As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am on holiday. While I thought being away from work would mean higher productivity for EM, sadly that hasn’t happened. My brain seems to be taking a holiday from all possible productive work. However, the good thing about money is that I am nowhere close […]
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What My 6 yo Nephew Taught Me About Our Money Instincts
I have been fortunate to have been spending some quality time with my six (or six and one quarter, as he now puts it) year old nephew. On my holiday, we have been playing, looking around, sightseeing, eating yummy food and just spending quality time. On one of the days out, we were waiting […]
The Complete Guide to Home Loans
One of the biggest and most popular financial products which actually has the might and the size to shake economies is Home Loan. Any rate change for home loans makes the front page of newspapers. The inability of a large number of people to pay it back in 2007 in the US was enough […]
Book Club – The Little Book That Builds Wealth
The book that I picked up to talk about today is – The little book that builds wealth. The sub-title of the book puts forth what you can expect from the book quite clearly – The knockout formula for finding great investments. The book is written by Pat Dorsey and was first published […]
The Complete Guide to Credit Cards
In whatever money conversations I have had till date, I have realized that credit cards still seem to be an elusive subject. In one of the consumer research that we had conducted among millennials, there were quite a few who had sworn against using them for fear of over-spending while one guy used […]
Know Your Why
I have now been blogging for almost 5 solid months – consistently publishing content 3 times a week. I have always loved the experience of publishing content that I am proud to call mine. However, off late, I realized that I was feeling a little directionless and somewhat lost. I wasn’t sure that I […]
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 […]