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India's retail inflation climbed to 4.38% in June 2026, its highest level in 18 months, as a delayed monsoon sent vegetable prices soaring and global energy costs fed through to transport. The RBI held rates steady but raised its own inflation forecast — signalling more price pressure ahead.

SBI Funds Management's ₹11,693-crore IPO is the largest of 2026 and a textbook case of what an offer-for-sale actually means for a business versus its shareholders. On July 14, 2026, SBI Funds Management Limited, the company behind SBI Mutual Fund, India's largest asset manager by AUM, opens the country's biggest IPO so far this year. The headline number is ₹11,692.91 crore, priced in a band of ₹545 to ₹574 a share, with listing on the NSE and BSE around July 21.

India recorded its highest-ever June vehicle sales in 2026, with 2.557 million registrations and passenger car sales surging nearly 29%. But behind the record numbers lie three major trends: rapid growth in EVs, hybrids, and CNG vehicles, renewed concerns over E20 petrol's impact on older cars, and rising unsold dealer inventory. Here's what these developments mean for consumers, the auto industry, and investors.

Kerala's healthcare sector is witnessing a historic ownership shift as global private equity firms like KKR, Blackstone, and TPG invest over ₹50,000 crore in leading hospital chains. This data-backed analysis explores the major deals, why investors are targeting Kerala, the opportunities for healthcare expansion, and the growing concerns over affordability, consolidation, and the future of patient care.

In a landmark deal that rewrites India's port investment story, Switzerland-based MSC Group — the world's largest container shipping company — has acquired a 49% stake in Vizhinjam International Seaport, Kerala, for ₹13,000 crore. The investment, made through MSC's terminal investment arm TiL, is a partnership with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India's largest integrated transport operator.

If you've glanced at the business pages this week, you might have noticed a string of unusually upbeat headlines about the Indian economy. Industrial output is growing faster than expected, Moody's says the country's credit rating is safe, and one of the government's top economic voices is talking about 8% growth like it's actually within reach. Taken together, these stories paint a picture of an economy that's not just holding up under global pressure but quietly building mo

Imagine logging into your trading app one morning and finding that a stock you've held for years can't be sold anymore. The shares are still sitting in your demat account, but they're frozen. No buyer, no exit, no payout. And the value? Zero. That's exactly what happened to roughly 6.48 lakh shareholders of Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) when the stock was delisted from the BSE and NSE on June 18, 2026. If you're wondering how a once-prominent company can vanish from the

There are weeks in the markets when not much happens, and then there are weeks like the one India just had. In the space of three days in mid-June 2026, two of the most talked-about companies in the country quietly filed the paperwork to go public, and between them, they could end up raising well over ₹65,000 crore. On June 17, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), yes, the exchange itself, filed its draft papers with SEBI. Two days later, on June 19, Jio Platforms, the telecom-

Gold has always held a special place in Indian households. Beyond being a symbol of tradition and wealth, it is increasingly becoming a financial asset that helps people access quick funds when needed. Recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) highlights just how significant this trend has become. According to the RBI's latest data, loans against gold jewellery grew by a staggering 123.1% year-on-year as of March 2026. The total outstanding gold loan portfolio jumped f

So what exactly is "inflation targeting"? Think of it like a thermostat for the economy. The government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have agreed: we want prices to rise at no more than 4% a year. That's the "set temperature." If prices start rising too fast, the RBI raises interest rates to cool things down. If the economy is too cold, it cuts rates to warm it up. This system was formally introduced in 2016 when the RBI Act was amended. In March 2026, via a government

Today is the day a lot of people have been waiting for, and a few have been dreading. SpaceX, the company Elon Musk founded in a Hawthorne warehouse in 2002 with the audacious goal of making humans multi-planetary, is now a publicly traded company. As of this morning, you can buy a piece of it. And it is, by almost every measure, the biggest IPO in American history. At $135 a share and a post-listing market cap of $1.77 trillion, SpaceX debuts as one of the ten most valuable

Quick Scorecard: The Three Giants All three funds invest predominantly in the top 100 companies by market cap. But they differ significantly in benchmark, manager style, inception vintage, and how aggressively they pursue alpha. Here's the headline picture. Key observation: Nippon India delivers the highest 5-year returns (17.08%), significantly outpacing its benchmark (12.77%) and peers. ICICI Prudential leads in 10-year and since-inception returns among all three (14.14% ov

The Reserve Bank of India made its big announcement last week, and your social media feed is probably full of terms like "repo rate," "neutral stance," and "CPI inflation." If you switched off the moment those words appeared, this post is for you. Let's talk about what actually happened, and why it matters to your everyday life. First, a Quick Refresher: What Is the MPC? Think of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as a small group of six very senior economists who meet ever

India built so many ethanol plants that it now makes more ethanol fuel than its cars can drink. Flex-fuel vehicles are the answer, and they are arriving faster than anyone expected. Here is something surprising: India spent a decade racing to make more ethanol, the alcohol-based fuel squeezed out of sugarcane and grain. It succeeded so well that the country now has a problem most nations would envy: more ethanol than the existing fleet of cars and bikes can actually burn. Tha

In May, two numbers crossed on a Bloomberg screen and changed the global ranking. Taiwan's stock market rose to about $4.95 trillion in total value, and passed India's $4.92 trillion. That made Taiwan the fifth-largest stock market in the world, behind only the United States, mainland China, Japan and Hong Kong. India, which used to hold fifth place, dropped to sixth. Here is the odd part. India's economy is worth about $4.15 trillion, more than four times the size of Taiwan'

A close look at Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, what it owns, how it thinks, and why it has built lasting wealth for patient investors. Here is something most investors do not realise. When you put money into Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, you are not just buying Indian stocks. You are also quietly becoming part owner of Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. It is one of the very few Indian mutual funds that lets a regular investor invest in the world's biggest technology giants al

Six investors. Six completely different strategies. All of them billionaires. Wanna know how? Walk into any room of seasoned investors and ask them how they made their money. You'll get six different answers, and somehow, all of them will be right. There's no single playbook, and no one-size-fits-all formula that turns capital into compounding wealth. What this means is simple. Successful investing isn't about copying someone else's way. It's about finding the strategy that m

A closer look at Bandhan Small Cap Fund, how it has beaten its benchmark by a wide margin, and whether it deserves a place in your portfolio. If you had put ₹10,000 into the Bandhan Small Cap Fund the day it launched in February 2020, you would be sitting on ₹40,564 today. The same amount in the small-cap index would have grown to just ₹28,388. In a category where most funds either crash spectacularly or barely keep up with their benchmark, this kind of consistent outperforma

The global economy continues to feel the impact of the prolonged Middle East conflict, especially through rising energy prices. April’s inflation numbers across major economies clearly show how higher fuel costs are slowly spreading into transportation, manufacturing, and even daily household expenses. In China, inflation moved up to 1.2% from 1.0%, higher than market expectations of 0.8%. Transport costs jumped sharply to 4.6% from 0.9%, mainly due to higher energy prices an

When the Prime Minister of a nation makes an austerity call to manage a currency crisis, investors need more than just headlines. Here is what actually happened, what it means, and what to do. On May 10, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did something that no Indian leader has done in decades. He asked citizens to voluntarily cut gold purchases, fuel consumption, foreign travel, edible oil use, and fertiliser demand, calling it “economic patriotism.” This would be India’s fi