....
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Works in Progress

There is a brilliant Daniel Gilbert quote that I ask you to meditate on: “Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished.” We were a work in progr ....
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The Investors at Most Risk

Let me set the context for this Nano with a simple question... What kind of investors carry the most risk? I know what you are thinking...The ones who take the biggest risk... N ....
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The Stupidest Reason to Buy and Sell

Warren Buffett gave the answer to the first part of the headline...What do you think is the reason?He wrote, “The stupidest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it’s g ....
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What’s Worse?

Let me ask you a simple question... Between the two below mentioned options, what’s worse... Buying at the Top Selling at the Bottom I can tell you what’s worst...Buying ....
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Never or Always

It never seems like a good time to buy...but the truth is it’s always a good time to buy for a long term (decades) investor...One who is investing for decades...and ....
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The Enemy is…

Who do you think the investor’s worst enemy is?....I will rely on 2 learned folks to answer this question...“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” - Pogo PossumFor me as an i ....
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Uninformed and Informed Risk

In this Nano, I am simply sharing a very powerful visual on the concept of uninformed and informed risk. I know there is a lot to unpack here and thus I will be doing a separate po ....
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Everything Else

The single most important factor in a lifetime of successful investing is your own behaviour.You could have the greatest portfolio ever created. But one poor behavior ....
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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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