Sanjith Rao

A bunch of my classmates and I travelled to Sweden between the 8th and the 18th of September on a short student exchange program. We attended the Rudbeck Gymnasium in Sollentuna, roughly half an hour away from Stockholm city. The program was an amazing learning curve which showed us insights into Swedish culture and their way of life that most of us agreed was different in many aspects. Fika My love for food knows no bounds. Being a passionate chef in my free time and a self-proclaimed food connoisseur, fika (a traditional Swedish coffee break) was something that I enjoyed. A traditional fika involves extremely strong coffee (generally black), cinnamon rolls and other mouth-watering food. Fika can be practised at any time of the day; during a meeting (which is when we had our first fika), at the train station just before boarding a train, after a long day at work or as an excuse to meet up with a friend. Along with fika, lagom is observed. Lagom is the practise that ensures t

Depending on who is reading this article, you may or may not know that I have been investing my money since 2015 when I was just 13 years old. The concept of money growing in value by doing minimum or no work at all intrigued me and led me to learning about the various ways to invest money. Having been in this business for the last four years, I will try and 'advise' you in a way that will convince you to invest in the right way. This article is not going to advise you to invest a certain portion of your income or invest in a stock(s) or anything else that you will probably be able to read elsewhere online. Instead, this article, and the ones to follow will give you my learning experiences that I think may help a new investor. You may or may not agree either because you are in denial of reality or you may not have faced a particular challenge but I recommend that you give these tips a read and let me know what you think! Tip #1 Direct Equity - is it really for you? Most o