Category Archives: Financial Literacy Series

Financial Literacy is the key to India Development Story

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Ranjan

If the India long-term growth story is intact and the Indian market so attractive, why is the penetra- tion of financial products so low? As a case in point, life insurance penetration was at an abysmal 4.1 per cent in … Continue reading →

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Google Engineer interviews me at Coffee with Sundar

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Ranjan

Sundar is a Google Software Engineer and has been selected to IIM, Bangalore’s PGP this year. He had some very interesting questions on personal finance. He wanted to know why people do a shoddy job when it comes to financial … Continue reading →

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Bear Stearns Collapse & Implications for Financial Services

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Ranjan

This week, the Federal Reserve took swift action to inject liquidity into the US financial services industry. First, it arranged for JP Morgan Chase to acquire Bear Stearns. Second, it made available credit lines to the largest investment banks. This … Continue reading →

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eBook on personal finance: Monday is Money Day!

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Ranjan

Personal Finance is a “threatening” concept and most people phase out when money/ savings/ investing/ tax/ stocks/ insurance/ funds are discussed. After tackling them over the last one year on my blog and website , I hope to construct an … Continue reading →

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The basic principles of investing

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Ranjan

Investing means, making more money on your hard earned money towards increasing your wealth. An investment is anything you purchase for future income or benefit. In other words, anything not consumed today and saved for future use can be considered … Continue reading →

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Mankiw’s ten principles of Economics

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ranjan

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Fundamentals of personal finance in a slideshow

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Ranjan

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