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Did you come across an extra $1,000 from your tax returns or a gift from a family member? You might be ecstatic. After all, $1000 is a lot of money. But what to do with this money? There are many possibilities. In this article, we will try to help you narrow out the best option […]
Money is all around us. We are all earning and spending money to improve the quality of life of us and the people around us. Ever wondered where it all began? Why are we so dependent on money? In this article, we take a journey into the beginning of money, what was before money came […]
Being ‘broke’ isn’t something to be ashamed of, especially as a student. You’re not supposed to be swimming in money at this stage of your life. You are supposed to ‘survive’ the few years in college or university and utilize what you learned to build up the platform for your future. College can be a […]
Everyone should invest some money at some point in their life (earlier the better). This helps you achieve a certain degree or even full financial freedom so you can focus on other things with your precious time. However, we also know that the subject of investing–filtering through thousands of stocks in hundreds of stock markets […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic taking over the whole world under its gruesome wings, many people lost their jobs. The entire travel industry came to a screeching halt and now, in 2021, things are still not looking so good. Even in other industries, many people’s hours were cut as the economies slowed down. And all of […]
There is a folklore that once when Albert Einstein was asked what mankind’s greatest invention was, he had replied “compound interest.” It is also said that Einstein considered compound interest to be the 8th wonder of the world. Things said by Albert Einstein are not to be taken lightly. So, let us investigate more. What […]
Bitcoin or the most popular cryptocurrency available today has been having a great bull-ish run in the recent past. Bitcoin crossed the long-awaited USD 20,000 threshold in December 2020. In fact, the Bitcoin value has almost increased 6x during 2020, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic still underway. With Bitcoin sitting at its highest value right […]
One of the main drawbacks when it comes to investing in the stock market is the commission fees that we have to pay for an intermediary (usually a stockbroker) for every trade that we do. Both when we buy and sell stocks, we are obliged to pay either a flat fee or a percentage fee […]
‘Frugal Living’ or ‘Frugal Lifestyles’ have been given a bad rep by people who associate the term with being ‘cheap.’ But there is a world of a difference between these two concepts and inherently people want to be ‘frugal.’ Being ‘cheap’ is when you sacrifice ‘quality of life’ for the sake of saving money. However, […]
Ever since I started making my own money, I was intrigued by the stock market and the fascinating stories about traders who buy and sell shares of companies and making profits. So, I also dipped my toes in these strange waters of the share market. I got into day trading as a novice and had […]