by Vidya Kumar | Apr 9, 2024 | Behavioural Finance, Financial Advice, Uncategorized, Vidya Kumar
Hindsight is looking back and understanding a situation or event after it has happened or developed. It involves reviewing what happened and comparing it to plans and expectations. Hindsight is a valuable tool in personal finance. It allows us to assess which...
by Vidya Kumar | Feb 9, 2024 | Cyber crime & Security, personal finance, Uncategorized, Vidya Kumar
Do you remember passing notes to your friend sitting on the other side of the classroom? Either your classmates were busy or considerate enough not to read the notes. Or you might have written it in code such that only your friend can read it. Digital communication...
by Vidya Kumar | Nov 27, 2023 | Behavioural Finance, personal finance, Uncategorized
In a letter to his brother, John Keats, the British poet wrote, “At once it struck me, what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.” What is Negative Capability? According to Keats, negative capability is “when a man is...
by Vidya Kumar | Sep 8, 2023 | Behavioural Finance, financial planning, Investment, Uncategorized, Vidya Kumar
A pen and a pencil together cost $1.10. The pen costs $1.00 more than the pencil. What’s the price of the pencil? If we had not seen this example before, most of us would be tempted to respond that the pencil costs 10 cents. But if we pause and take a couple of...
by Vidya Kumar | Mar 3, 2023 | financial planning, taxation, Uncategorized, Vidya Kumar
Income tax is levied on individuals, HUFs, partnership firms, LLPs, and corporations as per Income Tax Act. If an individual’s income exceeds the minimum threshold limit, they are subject to a slab system of taxation. Here is a comparison of the tax slabs of the old...
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