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Money and your head
The biases that move your money before you notice — loss aversion, FOMO, anchoring — plus the curated feed, betting apps dressed as games, and where help lives.
22 min
beginner
How to judge anyone giving money advice
A test you can apply to any finance creator online — including to us. What a SEBI registration actually means, what disclosure looks like, and the tells.
1 lessons · about 7 minutes · written for reading age 13 · last checked 2026-08-01
The test
Five questions that separate education from a sales pitch, whoever is talking — who pays them, what they are registered as, and what they refuse to say.
7 min
Check yourself
3 questions at the end. Every wrong answer explains itself.
What changed recently
Dated commentary on this topic — a Budget change, a new rule, a scam pattern.
Sources
- SEBI investor education — Securities and Exchange Board of India · checked 2026-08-01