Sep 29 2010

Are You Aware of Your Deflationary Consumption?

Picture this: A few months ago, you were liberally applying from your new tube of toothpaste. Today, you realize that the tube is running low so you become a little more conservative. Soon, you are curling the length of the tube to squeeze out any amount of toothpaste you can get out of it. That [...]

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May 28 2010

Book Review: Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy

Ever wondered why compulsive shopaholics continue to rack up credit card debt even when they know they should stop? Your body’s biological functions may be at fault. Written by world class marketing guru Martin Lindstrom, Buyology is an enlightening book on his experiments that study the powers of neuromarketing – to shed some light on [...]

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Mar 13 2010

Comparing Prices Was a Bad Idea

It’s always enlightening to see how our brains work – especially when the instinctive nature of the mind can be detrimental to the way we handle money. One such thought process is our propensity draw comparisons. Many people blame credit cards, loans, and mortgages, which is (again) another form of human behavior – the tendency [...]

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Mar 2 2010

Pondering the Truth Behind “Free”

We love the word “free”. To us, “free” implies something that doesn’t come at a cost. Free stuff is great. Who doesn’t like free stuff? We are a society that thrives on capitalism: there is always something to gain in exchange for something else – which should probably hint that “free” comes with a catch [...]

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Jan 5 2010

Larger Bills Get Less Action

What is it with “Benjamins” that make them so lovely to keep and so hard to let go? Is it natural instinct to be more reckless with a $100 bill than five $20 bills? Although those with six-figure incomes may have been conditioned not to think so, it still happens to them to some extent. [...]

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