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Few thoughts on Learning

I was learning how to program during the mid to late 90s. Finding learning material in a world without the Internet, Google, and YouTube was incredibly challenging. I struggled to understand how pointers in C worked. Yashavant Kanetkar’s Understanding Pointers in C book helped me grok the concept. I looked up to Kanetkar as my…

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Case for indexing

Warren Buffet made a compelling case in favor of indexing in the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway’s AGM. In 1989, 65% of the top 20 global companies were domiciled in Japan. After three decades, 65% of the top 20 global companies are from the US. No companies from Japan made into the top 20. None of the…

Buffett’s Bathtub Memory

I love reading physical books. But there’s one problem with physical books. My shelf space is limited. To overcome the shelf space limitation, I developed a simple fitness function for my books. Books that I won’t reread will be donated to the library. Don’t get me wrong. They are good books that will be useful…

Books I loved reading in 2022

What I learned from Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics Course at FLAME University

I had the privilege to attend Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics course at FLAME University. Being his student since 2011, I realized my dream by sitting in his class for 3.5 days. Prof. Bakshi taught us around 20 different models from Charlie Munger’s Psychology of Human Misjudgement. His presentation included examples from multiple disciplines including…

Making Numbers Count: How to translate data into stories that stick

January 16, 2022 in Learning, Mathematics, Statistics.

Twitter thread on books, courses, and newsletters I learnt from in 2021

December 28, 2021 in General, Learning.

Teaching my son Finance and Investing – Part 5 [Final]: How to analyze a business – Apple

This is the final post of the Finance and Investing series. In this post, I teach how to analyze a business using Apple as an example. You can download the presentation slides from here and here. You can watch the previous lectures at Joys of compounding, What’s getting in our way, How to think about…

September 5, 2021 in Business, Finance, Presentation.

Teaching my son Finance and Investing – Part 4: The Core: Indexing

You must own equities to gain financial independence. Investing is a game that you must play for 50 or more years. You need to finish first to be successful. You need to survive for 50 or more years. The best way to thrive that long is to invest in a low-cost index fund. You can…

July 23, 2021 in Business, Finance, Presentation.

Teaching my son Finance and Investing – Part 3: How to think about investing

What foundations do we need before investing our hard-earned money? Should we worry about inflation or deflation? What kind of assets do US households own? How do asset safety, duration, and volatility affect interest rates? What’s the best investment one can make? This presentation will answer all of the above questions. You can download the…

June 20, 2021 in Finance, Presentation.

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