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Which is Worse: Inflation or Unemployment?

The Big Picture

It’s a horrific experience, that crushes a family’s budget, gets people evicted, makes people reconsider their own career choices, and second-guess their worth; it can even lead to crime. Economic Discomfort and Consumer Sentiment (SSRN Apr 2000). These are all annoyances of greater or lesser proportion to various people.

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Rabbithole: What Do People Get Wrong About Money?

The Big Picture

During the 2000 crash, I had no 401k, and my wifes 403B was tiny. In my own family, myself and my two siblings each had a very different relationship with money. I grew up lower income. My sister grew up a little more comfortable, middle income and the youngest, my brother, was solidly upper-middle class.

Investing 195
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Ketan Parekh Scam – The Infamous Stock Market Fraud!

Trade Brains

Ketan Parekh – Background and Foundation Famously known as a ‘Bombay Bull’ during 1999-2000, Ketan Parekh was a mentee of Harshad Mehta (who was also involved in another scam that shook the stock market in India). This enabled him to prove his predictions to be true to many other investors.

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Want/Need To Retire Early? Avoid This Crucial Mistake

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

I maintain our budget on a spreadsheet. Examples of this type of expense include $450 for tax prep, $500 for firewood, $2000 for homeowners insurance and so on. This list starts the year at about $9000 including $2000 for property tax. Budget $10,000 for last year, only use $7000? Great, $3000 for traveling this year.

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UltraTech Cement: Driving Growth with Strategic Acquisitions and Expansion

Trade Brains

The Union Budget 2023-24 allocated significant funding for infrastructure, housing and rural development projects. The budget outlay for the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has an increase of 25% and 14% compared to that of the previous year.

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Frugal Man Buys $52,000 Car – Why??

Mr. Money Mustache

And we came up with a set of three ideas that should hopefully work together to help us have more fun with our life savings, while we are still alive: the Minimum Spending Budget, the Dedicated Money Wasting Account, and the Splurge Accountability Buddy. The real point here is to just stop sweating the details so you can have more fun.

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Railway stocks down by upto 35% from 52W high: Can they Bounce Back?

Trade Brains

Budget Allocation In recent years, the railway allocation in the Budget has grown exponentially. From the 2022-23 budget, the allocation was Rs. In the recent budget 2024-25, the allocation was Rs. 10,000 crore from extra budget resources) which is an increase of 8.67% YoY. 1,40,367 crore. 2,62,200 crore (Rs.