Finance, explained through what really happened.
Learn what moves markets, and what to look for in them, through real Indian and global crashes, crises and reforms. Sourced, beginner-friendly, no stock tips.
Fifty years of Indian markets, one event at a time
Pick a moment on the Sensex chart and open the story behind it.
Why the RBI Raised Rates Off Cycle in May 2022
Market close: 4 May 2022
Read the storyStory in preparation
Explore the moments
25 eventsSensex close on or before each event date. Market moves alone don’t prove an event’s effect.Data and method
Learn diversification by doing it
Would your mix have survived a crash?
Split your money across stocks, gold and deposits. We replay a real past period, maybe a crash, and show how your mix did, bad years included.
Past data, not advice.
How every story works
Four questions, answered the same way every time.
Each story follows one real event from the dated facts to what it means, so you learn a pattern you can reuse, not just a headline.
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What happened
A dated sequence of one real event.
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Why it happened
The mechanism, in plain language.
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Where it sits in the cycle
Boom, peak, downturn or recovery.
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What it means for India
Only where the record supports it.