In 1985, Coca-Cola made a move so risky that:

• 8 out of 10 people in blind tests said they preferred the new taste
• 400,000+ people called or wrote letters to complain
• Coke received more than 1,500 angry calls per day after launch

A product that “tested better” almost destroyed a 100-year-old empire.

And from that disaster came one of the most powerful branding lessons in history.

Here’s the “Broken Brand Principle”
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Early 1980s.

Pepsi was winning taste tests.
Ads showed people blindly choosing Pepsi over Coke.
Young consumers saw Pepsi as cooler, modern, energetic.

Coca-Cola felt… old.
So the board did what every scared company does when it starts losing relevance.

They attacked the product.

New formula.
Sweeter taste.
Updated packaging.
Fresh positioning.

Internally, it was a party.

Executives were celebrating.
Focus groups were positive.
Blind tests said: this is the future.

On paper, they were right.
In reality, they were blind.

Between 2020 and 2025, ₹5.3 lakh crore was raised via IPOs in India.

But 3.4 lakh crore DID NOT go to companies —
But to selling shareholders.

And many of those companies underperformed post-listing.

● Paytm IPO (₹18,300 crore): OFS ₹10,000+ crore
● CarTrade IPO (₹2,999 crore): 100% OFS

Guess who exited in time?

When a company raises ₹1,000 crore in an IPO…
Most people assume the company gets ₹1,000 crore.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth:
They might not get even half of it.

Let’s unpack how IPO money actually works and where a lot of it disappears.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later IPO = Initial Public Offering

It’s when a company raises money from public investors by selling its shares on the stock market.
Simple?

Not quite.
Because here’s what they don’t tell you:

There are 2 types of IPOs.

And only one of them actually gives money to the company.
Fresh Issue
Offer For Sale (OFS)

The difference between them?
Everything.

Let’s say Groww Ltd. launches a ₹1,000 crore IPO.

Scenario 1:
₹1,000 crore Fresh Issue = the company actually gets ₹1,000 crore.

Scenario 2:
₹700 crore OFS + ₹300 crore Fresh Issue = company gets only ₹300 crore.

Where did the ₹700 crore go?
To the promoters, PE investors, and VCs, not to the company.

That’s Offer For Sale. Old shareholders cashing out.

What could be the reason for the mother of all Bear markets?

For 30 years, Japan was the silent engine of global cheap money.

While the West screamed about Quantitative Easing (a monetary policy tool where a central bank injects money into the economy)

Japan quietly lent trillions to the world at near-zero interest.
Every bank, hedge fund, and sovereign borrowed yen and spent it elsewhere.

It was the perfect financial cheat code.
Until this morning.
Japan’s 30-year bond just hit 3.41%, the highest since 1999.

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Japan’s debt is now 230% of its GDP — the highest ever recorded in modern history.

Inflation is running at 3.0%.

The Bank of Japan is cornered:

Raise rates = trigger debt collapse
Keep them low = kill the yen and destroy savings

There’s no good choice left.

Only slower death or sudden collapse.

India has over 3 Crore pets.
The pet care industry is growing at 18% annually.

But the real money?
Is in what’s on the plate: Pet food.

Mukesh Ambani has now entered the ₹4,000 crore Indian pet food market.

For years, a handful of players controlled it:
Nestlé (Purina), Mars (Pedigree, Whiskas), Emami (Drools), and Godrej (Eukanuba).

Premium brands.
Premium pricing.
Until Reliance walked in.

Here’s how Ambani is using the Jio playbook again and why the pet industry is now officially disrupted:

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No frills. No celebrity ads.
But a ruthless price cut: 20–50% cheaper

This is not a product launch.
This is a market reset.

Because if you know Ambani, you know this isn’t random.
It’s a playbook. The same one he used with:

Jio in telecom.
Campa Cola in beverages.
Now Waggies in pet food.

And every time he runs the script, one thing happens:
The old market leaders start sweating.

In 2022, India imported lithium-ion batteries worth ₹ 6,000 crore.
By 2030, the demand is expected to grow 15x.

But there’s a big problem: India doesn’t have enough lithium.

While the world fights over lithium, Mukesh Ambani just made a quiet 1000 Crore investment that could disrupt everything from EVs to energy storage.

Sodium is 1,000x more abundant than lithium in the Earth’s crust.
While the world is mining mountains, Reliance is unlocking a battery from the sea.

If this works, India won’t just dodge the lithium war.
It will rewrite the entire battery supply chain.

Here’s how Reliance is setting up for the next trillion-dollar energy revolution:

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Reliance New Energy (RNEL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, quietly acquired it and made it a 100% owned unit.

Why?

Because sodium is cheap. Abundant. Safer. And the tech is finally ready.

But isn’t lithium better?

Here’s where it gets interesting.

