The Biggest Advantage

I am about to make a statement that some investors might find unbelievable or simply incorrect. ‘Individual investors have a huge advantage over institutional investors.’ Wha ....
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The Big Money

Here is a question for you.Where do you think the big money is made in the stock markets?It’s not a trick question. It’s a simple one but mind you it’s not easy. And this que ....
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The Real Benchmarks

We have been trained to think that our investing benchmarks should be connected to the stock market indices/benchmarks. Many investment professionals will even tell you about a mag ....
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Isn’t This Crazy?

Imagine you meet the CEO of a successful company. The CEO has an executive leadership team, but the team members have never met each other. In fact, they don’t even collaborate w ....
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The First Encounter with Money

Can you recollect your first encounter with money?Like everyone, our first encounter with money is about spending… And as Carl Richards says everything, we are taught about spend ....
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The Serious Money Show

Many in the investing world would have heard of Jim Cramer, the (in)famous host of the US CNBC show “Mad Money”. You would have too. If you have not, trust me you have not miss ....
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The Similarity between Dead and Stupid

Professor Feynman wrote, “When you are dead, you don’t know you are dead. It’s pain only for others.It’s the same thing when you are stupid.”Isn’t this brilliant and sp ....
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News and Truths

What do you think the media reports?The News or The Truths.People report news or sometimes even create news. They don’t report the truth. Because Truth is boring and how many tim ....
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The Choice

We all have a choice to make.To get everything we want or to want everything we have.If you want everything you have, you are wealthy and free.But if you try to get everything you ....
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The Three Rules of Compounding

Charlie Munger said the first. Yours truly wrote the next two. The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily. The second rule - Never forget the first rule ....
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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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