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Should You Park Your Money in Gold or Chase Stock Returns?
My mom called me last week asking if she should buy more gold. Her reasoning ? "Sona kabhi kharab nahi hota" (gold never loses value). I laughed, but only because I've had this exact argument with myself at least fifteen times in the last three years . Here's the thing — I work at Morningstar analyzing financial data all day, I've studied…
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5 Money Moves I Wish I'd Made Before My First Year Ended
Dear 23-year-old me, You're sitting in that Kalyan apartment right now, staring at your Morningstar salary slip. It's your first real job. The number looks huge—₹35,000 in your account—and you're convinced you'll figure out money naturally. Spoiler alert: you won't. Not without a system , anyway. I'm writing this from five years ahea…
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How RBI Rate Cuts Actually Change What You Earn and Spend
Last year, I sat in my apartment in Kalyan after a particularly frustrating day at work. My savings account was earning 3.5% interest. My Zerodha brokerage account showed me equities that had been flat for months. My CRED wallet had ₹2,400 sitting unused. And yet, I couldn't figure out why my purchasing power felt weaker despite no major life changes. I b…
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Your Credit Score Isn't Magic. Here's Exactly How to Fix It
I didn't understand my credit score until I needed a loan. Two years ago, I was looking at a ₹25 lakh home loan for a flat in Kalyan. The bank's relationship manager asked for my CIBIL report, and I realised I'd been completely ignoring this three-digit number that apparently controlled my entire financial life. My score was 710 — not terrible, …
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Three Years Without an Emergency Fund — And the Month It Nearly Broke Me
It was a Tuesday morning in July 2019 when my laptop stopped working. Just like that. Black screen. No warning. I was sitting at my desk in the Morningstar office in Mumbai, staring at what essentially looked like a paperweight, and my stomach dropped faster than sensex during a correction. The repair would cost ₹28,000. I didn't have ₹28,000 lying aroun…
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Stop Ignoring Your Salary Slip — Here's What Actually Matters
Last month, I was sitting in the Kalyan local train at 8:47 AM — the usual Tuesday chaos, packed shoulder-to-shoulder with 200 other people heading to Mumbai — when my colleague Ananya called me. "Dattatray, I just got my salary. It's 15,000 less than last month. Did they cut my bonus or something?" I asked her a simple question: "When was…
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