While lithium-ion batteries are more energy-dense, they have serious flaws:

● They catch fire under pressure
● They're expensive
● They depend on scarce minerals like cobalt and lithium
● And 70% of global lithium refining happens in one country: China

That’s a geopolitical and economic nightmare waiting to happen.

GROWW shares saw over 30 lakh units in auction on NSE.
What does this mean?

That means many traders shorted the stock but failed to deliver it in time for settlement.

They sold shares they didn’t have, bet the stock would fall
But it didn’t.
And now, the stock exchange is calling their bluff.

This is a ₹100 crore lesson on greed, speed, and the settlement window.
Let’s break down exactly what’s happening in simple words. What does “auction” mean in the stock market in simple terms?

An auction is a punishment window for failed promises.
You said you’d deliver shares.
You didn’t.

Now the exchange steps in to fix the mess.
And makes you pay for it.

In India, we now operate under T+1 settlement.

That means:
If you sell a stock today (T),
You must deliver those shares tomorrow (T+1).

But many traders short stocks they don’t own—
betting the price will fall so they can buy it back cheaper the same day.

Did you knwo?

Dental implants: ₹25,000 in India vs ₹1.5 lakh in US
IVF cycles: ₹1.2–2 lakhs in India vs ₹10–15 lakhs abroad
Eye surgeries: ₹40k in India vs ₹4–6 lakhs abroad
Orthopaedic replacements: ₹3–5 lakhs vs ₹30+ lakhs abroad

And guess what?

90% of Indian doctors in these fields trained under or worked with global protocols.

India is planning a visa-on-arrival scheme for medical tourists from the US and Europe.

It could quietly transform India into a $50 billion healthcare magnet and the world's No. 1 medical tourism hub.

Here’s the inside story of how we’re turning surgeries into exports:

Let’s begin.
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later The global medical tourism market is worth $500+ billion.
That’s 40x the size of India’s pharma exports.

Currently, three countries dominate it: Thailand, Turkey, and Mexico.
But none of them have the 3 golden ingredients that India offers:

Cheapest treatments
Best English-speaking doctors

Deep public-private hospital ecosystem
India is not joining the race.

India is aiming to win it.
Imagine a cardiac surgery in the US that costs ₹55 lakhs.

In India? ₹6–8 lakhs. Same tools. Same protocols. Same (or better) doctors.

And now?

You can get it done at a Fortis or Medanta, without paperwork nightmares.

No embassy queues. No long-stay bookings. No NRIs required.

Just land. Heal. Fly.
That’s the model India is quietly perfecting.

In 2010, India had 27 public sector banks.
Today, there are only 12.

That’s not a coincidence.
It’s a calculated clean-up.

But why should you care?
Because every bank merger affects:

Credit access
Interest rates
Loan approval timelines
Your stock portfolio

And if SBI is supporting it, it’s not just an idea.
It’s the future.

India is planning the next big banking merger wave.

SBI has officially backed another round of PSU bank consolidations
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later What’s happening now?

India’s largest lender, SBI, has voiced its support for another round of PSU mergers.

This isn’t just talk. It’s a signal.

The government wants banks with global muscle.

And the fastest way to do that?

Merge the midweights.

We’re talking:

Union Bank of India
Bank of India
Indian Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Bank of Maharashtra
Punjab & Sind Bank

All potentially on the chopping board.

A buffalo named Anmol just sold for ₹23 crore.

A 2.5-year-old Marwari horse named Shahbaz was valued at ₹15 crore.

No, this isn't an exaggeration.
This is Pushkar 2025.

But this isn’t just a story about animals.
It’s about luxury, legacy, and the rise of a new livestock economy in India.

Let’s decode the real shift behind the headlines:

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Traditionally, Pushkar Fair was a camel and cattle marketplace.

But this year? It looked more like an elite auction house.

Thousands watched, jaws dropped, as Shahbaz trotted in with a ₹2 lakh breeding fee.

But why would anyone pay ₹15 crore for a horse?

Let’s break it down:

Shahbaz isn’t a random farm animal.
He's a Marwari stallion — a rare Rajasthani breed known for its inward-turning ears and warrior legacy.

Only a few hundred remain purebred.
Each one? A walking royalty.

Pfizer was founded in 1849 as a chemicals business.
176 years.
Billions earned.
BUT Not a single cure?

What it sells today isn't just medicine.
It's a medical dependency.

Because curing a disease once earns you money once.
But managing a disease? That’s lifetime revenue.

Pfizer wasn’t built to eliminate illness.
It was built to manage it profitably.

From chronic treatments to vaccine windfalls, this is the story of how one company became the face of a $1.48 trillion illness economy.

A thread on the pharmaceutical paradox:
Cure Less. Earn More.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later In 2022 alone:
Pfizer earned $100 billion+ in revenue.
More than the GDP of 130+ countries.

But here’s what most don’t see:
That money didn’t come from cures.
It came from subscriptions.

