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Start here, in order.
Reading paths that take you from the basics to the big stories, one explainer at a time. Stuck on a word? Try the glossary.
Path 1
Money basics
Start here: the ideas behind almost every headline.
- 1What the repo rate actually is, and how it reaches your EMI3 min
- 2How the Sensex and Nifty are actually calculated3 min
- 3P/E ratio: how to tell if a stock is cheap or expensive3 min
- 4How a SIP works: compounding, time and rupee-cost averaging3 min
- 5Bonds, explained: why prices fall when yields rise2 min
Path 2
How IPOs work
From the offer document to listing day, with real Indian examples.
- 1Big IPO coming? How an IPO actually works2 min
- 2LIC's ₹21,000 crore IPO: how it was priced, and why it listed below the issue price2 min
- 3Hyundai India's record IPO: institutions piled in, retail stayed away3 min
- 4Jio's ₹30,213 crore IPO, explained: what you're actually buying3 min
- 5Jio's IPO was booked 22 times. Institutions drove it, retail was the calmest4 min
Path 3
The RBI and interest rates
What the repo rate is and how rate cycles play out.
- 1What the repo rate actually is, and how it reaches your EMI3 min
- 2The 2022–23 hiking cycle: how the RBI raised rates by 2.5 points in nine months2 min
- 3The 2025 rate cuts: how the RBI went from 6.50% to 5.25%, and why it's reversing2 min
- 4Why the RBI raised rates after a year of cutting2 min
- 5The Fed just raised rates. Here's how that pulls money out of India3 min
Path 4
Trade wars and the world economy
Tariffs, oil and why far-away decisions reach your wallet.
- 1Smoot-Hawley, 1930: the tariff that made the Great Depression worse4 min
- 2The US–China trade war of 2018–19: who paid, and who won3 min
- 350%, then 18%, then 10%: the rollercoaster of US tariffs on India3 min
- 4China's exports jumped 36% in September. Why India should pay attention4 min
- 5Same oil, $24 billion more: what $100 crude does to India2 min