From ₹10 lakh crore to almost zero: the bank cash squeeze
Bank liquidity fell from nearly ₹10 lakh crore in September to ₹542 crore on 22 October. A quieter tightening alongside the rate hike.
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Nifty flat at 22,750; small caps jump 2.7%, banks drag
Nifty −3.45 at 22,749.75, Sensex −8.08 at 73,598.67. Smallcap 100 +2.69%; Tata Consumer +6.78% on results, Asian Paints −1.94%.
Read the explainer →Jio's IPO was booked 22 times. Here's who bid
QIBs bid 70 times their quota, retail under 3 times. What the numbers say about allotment and listing day.
Read the explainer →Nifty ends 4-day slide at 22,753; metals, pharma lead
Nifty +153.20 at 22,753.20, Sensex +482.92 at 73,606.75. Dr Reddy's and JSW Steel jumped over 6%; Shriram Finance fell 4.6%.
Read the explainer →How a SIP works: compounding, time and averaging
₹10,000 a month for 25 years: ₹30 lakh in, about ₹1.9 crore out at 12%. How SIP maths works, and where it breaks.
Read the explainer →Hong Kong −4.5%, Nikkei −4%: AI scare hits Asia, China slides on
Hang Seng −4.52%, Nikkei about −4%, FTSE −1.8%, DAX −1.7% for the week. China's CSI 300 is in a bear market. What to watch for India.
Read the explainer →Brent hits $116, Meta's AI bill rattles tech; S&P 500 slips again
S&P 500 −0.5%, Nasdaq −0.7%, Dow +0.4% for the week. Brent settled at $116.72. What it means for India on Monday.
Read the explainer →Jio's ₹30,213 crore IPO, explained
A fresh issue of up to ₹30,213 crore, with no seller. What the money is for, and what the price asks of you.
Read the explainer →Foreigners sold, Indians bought: who is holding up the market?
FPIs have sold ₹3.12 lakh crore this year. Domestic funds have bought far more. Who is paying, and for how long?
Read the explainer →Seven states take 94% of India's FDI
₹27.26 lakh crore of FDI equity inflow, and Maharashtra alone took 31.5%. The state-wise numbers, explained.
Read the explainer →Nasdaq falls 4.5% on AI fears; Brent jumps to $109.86
Nasdaq −4.5%, S&P 500 −1.9%, Dow +0.7% for the week. Brent settled at $109.86. What it means for India on Monday.
Read the explainer →IT lifts Nifty to 23,146; Tech Mahindra jumps 8.5%
Nifty +148.80 at 23,146.15, Sensex +413.66 at 74,729.27. IT led; IndiGo and BSE fell. Nifty up 2.78% for the week.
Read the explainer →Smoot-Hawley: the 1930 tariff that made the Depression worse
US tariffs on dutiable goods hit 59.1% by 1932, and world trade fell 66%. The story of history's most famous tariff.
Read the explainer →Sensex jumps 1,534 points as Asia crashes; Nifty at 22,997
Sensex +1,533.72 at 74,315.61, Nifty +374.65 at 22,997.35. Private banks and IT led; PSU banks, Nestle and small caps fell.
Read the explainer →China's exports jumped 36%. Why India should pay attention
China's trade surplus hit $938 billion in January–September. India imported $65 billion from China in just five months.
Read the explainer →Onions are up 108%. Why inflation just jumped to 5.54%
Retail inflation jumped from 4.83% to 5.54% in September. Food inflation hit 7.74%, led by onions.
Read the explainer →Markets: the Nifty's 8-week losing streak is over. Now what?
The Nifty ended its worst losing streak since 2001, then jumped 1.6% on Tuesday. What moved, and what's next.
Read the explainer →The Fed raised rates. Here's how that pulls money out of India
FPIs have pulled ₹3.04 lakh crore from Indian shares in 2026, nearly double 2025. The Fed is a big reason why.
Read the explainer →Nifty slips to 22,622 as wholesale inflation jumps to 11.39%
Sensex −252 at 72,781.89, Nifty −99 at 22,622.70. Pharma and financials fell; IT and FMCG rose; the rupee gained again.
Read the explainer →LIC's IPO: how it was priced, and why it listed lower
India's biggest IPO at the time was nearly 3 times subscribed. It still opened 8% below the issue price.
Read the explainer →Hyundai India's record IPO: institutions in, retail out
India's biggest IPO of 2024 raised ₹27,870 crore. Retail investors bid for only half their quota.
Read the explainer →2022–23: how the RBI raised rates 2.5 points in 9 months
Six hikes, 250 basis points, nine months. How the RBI fought the 2022 inflation spike, step by step.
Read the explainer →What the repo rate actually is, and how it reaches your EMI
The single number behind every RBI headline, and the five steps it takes to change your EMI.
Read the explainer →P/E ratio: how to tell if a stock is cheap or expensive
What the price-to-earnings ratio really measures, and the three ways it can fool you.
Read the explainer →Bonds: why prices fall when yields rise
One ₹1,000 bond, worked through at five interest rates. The see-saw that moves debt funds and stock markets.
Read the explainer →2025's rate cuts: 6.50% to 5.25%, and why they're reversing
125 basis points of cuts in 2025 as inflation collapsed. By October 2026, the RBI had started hiking again.
Read the explainer →Same oil, $24 billion more: what $100 crude does to India
India bought slightly less crude in April–August 2026 than a year ago, and paid $74.8 billion instead of $50.4 billion.
Read the explainer →The US–China trade war of 2018–19: who paid, and who won
Tariffs on over $375 billion of Chinese goods. The research says American buyers paid almost all of it.
Read the explainer →50%, then 18%, then 10%: US tariffs on India, explained
From 50% in August 2025 to a 10% duty in July 2026, and now a threat of up to 100%. Every turn, explained.
Read the explainer →How the Sensex and Nifty are actually calculated
What 'the market rose 1%' really means: base values, free float, and why a few big stocks move everything.
Read the explainer →America punished India for Russian oil. Then it bought Russian diesel.
The US doubled tariffs on India over Russian oil. On 9 October, Trump agreed to buy Russian diesel.
Read the explainer →Why the RBI raised rates after a year of cutting
The repo rate went from 5.25% to 5.50%, the first hike since 2023. Ten months ago the RBI was still cutting.
Read the explainer →Big IPO coming? How an IPO actually works
What happens when a company goes public, and the three things to read before you bid.
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