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  • Gimmick or not (Part 2)

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    9.1 – Consumables This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. Here’s the thing — When you parse through a hospital bill, you’ll almost always see line items that are a bit ..

  • Dunning Kruger effect

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    5.1 – Understanding medical declarations, pre-existing diseases and loading charge This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias t ..

  • Skin in the game

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    4.1 – Understanding co-payment and room rent restrictions This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. Skin in the game — It’s an idea propounded by many people, but none more so tha ..

  • Perverse Incentives

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    2.1 – Filling the application right This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. A few months ago, a young chap came to us seeking help — completely distraught after his rejected claim ..

  • A mighty defence

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    6.1 – Understanding specific illnesses, permanent exclusions, disease-wise sub-limits and blacklists This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. While some people have little faith in their ..

  • Introduction

    Kulsum Khan on July 25, 2022

    1.1 – Overview This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. Most people in this country live on a tight budget. They don’t have a large savings corpus. They don’t have an emergency fund. ..

  • The nudge

    Kulsum Khan on July 23, 2022

    3.1 – Understanding protection, cover amount and premiums This chapter is authored by Shrehith from Ditto. An average human spends about 8 hours of his day sleeping. About an hour each day eatin ..

  • Bull Call Spread

    Kulsum Khan on July 18, 2022

      We recommend reading this chapter on Varsity to learn more and understand the concepts in-depth. Key takeaways from this chapter A moderate move would mean you expect a movement in the stock/in ..

  • Physical settlement of futures and options

    Kulsum Khan on July 18, 2022

      We recommend reading this chapter on Varsity to learn more and understand the concepts in-depth. There are no key takeaways in this chapter 🙂   ..

  • Valuation (Part 3) – Risk Premium & Tax Shield

    Karthik Rangappa on July 7, 2022

    16.1 – Market risk premium In the previous chapter, we discussed that the equity holders expect a higher return than the debt holders. The higher return (rate) is what we will use to discount the fr ..