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What went right with Pranjal Kamra?

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, in earnest. The Pranjal Kamra you see today is nowhere near the end of his journey, but he has taken many of these steps.

Investor's Psychology

Representativeness Bias: When Your Past Affects Your Future

“There are many counterintuitive and surprising ways companies can boost users' motivation or increase their ability by understanding heuristics – the mental shortcuts we take to make decisions and form opinions.”

Investor's Psychology

The Paradox of Choice: Freedom is a Lie

“We can’t know when we make a choice whether it will be successful. Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can’t control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.”

Investor's Psychology

What is Mental Accounting Bias?

Do you remember Sushil Kumar from Kaun Banega Crorepati, the one who actually won 5 crores? He was poor before he won 5 crores. He is poor (actually, bankrupt) after he had 5 crores.

Investor's Psychology

Self-Attribution Bias: Your Gateway to Narcissism

A: Did you earn any profit from your latest investment?

Investor's Psychology

Busting Indian Investment Myths

Yesterday, when a few of my relatives visited, they were chilling in the living room, watching TV. It was a relaxing evening; the adults were just chit-chatting about politics, cricket, and investments. To be honest, I like these discussions because I like to hear their perspectives about various things in life, especially investments. To eavesdrop, I frequently moved across the living room to the kitchen or sometimes just stood there and pretended to be using my phone.

Finance

What is a Spooksafe Insurance?

This is going to sound like a little girl’s made-up fantasy, but believe me you, it is very much a reality. Do you think it is weird that Virat Kohli insured his beard, Amitabh Bachhan his voice, John Abraham his bottoms? Don’t they seem a little too paranoid to be insuring body parts like that? As bizarre as it may sound, a lot of people insure the strangest of things. But we have a winner here. Spooksafe insurance policies.

Investor's Psychology

A Guide to Capital Allocation

Let’s go on a little nostalgia trip. Remember the cartridges or cassettes you would buy to play various video games? Super Mario Bros. was an all-time favourite and pretty much everyone's introduction to the world of console gaming.

Invest

How to Know the Right time to Sell a Stock?

“The investor’s chief problem—and his worst enemy—is likely to be himself. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave.” - Benjamin Graham

Stock Market

Value Trap: How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff?

Warren Buffett succinctly notes, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” But wait, what if the seemingly underpriced stock is a Value Trap? Here’s how you can tell...

Stock Market

How many stocks should you have in your portfolio?

The key to investing is to make a balance between the risk and the return. Conservativeness curbs return, aggressiveness pumps risk! A sweet spot between them is all you want.

Stock Market

Investing Wisdom from Buffett & Munger: Berkshire Hathaway AGM 2021

Investment enthusiasts can’t miss watching this! We were glued to the screen for over 4hrs, and if you couldn’t, worry not. We’ve got you covered.

Posts Tagged: behavioral finance

What went right with Pranjal Kamra?

Representativeness Bias: When Your Past Affects Your Future

The Paradox of Choice: Freedom is a Lie

What is Mental Accounting Bias?

Self-Attribution Bias: Your Gateway to Narcissism

Busting Indian Investment Myths

What is a Spooksafe Insurance?

A Guide to Capital Allocation

How to Know the Right time to Sell a Stock?

Value Trap: How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff?

How many stocks should you have in your portfolio?

Investing Wisdom from Buffett & Munger: Berkshire Hathaway AGM 2021

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