I am sure you would have heard the above saying: “why rich get richer ?”. And I totally agree with the statement. It is true, rich do get richer. Income inequality is growing considerably. Top 1% in the world keep on becoming richer. And there are plenty of reasons for that. Yes, you can blame…
Month: June 2019
How much to retire?
While I wrote a post about how to calculate retirement corpus a while back with detailed excels and steps, a lot of people since then have told me that it is a bit difficult to understand the methodology and assumptions for someone who is new to early retirement or financial independence. Hence, in this post…
How to review investment portfolio?
If you are just starting to invest, I would suggest reading my other blog posts on where not to invest, different type of mutual funds, how to make money in stocks, best mutual funds and real estate vs mutual funds to begin with. If you have already invested read on to find how to review…
Tricks to increase blog traffic – how I tripled my blog traffic in 2 months?
You have been doing everything right, writing content frequently, promoting your blog on social media and other channels and yet you don’t have a lot of traffic. There are multiple sites that tell you tricks to increase blog traffic – some genuine others sham. You might have heard how writing longer posts and updating fresh…
Shooting locations of Gerua song, Dilwale
To be honest, the movie was pathetic but the shooting location of Gerua song left us mesmerised by the beauty of Iceland. So much so, that we visited Iceland a couple of months later. If you are interested, you can have a look at our itinerary and our suggested itinerary here. In this post, we…
Save money early in your 20s
I recently read an article, If You Have Savings In Your 20s, You’re Doing Something Wrong. There can be nothing farther from the truth, yet reflect the reality prevalent today. The author essentially says that if you save money early in your 20s, then you are a boring person planning for his/her death. Saving money…
Earn more from credit card using CRED
A lot of people in the FIRE community would tell you to get rid of credit card. Hell, even I wrote a post on how you should use cash instead of credit card to save more. But, let me be very clear, I use credit card and maximise my return. The key is to not…
Book cheap flights and hotels
A lot of my friends often ask me, how do I spot and book cheap flights and hotels. I have offered some tips to travel on a budget in a separate post, which covers aspects like when to travel, planning yourself vs agent and how to efficiently use a credit card, in this post I…