Introduction You’re scrolling through your Instagram feed, bombarded with images of influencers posing on private yachts, sipping champagne, and living their best lives. Meanwhile, you’re trying to make sense of the stock market, feeling like you’re just one wrong move away from financial disaster. Sound familiar? Well, my friend, you’re not alone. In “Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?”, Schwed takes us on a wild ride through the world of finance, exposing the secrets, the scams, and the downright ridiculousness that often goes unnoticed. He asks the questions we’re all thinking but too afraid ..read more

Is it possible that you wear expensive branded clothing, visit expensive restaurants, live in expensive houses and spend a lot of money on various stuff but your wealth doesn’t decline? Instead, your wealth just keeps on increasing every year? Yes! It’s possible. Let’s find out. 5000 years ago, in a city named Babylon, there lived a man named Arkad who was really rich. Like every other rich man he wore expensive clothes, ate lavish food and owned expensive things. And he would spend extravagantly on his family too. Despite all that, every year his wealth would just keep on growing.… The post R ..read more

How to Invest Your First ₹1000 in Stock Market - Step by Step Guide for beginners Warren buffet once said: “If calculus and Algebra was required for investing, I would have to go back delivering papers”. One common reason why most people fear to invest in stock market is that they feel it’s too complicated or you must be highly qualified for it. But if you educate yourself with some basic stock market knowledge, you’ll realize that the most important element in investing is common sense. Its said that “The first step is always hardest”, so I’ll try to make… The post How to Invest Your First ₹1 ..read more

It was 31st December 2019, people were waiting for the new year 2020, a new beginning, blessings, and joy that it had to offer. And it became a very unique year. Nobody knew what it had to offer when it started. People were busy celebrating and welcoming it. But towards the end of it, everyone wanted a year like this to never return in their life. But imagine, that there was no Corona-Virus and the whole world is trying to do an experiment. An experiment called “work from home”. How likely was it, that we’d have achieved success in it?… The post My 20 Timeless Lessons from 2020 appeared first ..read more

In the world of investing and finance, risk means uncertainty from your investment decision. It does not mean loss, danger, threat, etc. It can be a potential loss if it’s not managed properly. So let’s go ahead with understanding the concept of risk in investment. What does the dictionary say? If you Google the meaning of ‘risk’, you’ll get the answer as: “A situation involving exposure to danger.” (or) “Expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm or loss.” And then you hear ads saying: “Mutual Funds are subjected to market risks.” Or people saying, stocks are risky! So what… The pos ..read more

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life written by Alice Schroeder. I believe this is the most authentic summary of Warren Buffett and has a lot of his life lessons captured in great detail. Studying his life teaches us so many lessons. I’ve been reading a lot of books these days. I’m just enjoying gaining wisdom from people who’ve been there and done that. Instead of getting this knowledge late in my 40s and 50s, I choose to read all these great books in my 20s. They say, “It’s never too late to be wise”. I say: “It’s… The post The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Li ..read more

Financial freedom sounds great. Talking about financial freedom gives us a great feeling. A life full of abundance with no financial stress and money worries. Who doesn’t want more time to enjoy wealth, more power and prosperity? But despite wanting it, why do only few people achieve it? This is because of 3 reasons: Lack of intent (or true desire) Ego (I know everything attitude) Fear (or lack of confidence to make things happen) The most common is the lack of true desire. Because wanting and committing are two different things. “Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people… The post ..read more

Listed below are few of the best 15 Investing books of all time, which I believe every investor must read at least once in their lifetime. Related: The importance of reading if you haven’t made a habit of it. These books are listed in the order of how you can start reading them, but there’s no rule. Start with whichever you feel like. I re-read many of these randomly because there’s always something new to be learnt from the same old books. This is why I prefer carrying hard copies along with me so you can go through them again… The post 15 Best Value Investing Books of All Time: Every Investo ..read more

  A lot of people hate reading books. I too hated reading books because it looks boring. Only old or retired people read to pass their time because they can’t move like young people do. I’m young, I have aggression, energy and enthusiasm, I should rather have my ass on fire at this age to work and make the most use of this energy. Why should I waste my time sitting in a corner reading books? This was my mindset few years ago. Today, I’m going to tell you why and how I started reading books. Importance of reading books… The post Why and How I Started Reading Books appeared first on Invest ..read more

Rich Dad series have inspired many. It’s because this book gives us a different perspective on money. If you’re born in a middle class family, this series of Rich Dad books are going to be an eye opener for you. Today, I’m going to be providing the summary of “Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!” When Robert Kiyosaki was 9 years old, he was talking on a beach with his rich dad. When his rich dad showed him a big bungalow and told him, “I just bought… The post Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing Summary appeared first on Invest Mindset ..read more