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Compound Interest is the eighth wonder of the world.

Tag: Opportunity Cost

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 15, 2023November 11, 2024

Why Warren Buffett makes mistakes

This is a blog about Errors of Commission and Errors of Omission. I compare and contrast the approaches taken by Amazon and Berkshire.

Written by Vikas KasturiSeptember 8, 2021November 11, 2024

Time value of money and the money value of time

This blog explains the time value of money and the money value of time.

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 30, 2021August 30, 2022

Happy Birthday, Warren Buffett

A thank you note to Warren Buffett.

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 18, 2021September 8, 2021

A case for free internships

In this blog I use second order effects to make a case for free internships.

Written by Vikas KasturiSeptember 16, 2020October 12, 2025

Invisible but real costs

This blog explores the opportunity costs of banning products from some countries.

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 26, 2020August 26, 2020

Go beyond the obvious

Sometimes, like an iceberg what is not visible is more important that what is visible and obvious.

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 14, 2020October 12, 2025

When the patriot met the economist

An imaginary conversation between the patriot in me and the economist in me. 

Written by Vikas KasturiAugust 8, 2020August 10, 2020

Just because you’re good at anything, does that mean you should do everything?

Economics is a study of opportunity costs. This blog uses opportunity costs as a lens to analyze HDFC Bank and Manappuram.

Written by Vikas KasturiJune 1, 2018January 5, 2019

A thought experiment in rationality

Incentives are a super power and your incentives and that of your fund manager may differ.

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