The market calendar, explained
What each date means and why it moves prices, in plain English.
How to read an IPO: price band, GMP, allotment and listing day
What the price band, lot size, subscription, grey market premium, allotment and listing day of an Indian IPO mean, step by step.
What happens on an RBI policy day, and how markets react
The RBI Monetary Policy Committee explained: the repo rate, the stance, the timing of the decision and what moves in the market.
Dividend record date vs ex-date, explained
Why you must buy shares before the ex-date to get a dividend, bonus or split, and what the record date actually is in India's T+1 market.
Results season: how to read quarterly results
Q1 to Q4 and FY explained for Indian companies, when results come out, and the numbers in a results release that move a stock.
F&O expiry day: what moves and why
When Nifty and stock F&O contracts expire, why expiry days are volatile, and what rollover and settlement mean.
US data that moves Indian markets: jobs, CPI and the Fed
Why the US jobs report, US CPI and Fed decisions move the Nifty, the rupee and FII flows, and when they are released in IST.