Women’s week has commenced. As a person, I have always found these “days” sort of ridiculous. My reasoning – so, women do not matter rest of the 364 days? However, for the first time, Women’s Day and Women’s Week are very very special to me. 6 other female Personal Finance bloggers (Melanie, Liz, Kristine, […]
Tag: money management
Case Study – Saving Money for your Childs’ Education
A few days back a friend who is a new mother, had a money conversation with me. This was after I started Elementum Money and before I was officially a CFP. It made me pretty happy for 2 reasons. Firstly, I thought I finally have a convert! I have had multiple conversations with her about […]
Follow Friday – Financially Blonde
Have you ever tried to lose weight and struggled? Have you ever struggled in the same way to getting financially fit? Wait a second, did I just say financially fit? The term financially fit is inspired by today’s blogger Shannon Mclay. I relate to Shannon in so many ways that it’s a little surprising it […]
Look Who’s a Certified Financial Planner
After studying vigorously for almost 9 months, passing 5 exams (with the last one being yesterday) and spending almost Rs. 50,000 ($769) I can finally say I am a Certified Financial Planner. Who is a Certified Financial Planner? A certified financial planner or CFP is someone who can help you understand your money better. CFP, […]
7 Ways In Which I Have Saved Money
With less than 2 weeks to go for the year to end, wherever you look at the internet especially in the blogosphere, there are enough and more pointers on how this is one of the best times to reflect on the year gone by. Well, I took that advice very seriously and decided to do […]
Follow Friday – First Page
Today’s follow Friday “blog” that I refer to is different. Surprisingly, it is a part of the equity research website – Value Research Online. Called First Page, this blog is written by the founder of Value Research online – Dhirendra Kumar. Today in India, we pretty much romanticize the start-up culture. However, when I set […]
Book Club – The Millionaire Next Door
I have always been a voracious reader. My first memories of my reading addiction are the fortnightly trips to a public library with my father and sister. The quota of 2 books used to be consumed by me before the 2-week timeline and I would end up reading the same books repeatedly. My mother […]
Follow Friday – Dear Debt
Debt. The one word which elicits a myriad of emotions. Debt. An enabling yet a blow-in-the-guts instrument. Debt. A long-term binding spiral that can easily get out of control. If you relate to any of the above statements, then you are not alone. Today there is a large number of people who are coming out […]
Top 5 Spend Tracker Apps
Phew! I just completed one of my first experiments thanks to Elementum Money. As promised I filled in my exact spends for a month in 5 chosen manual spend tracking apps for a one-month test run. The results are out! CHALLENGES DURING THE QUEST It was not easy. Not only is a new (good) habit […]
7 Lessons I learnt in my Investment Journey
It has been over 7 years since I have started working and really standing on my own two feet. 7 years of starting to earn, spend and manage money. However, for a long time, my money was mostly coming into the account and being spent. There was no pattern to it or any thought to […]