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Tuesday, 20 October 2020 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

BEGIN INVESTING WITH MUTUAL FUNDS

If you want to understand mutual funds beyond the cute ads, here is all you need to know
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Friday, 16 October 2020 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

BEGIN INVESTING WITH ETFs

So you want to start investing and don’t know where to start? This post will outline key concepts and then provide links to actually start investing…check this post regularly over the next few weeks What is investing? We have provided a high level outline with links to 18 one-minute videos in this post …please watch
Tuesday, 20 February 2018 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

WHAT SAILING REMINDED ME ABOUT INVESTING

I got my first taste of sailing a few months after I’d seen the ocean for the first time. It was an amazing experience – the sight of the blue sky and bluer water, the wind in my face, the thrill of the yacht tilting…I was hooked!…though I didn’t get a chance to sail again
what trekking reminded about investing
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

WHAT MY TREK REMINDED ME ABOUT INVESTING

“A trail in the Sahyadris doesn’t qualify as a trek! It’s a walk in the park compared to a real trek,” exclaimed a friend when I posted the picture on facebook. I was still proud of having made it to the top in the pouring rain as a novice, and more importantly back down without
Wednesday, 20 January 2016 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

CREDIT RATINGS, MUTUAL FUND RATINGS – ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

When people hear the leader of a country comment on how a credit rating agency should rate its debt, they realise credit ratings are important. When they read about the role of credit ratings in the global financial crisis, they get angry about the finance industry being responsible for their misery, but figure they must
Monday, 03 August 2015 / Published in Growth Pillars, Invest

WHAT IS INVESTING?

At the very basic level, investing is either you lending money or taking a stake in a business. As simple as that! Imagine a friend setting up a new business, say a restaurant. He asks you to invest in his venture. He gives you two options – either you can loan him some money, which