BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Looking for structural winners in disrupted markets
In a world reeling under economic headwinds and tech upheaval, investors need to bet on resilience and reinvention
INDIA
Weekend Wild Card: What Harshvardhan Jain's Ghaziabad Fake Embassy tells us about ourselves
In an era where deepfakes win elections, influencers invent themselves, and credentials are just a blue tick away, who’s to say he didn’t simply echo the spirit of the age?
BUSINESS
What RBI economists are saying about key economic questions on demand, capex, trade and markets
Despite global cheer, Indian markets turned cautious in July, mirroring the RBI's broader narrative — resilience at home, uncertainty abroad, and discomfort over macro risk pricing
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | GENIUS Act: Why US stablecoin regulation could reshape global finance
For Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama July 21 edition: IT sector's weak results should worry investors, can Trump turn the G20 clock back, e-commerce reinforces stranglehold in metro FMCG markets, new CEOs are driving stock surge across India Inc, and more
BUSINESS
Voodoo World: Investing in times of geopolitical turmoil
As geopolitics reshapes trade flows and domestic data reveals cracks in demand, markets are adjusting unevenly—pricing in policy shifts while grappling with earnings ambiguity
BUSINESS
Weekend Wild Card: The intelligent investor’s guide to apocalyptic alpha
Markets love uncertainty—it’s a catalyst for safe-haven assets and defensive stocks. We call it low-beta outperformance.
BUSINESS
Data Story: Rising urban unemployment, falling LFPR may be signalling weak demand
While India's unemployment rate appears stable at 5.6 percent in June 2025, a deeper dive into labour force participation reveals troubling undercurrents in the job market
BUSINESS
Market Menu: TACO to TART
Trump’s renewed tariff threats challenge the market’s long-held assumptions of policy restraint, raising the stakes for global trade stability
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | How the markets learned to stop worrying and love tariffs
Markets find Leonard Cohen's cracks of light amid Trump's tariff threats and India's subdued earnings season
WORLD
Weekend Wild Card: Travel advisory alert for Trumpistan
Carry loads of cash when visiting Trumpistan if you are travelling by a foreign airline--tariffs on foreign flights may suddenly be increased by 200 percent.
BUSINESS
How the US is using tariffs to undermine China’s global trade network
The latest US tariff threats appear chaotic on the surface but reveal a deeper strategy aimed at stalling China's rise while also extracting concessions from allies
BUSINESS
Is India more socialist than China?
India's surprisingly low inequality score has it beating "socialist" China and Vietnam at their own game—but the numbers hide a complex reality
BUSINESS
Quick Take: Asian stocks resilient despite new tariff threats, but is there a Trump strategy in play?
Financial markets are displaying scepticism toward Trump's new tariffs, with Asian stocks remaining resilient and currencies stable as investors bet these threats are merely negotiating tactics
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Apocalypse Postponed, Again
Halfway into 2025, global markets and the economy continue to defy forecasts of doom with defiant cheerfulness
INDIA
Weekend Wild Card: A spectre is haunting Kerala, the spectre of Zumba
TRENDS
Why India’s nutrition crisis is an economic one
Nearly two-fifths of Indians can't afford enough calories—an alarming statistic with deep economic consequences
BUSINESS
BIS sees no soft landing ahead as trade wars, financial risks multiply
When even the BIS sounds nervous, it’s time to pay attention. Its latest report is an alarm bell for a global economy on the brink
BUSINESS
RBI report reveals India’s consumption boom powered by affluent borrowers
The Reserve Bank of India's latest Financial Stability Report exposes a troubling truth: India's consumption-driven growth is increasingly powered by wealthy households who can access cheap credit
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | NATO Spending Hike Sounds Trumpet for Orwell’s Permanent War Economy
NATO's new 5 percent defence spending target marks a historic rupture--signalling the rise of the security state, the eclipse of social welfare, and the march to a militarized economy
BUSINESS
Weekend Wild Card: Dubious insider reveals Trump’s yuge Nobel Grand Slam
We submit below the transcript of an allegedly secret meeting of the committee to decide the Nobel Awards for this year, clandestinely smuggled to us by a shady source:
BUSINESS
Decoding Economics: Piketty’s new research reveals how the Global South was impoverished to enrich the North
A ground-breaking new analysis by Thomas Piketty and Gaston Nievas reveals how centuries of colonial exploitation systematically transferred wealth from India and other colonies to Europe, fuelling Western prosperity at the expense of the Global South. Their research suggests that, had these transfers not occurred, India could have ended up owning vast assets in Britain itself
BUSINESS
Are markets becoming immune to war, geopolitics?
Despite ongoing conflicts from Iran-Israel tensions to the Ukraine war, global equity markets continue their remarkable resilience, barely flinching at geopolitical upheaval. This phenomenon reveals a fundamental shift in how modern markets process risk—filtering every crisis through a single lens: will this affect corporate earnings?
BUSINESS
US strike on Iran: signals for global, Indian policymakers and investors
The US strikes on Iran have exposed a fundamental shift in international relations, where diplomatic agreements are increasingly viewed as disposable and military action speaks louder than negotiated settlements. This erosion of trust is forcing nations worldwide to reconsider their foreign policy strategies, defence spending priorities, and trade and investment approaches
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Will the US Go to War with Iran Despite Markets Betting on Stability?
