Investments at an early age ensure financial discipline, says banking and finance student Aarav Sethi
1 year, 9 months ago

Investments at an early age ensure financial discipline, says banking and finance student Aarav Sethi

Live Mint  

In today’s world, financial knowledge is an essential part of becoming a responsible adult. Having good financial sense helps young adults to understand how to make wise money decisions that can help them achieve their goals and avoid debt-related problems. In order to comprehend what money means to today's youth in a growing world, this series explores students and young working professionals and their perspectives on money and finance. Aarav Sethi of Ramanujan College, University of Delhi tells MintGenie in an interview about how having the right set of peers and mentors have helped him to broaden his perspective on finance and money management. If you have a certain amount of money set aside, will you want to invest it in the stock market, mutual funds, or do you just keep it in your bank savings account?

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