The AKA Advantage

Tag: Finance

  • #5: Savings: The why and how

    After having considered concepts such as Incomes and Expenses, let’s now talk about something that assures us of a better and more secure future – Savings. For better understanding, let me divide this post into three sections: 1.Why Save? While most of us may agree that saving is a good habit, very few of us…

  • How FOMO impacts your financial behavior

    The acronym FOMO – the fear of missing out – first appeared in 2004. It was not very different from the pressure to surpass one’s neighbors (keeping up with the Joneses) in terms of social status, standard of living and possessions. With the growing importance of social media, this term now seems to have adopted…

  • #3: Analyze your Income

    The post discusses the types of incomes and their attributes in terms of certainty and budgeting.

  • #2: Finance: Building Blocks

    As the name suggests, this article runs you through concepts you might have heard of several times in different contexts but may have paid little attention to. Even if you think you know these, it’s always worth one’s time to think about them through the lens of another person. All in all, a worthwhile read…

  • #1: Daily Economics

    Before one takes a plunge into the world of money and its management, it becomes necessary to understand first, what Economics really means. Also, without understanding the need to understand the basic principles of Finance and Economics, you are almost sure to lose interest midway (worse, you may not even be reading this!). Before you…

  • Introduction to Personal Finance

    This series is an attempt to demystify the basic principles of Finance and Economics, in a manner that makes these both intelligible and useful to the common man (whether working or not) in managing their finances. While there are ample books and readings on the subject of finance and money management, they suffer from two…