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Decoding the Vedanta Demerger
A new chapter in the delivery wars
India's great health bargain is falling apart
Indian IT sees some clarity in the unknown
India’s banks trade old fears for new ones
2020: A space odyssey
Beneath the Bagmane REIT IPO
The cost of Building Your Dreams, Part II
The OPEC’s worst ever defection
SIPs, slumps and the AMC machine
One event that changed Reliance’s year
Why Indian conglomerates are chasing fast fashion
SBI fights the court on what a telecom loan means
India’s Railway Blues turn color
What really broke India's banks in 2010s
May the thinnest (prices) win?
Will India grow old before it gets rich?
The cost of Building Your Dreams, Part I
Delhi shifts gears on its electric gamble
India leaps to split the atom
The trade breaking the RBI's rupee defence
Ep 468Can the pharmacy of the world test its own medicine?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:28 Why India lags in drug innovation 11:33 What plastic really is? 22:56 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 467The world’s energy transition meets a historical crisis
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 01:20 Global energy shift gets complicated 12:57 Inside India’s gold pricing maze 23:32 Tidbits We’ve started a new project—Subtext by Zerodha. Our work at The Daily Brief and across Markets doesn’t often involve speaking directly to the experts and scholars we refer to, and Subtext is our way of engaging with them more closely. It will feature conversations with entrepreneurs, policymakers, academics, and industry experts. Our first episode is with Manoj Kewalramani, , a China Studies Research Fellow at the Takshashila Institution.—a scintillating, myth-busting chat with someone who has lived in China, studied it deeply, and speaks the language. You can watch this episode on YouTube, or listen to it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or read the transcript on Substack. We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 466What's the point of a Whoop?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 What's the point of a Whoop? 11:22 Fixing systems, not just policies 21:36 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 465How India’s PSUs are classified
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 Inside India’s PSU Ratna System 11:58 Why the GST can’t police itself 23:04 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 464Should CSR be compulsory for companies?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:38 Should CSR be compulsory for companies? 12:45 When competition forces smart innovation 20:54 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 463Behind India’s poor property tax collection
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 India’s property tax problem 10:40 The world runs on a metal it can't mine 22:04 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 462India wants to switch from LPG to PNG
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 The shift from cylinders to pipes 11:34 Can the WTO survive the wilderness? 23:22 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 461Social media's new legal problem
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:35 The social media trials 10:45 Why the rupee is sliding fast 18:51 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 460Is Iran charging a toll at the Strait of Hormuz?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 Is Iran charging ships at Hormuz? 11:52 India’s ₹4,000 Cr port upgrade 19:54 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 459Amidst the ruins of Jaypee Group
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:28 Amidst the ruins of Jaypee Group 12:38 Mastercard’s $1.8B crypto move 24:16 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 458The dance of oil and the US dollar
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 The dance of oil and the US dollar 11:27 The price of free water 21:55 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 457A little boy comes for India’s monsoons
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:38 El Niño & India’s economy 12:00 Auto industry vs CAFE norms 21:00 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 456Rob Hanna: Finding Market Edges with Data | In The Money by Zerodha
Welcome to the In The Money Podcast by Zerodha, where we bring you the sharpest minds from around the world in trading, markets, and active investing. In this episode, we sit down with Rob Hanna, founder of Quantifiable Edges and a widely respected researcher in systematic trading, known for his work on market seasonality, quantitative edges, and rules-based strategies. Rob managed his own private investment fund from 2001 to 2019 and today serves as a portfolio manager and investment advisor at Capital Advisors 360, where he continues to apply data-driven research to systematic investment strategies. In this conversation, Rob shares how his trading evolved from pattern-based discretionary setups to largely systematic models, how traders can discover edges through observation and statistical testing, and why robustness matters when designing trading systems. We also discuss mean reversion strategies, overnight edges, market breadth, seasonality, and how he manages a diversified portfolio of systematic models while emphasizing risk management, position sizing, and adaptability in changing market environments.
