The Curiosity Dividend

Here are some valuable insights for the next few decades. I hope you find them useful to make sound financial decisions. You are likely to live longer. Your lifestyle inflation w ....
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What do you think of the market?

This is a very common question I hear when someone figures the industry/profession I am in. My answer is pretty simple. Some of you may have even heard it before. I don’t waste ....
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The Next 15-20%

Last year, I had written a Nano headlined, “The Next 300%.” This was very well received. In case you don’t remember it, I would recommend giving it a quick read. It might jus ....
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Your Report Card

What does your financial report card look like?A basic and often useless report card that is sent monthly or quarterly to investors is the performance of a set of investments.A wor ....
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Means and Meaning

Our HappyRich philosophy is based on these 2 words - Means and Meaning. Can you connect the dots? Means = Money Meaning = Purpose This forms our equation - Purpose + Money = H ....
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Number or Feeling

Wealth is not a Number; It’s a feeling of having Enough.It’s an absence of worry. It’s an ability to sleep well at night.It’s a feeling of abundance. It’s b ....
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Insightful Data on Timing ₿itcoin

We have all seen data of the impact of missing the best 20 days of the market. In case you don’t recollect, read the post “The 20 Best Days in the Last 20 Years”.I recently s ....
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The 3 Questions to ask in a Bear Market

I knew 2 of the questions but the third one was interestingly put in a writeup by entrepreneur and investor Shaan Puri.I reproduce below the 3 questions with some thoughts by Shaan ....
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The Bill you haven’t paid

“When you get something for nothing, you just haven’t been billed for it yet.”- Franklin P. JonesWhat is it that you haven’t been billed yet?Many Fintech and financial inst ....
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The Ultimate Market Irony

Morgan Housel wrote these powerful words, “Remember the ultimate market irony: All past market declines look like opportunities; all future (and current) market declines look lik ....
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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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