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The Pros and Cons of the Five Basic Investments | Part 3

In the previous segment of our five part series we got to learn about - Collectibles and how to collect valuable stuff, old or new and then sell them at a higher price in the future. In case you haven’t read that you are most welcome to check out our previous blog post. As we have mentioned earlier in our previous segments, we will post an excerpt from the book ‘Learn to Earn’ by Mr. Peter Lynch where we understood there are five basic ways to invest money; by putting it in a savings account or something similar, buying collectibles, buying an apartment or a house or land, buying bonds and buying stocks. This segment will cover the third investment strategy - ‘Houses or Apartments’ which will give us an insight to what happens when you buy a house or an apartment and what happens when you don’t. Have a good read.   Houses or Apartments   Buying a house or an apartment is the most profitable purchase most people ever make. A house has two big advantages over other types o

KHUDA HAAFIZ | Review

  Released on Disney hotstar premium “Khuda Haafiz” is an action-thriller film written and directed by Faruk Kabir and produced by Panorama Studios. It stars Vidyut Jammwal, Shivaleeka Oberoi, Annu Kapoor, Aahana Kumra and Shiv Panditt. It is set during the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008. The film is inspired by the true events and follows Sameer Choudhary, a young man who races against all odds to rescue his wife Nargis from flesh traders (illegal trading of girls and women for pleasure). It premiered on 14 th August, 2020 a day before India’s Independence Day. Captured by the cops in the Middle East country Noman, Sameer Chaudhary (Vidyut Jammwal) agrees to reveal everything to I.K. Mishra, an Indian Embassy official about his arrest. A flashback unfolds, where Sameer a software Engineer marries to a woman named Nargis (Shivaleeka Oberoi) in 2007. Their lives turn upside down when the   financial crisis in 2008 leaves them both jobless. Three months later they apply for jobs in N

The Pros and Cons of the Five Basic Investments | Part 2

In the first segment of our five part series we got to learn about Savings, Money Market Fund, CDs, etc., and how all these are subjected to inflation and how can we save Smart. As we have mentioned in our previous segment we will post an excerpt from the book ‘Learn to Earn’ by Mr. Peter Lynch where we understood there are five basic ways to invest money; by putting it in a savings account or something similar, buying collectibles, buying an apartment or a house or land, buying bonds and buying stocks. So today we are going to learn about the second investment strategy - ‘Collectibles’ or buying things of high value or collecting precious things now which will be of high value in the future when sold.   Have a good read.   Collectibles Collectibles can be anything from antique cars to stamps, old coins, baseball cards, or Barbie dolls. When you invest your money in such things, you are hoping to sell them at a profit in the future. There are two reasons this might happen: The

THE OLD GUARD | Review

The latest Netflix Original movie “The Old Guard” which got released on July 10, 2020 on Netflix was the top streamed movie on the platform in the first week of its release. This movie was adapted from the comic THE OLD GUARD written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Leandro Fernandez into a film. The main highlight in the movie is also from the comic book which is the ‘ homosexual ’ romance between Joe and Nicky. This movie stars Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chimetal Ejiofor, Harry Melling and Van Veronica Ngo. This movie received great response from the general public, critics, with praise for the performance of action sequences by Theron . The movie tells about the * spoiler alert * IMMORTAL mercenaries on a revenge mission.   Andromache ‘Andy’ of Scythia (Charlize Theron), Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), Joe ( Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marnelli) are centuries old warriors with regenerative healing abilities who use the

The Pros and Cons of the Five Basic Investments | Part 1

You might have wandered how some people just become rich even when times are not right (If you are reading this in 2020 you know what we are talking about) or how some people are get richer day by day even when times are right and everyone else is struggling for every nickel and dime. The answer is ‘Investing’ and in order to do that one must know how to invest. What you are about to read is an excerpt from the book ‘Learn to Earn’ written by one of the most successful investors and Hedge Fund manager on Wall Street, Mr. Peter Lynch and co-author John Rothchild. This is a five part series where we will go through the 5 basic ways of investing and learn about their Pros and Cons from the expert. Have a good read.

Social Parivartan | Changes in Society

Bhoot Kaal   (Past) Those were the days when girls used to confess their mother everything to further convince their father on the same. Whereas, boys directly convey to their father for anything they desire. Not only this, even the relation between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was a prime debate at every home. As, mother of a son would ignite a terror in her own mind that her daughter-in-law migh t  snatch her son apart from her and took him far away. Vartamaan  (Present) Nowadays, boys use to take their mother as a medium to deliver every message to their father. While, girls speak out frankly to their father whatever they had dreamt of. And if we take a notice on today's modern era of relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they are the best friends of each other. They share every ups and downs together, as if no other bond is greater to them in this world. Here , that individual man  ( either son or husband ) c ommon for both the ladies, at last feel

Shakuntala Devi | Review

The world named her as the “Human Computer”. She’s a mother, a wife and also a Mathematician. She is none other than SHAKUNTALA DEVI. The biographical drama film features the journey of her life of becoming a great Mathematician. The film is written and directed by Anu Menon and the characters are played by Vidya Balan as ‘Shakuntala Devi’, Sanya Malhotra, Jissu Sengupta, Amit Sadh, Prakash Belawadi. The movie was released on Amazon Prime Video on 31 st july 2020 and created a buzz in the social media sites. This movie is all about a girl with no schooling, no mentor, no training, but has a brain that loves figuring out numbers and how they play. A girl, who grew up becoming a Mathematical genius with sparkling eyes and bright Sarees. Shakuntala Devi tells the story of a fierce, feminist, independent successful woman, who in 1977 calculated the 23 rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds. This story is about affection, expectation, disappointment between mothers and daughters whic

It's okay to be not okay | Review

The new K-drama which is going rounds on the Netflix platform because of the popularity of the very first episode which shows about a fairytale, not like your regular fairytale but something different. The first episode aired on June 20, 2020 on the OTT platform. This show is directed by Park Shin-woo. The show stars Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Ye-ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Kyu-young. The drama tells the story about an unusual romance between ‘ Moon Gang-tae’ , a community caretaker at a Psychiatric ward who doesn’t have time for love and takes care of his mentally unstable brother ‘ Moon Sang-tae’ and ‘ Ko Moon-young’ , a successful children’s book author who suffers from antisocial personality disorder and has never known love. After meeting each other, the two slowly begin to heal each other’s emotional wounds. Kim Soo-hyun who gave his best performance in the k-dramas My Love from the Star, The Producers, Dream High etc. here plays the role of ‘ Moon Gang-tae’ , an orphaned caretaker workin