Ep 455Whither India’s pilots?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 A scramble for pilots? 11:06 Coal India's Brain Goes Public 21:15 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 454What FSSAI's new licensing rules actually change
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:30 FSSAI eases rules for food businesses 10:33 The Aluminium supply crunch 22:09 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 453The new rules of paying for electricity
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 The new rules of paying for electricity 11:39 A gas the world cannot live without 22:16 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 452India’s SEZ policy
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:36 SEZ 2.0: Can India fix its export zones? 13:54 The return of section 301 tariffs 25:09 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 451Trimming the Chinese Wall
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:38 India eases its border investment wall 11:09 The new economics of India’s defence sector 22:30 Tidbit We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 450Niels Kaastrup-Larsen: Discipline, Drawdown and Trend Following | In The Money by Zerodha Podcast
Welcome to the In The Money Podcast by Zerodha - where we bring you the sharpest minds from around the world in trading, markets, and active investing. In this episode, we sit down with Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, one of the most respected voices in systematic and trend-following investing. Known as the host of Top Traders Unplugged, Niels brings decades of experience studying how professional traders think about risk, drawdowns, and long-term survival. In this conversation, we discuss why drawdowns are often misunderstood, how real edges endure long periods of underperformance, and why discipline and robustness matter more than short-term results. This episode is less about signals and more about mindset, process, and staying in the game when markets test your patience. You can check out our newsletter here: https://inthemoneybyzerodha.substack.com/
Ep 449What is oil, actually?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 The many lives of crude oil 10:27 Maruti’s tryst with EVs 20:44 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 448The Iran war and India's fertilizer problem
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 Hormuz crisis & fertilizer prices 11:42 Inside Apple’s India ecosystem 23:29 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 447Pentagon, Anthropic, and the promise of Military AI
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 Anthropic vs the Pentagon 12:24 Why governments keep borrowing 22:48 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 446Inside India's Largest Highway InvIT IPO
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 Inside the ₹6,000 Cr Raajmarg InvIT IPO 11:38 India’s inflation targeting explained 24:06 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 445What's up with tobacco consumption in India?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:36 The Smoking Paradox 12:57 Who lends to the Indian government? 23:51 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 444Robert Carver: Robustness, Risk, and Systematic Trading | In The Money by Zerodha Podcast
Welcome to the In The Money Podcast by Zerodha, where we bring you the sharpest minds from around the world in trading, markets, and active investing. In this episode, we sit down with Rob Carver, systematic futures trader, former hedge fund manager, and one of the most practical voices in quantitative and rules-based investing. Rob spent years building and managing systematic macro and fixed income strategies at AHL, one of the world’s largest systematic hedge funds, after earlier roles in derivatives trading at Barclays and economic research at CEPR. Today, he trades his own capital, writes extensively on systematic investing, and teaches systematic trading strategies to finance students. In this wide-ranging conversation, Rob shares how real market understanding develops slowly over time, why trading your own money feels very different from managing institutional capital, and why starting simple is still the best advice for most traders. We dive deep into trend following, mean reversion, risk management, diversification, drawdowns, and the dangers of over-optimizing systems. We also discuss how the post-GFC world changed trend behavior, how to evaluate strategy performance beyond simple metrics, and Rob’s strong views on AI, LLMs, and automation in trading systems. You can check out our newsletter here: https://inthemoneybyzerodha.substack.com/
Ep 443Why did global trade come to a halt?
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:28 When insurance stops trade 11:29 Why banks ignore rate hikes 21:22 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 442India prepares to invest in US stocks
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:26 India’s new route to US stocks 09:49 Fixing India’s rail freight 18:55 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 441A fifth of the world’s oil is in danger
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:27 Middle East tensions and oil prices 11:34 Small models, big economics 23:16 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.
Ep 440The conjurings of data center finance
In today's episode of The Daily Brief, we cover two major stories shaping the Indian economy and global markets: 00:04 Intro 00:38 How Data Centers Get Financed 12:00 SEBI’s new fund rules 23:52 Tidbits We also send out a crisp and short daily newsletter for The Daily Brief. Put your email here and we'll make you smart every day: https://thedailybriefing.substack.com/ Note: This content is for informational purposes only. None of the stocks, brands, or products mentioned are recommendations or endorsements.