Mother’s Day 2024: Top 5 money lessons you can learn from your mother

Mother’s Day 2024: Top 5 money lessons you can learn from your mother

Have you ever stopped to think about where your earliest lessons in money management came from? While we often seek financial education from external sources, the most impactful teachings often originate right at home, courtesy: our mothers.  Our growing up years are filled with images of a small piggy bank, mom’s old purse with a … Read more

Tortured Poets Department: 5 valuable money lessons from Taylor Swift’s new album

Tortured Poets Department: 5 valuable money lessons from Taylor Swift’s new album

So the question is, does a smart investor need to care about the multi record breaking, American singer songwriter who seems to be unstoppable? How do you join the worldwide band of ‘Swifties’ after so many years of missing out on her music even though you are reading this for money lessons? Tortured Poets Department … Read more

How to stay protected from pig butchering financial scams? Here are 7 key steps

How to stay protected from pig butchering financial scams? Here are 7 key steps

In simpler terms, pig butchering is a version of smishing where scammers use social media platforms for cyber theft. As the name suggests, the victim is being ‘fattened up’ through validation and friendship before ‘butchering’ i.e. stealing of funds. A simple ‘Hi/Hello’ on a social media platform from a stranger’s profile can turn into a … Read more

Amid flurry of deep fake videos by top bosses of NSE and BSE, how can investors stay cautious and safe

Amid flurry of deep fake videos by top bosses of NSE and BSE, how can investors stay cautious and safe

A few days after National Stock Exchange’s managing director (MD) and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan’s deep fake video wherein he is seen recommending stock went viral, BSE’s MD and CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy’s video is also doing rounds on the social media.  Mr Ramamurthy has clarified that he does not initiate or endorse any such communication via social … Read more

From screen scares to financial savvy: Extracting 3 hidden money lessons from The First Omen

From screen scares to financial savvy: Extracting 3 hidden money lessons from The First Omen

If you like scary movies, then you are going to enjoy this psychological scary movie called First Omen. It has everything you need to sit on the edge of your seat (or be stuck to it out of sheer fright) and the most important thing: a story that will keep you interested, even after the … Read more

Kung Fu Panda 4: Four valuable money lessons from Po’s journey to becoming the Dragon Warrior

Kung Fu Panda 4: Four valuable money lessons from Po's journey to becoming the Dragon Warrior

Dragon Warrior Po is the hero of the Valley of Peace, signing autographs and opening noodle shops for his two dads. The Furious Five Kung Fu masters – Master Tigress, Master Viper, Master Monkey, Master Mantis and Master Crane – are out on other assignments. Master Shifu has asked the Dragon Warrior Po to find … Read more

6 investing lessons that David Swensen gave to the investment community

6 investing lessons that David Swensen gave to the investment community

Revered beyond the university for his groundbreaking contributions to investment management and mentorship of future leaders in the field, Swensen was equally esteemed within Yale for his dedication as an educator, astute advisor, and spirited member of the university community. David has bestowed upon the financial world a multitude of investment principles, a selection of … Read more

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen on Netflix: 2 key money lessons to learn from the series

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen on Netflix: 2 key money lessons to learn from the series

What if you inherited a home, a title and all the underhanded business that has been going on for years? You’ll do everything to get out of the shady business innit? So a British peacekeeping soldier Edward Horniman (played by the handsome Theo James, whom you last saw in The White Lotus) loses his father … Read more

Learn from Sidharth Malhotra: Become a financial Yodha with these 3 lessons

Learn from Sidharth Malhotra: Become a financial Yodha with these 3 lessons

Yet another patriotic film about ‘Tiranga’ in your hearts? Shouldn’t a cliche like ‘Good Indian Soldier Tackles Pakistani Baddies’ be laid to rest already? But what if Amazon Prime Video and Dharma Productions bring you an oglefest? Ronit Roy is Major Surender Katyal who inspires his son to respect the soldier’s uniform, and the little … Read more