Namita Bhasin

I’ve told a lot of you about the personal finance class I’m taking - one of my very last fun classes at Cal, *sigh.* Anyway, it’s an incredibly valuable and practical course because it lays many of the (admittedly common sense) guidelines for planning out your financial life. It’s alarming how many people my age have no idea how to manage money. Some can earn it, everyone knows how to spend it, most of us are well-versed in asking for it… but hey guys, we’re about to graduate, and that means financial independence along with the salary, endless bar tabs, and swanky yuppie apartment somewhere in the Mission.

Here’s the intro: the basics of credit, budgeting, loans & mortgages, and taxes, for your perusing pleasure. Enjoy.