Blood pressure meds
Antidepressants
Cancer adjuncts
COVID boosters

None of these are one-time fixes.
They’re monthly invoices for staying alive.

Kerala was once India’s coconut kingdom.

Its name literally means “Land of Coconut Trees”
Kera = Coconut, Alam = Land.

But today?

● Coconut prices: ₹70+ per kilo
● Coconut oil: ₹430 per litre
● Yields: down 45% in a decade
● Pest damage: highest in 30 years

Kerala is running out of coconuts.
Prices have hit historic highs. And the worst may still be ahead.

Here’s the full story of how Kerala’s most iconic crop is collapsing and why this is a warning for all

Let’s dive in.
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Here’s the breakdown of Kerala’s coconut crisis:

Climate Change is Killing the Yield

Coconut trees need humid days and cool nights.

However, Kerala is now experiencing hotter nights and more erratic rainfall.

That change has a name: climate fatigue.

Crops grow. But they don’t fruit.

In short, trees are alive but unproductive.

Google just gave its AI access to read every email in your Gmail, including your bank details, OTPs, and medical reports.

It’s called Gemini AI, and unless you manually turned it off…

It’s spying on you right now.

Let me break it down before it's too late:

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later In October 2024, Google quietly rolled out a feature across all Gmail accounts:

Gemini AI integration

Sounds cool, right?

Except here’s what they didn’t say:

By default, it gives Google’s AI access to:

Your inbox

Your attachments

Your search history

Your Docs, Sheets, and even Drive files

All in the name of "personal assistance".

But behind the scenes? This is a massive data grab.

India just got upgraded by Goldman Sachs.
In 2024, Goldman said: “India is too expensive.”

They slashed their rating from “Overweight” to “Neutral.”
Foreign investors pulled out over $30 billion.

Midcaps bled.
Your smallcap SIPs saw red.

Now in late 2025, they’re saying: “India is back. We see upside from here.”
Their Nifty target? 29,000 by 2026 — that's a ~14% jump from today.

So what changed?
Here’s the decoded truth:
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Goldman now sees FOUR pillars holding up India’s bull case.

Translation: They finally believe the Indian rally isn’t just sentiment — it’s structural.

And why it could spark a serious midcap revival.

1. Growth-supportive policies are back on the menu

The government’s hinting at:

Slower fiscal tightening
Liquidity boost from RBI
More room for infrastructure push
Even tweaks to GST collections

This isn't just budget jargon.

It’s code for:
“Growth will get political oxygen again.”
For midcaps in infra, consumption, and defence — this is green signal time.

Most people think supermarkets make money by selling groceries.

Walk into any supermarket and look at the shelves.

What you see is not an accident.

From eye-level to checkout counters, every inch is sold real estate.

And brands pay crores to occupy the right shelf, not to sell more, but to be seen more.

Let’s break it down.
Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later The most expensive space in any supermarket?

Eye-level shelves

Why? Because 80% of consumer decisions are made on the spot.

And your brain, tired and rushed, picks what it sees first.

That spot isn’t earned. It’s bought.

This game is known as “slotting fees.”

It’s how supermarkets make massive margins without selling a single item.

Brands pay upfront to get on the shelf, and even more to get better placement.

Some pay ₹10–20 lakh just to get a 6-month slot.

Nvidia’s market cap is now larger than the GDP of India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka combined.

Michael Burry just placed a bearish bet against AI giants like Nvidia and Palantir.

Why should you care?

Because when this man bets, billionaires get nervous.

Here’s the story of Michael Burry, Wall Street’s most dangerous contrarian

In 2007, Michael Burry shorted the U.S. housing market.

Everyone laughed.

Wall Street dismissed him.

Then, the housing bubble exploded, taking down Lehman, Bear Stearns, and nearly the global economy.

Burry walked away with $100 million in personal profit.

And made another $700 million for his investors.

That story was so unbelievable, they made a movie on it: The Big Short.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later But who is Michael Burry?
An unlikely genius.

● Trained as a medical doctor
● Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome
● Lost an eye to childhood cancer
● Self-taught investor by night

He ran a blog while still a neurologist.
One day, he posted deep value stock picks.

Soon, hedge fund legends started emailing him.

He quit medicine, started Scion Capital in 2000 with $1 million, and beat the S&P every single year till 2008.

Is China’s PMI fall the reason behind recent global market sell off?

A PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) over 50 = expansion

Below 50 = contraction

China’s PMI at 50.6 = dangerously close to flatlining.

And this isn’t just a number. It’s the heartbeat of the world’s factory.

China’s factory boom is fading?

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Why does a dip in China’s PMI send global shivers?

Because China is still:

● The world’s largest exporter
● The top buyer of industrial commodities
● The supply chain anchor for 100+ nations

If it sneezes, global manufacturing catches a cold.

In 1965, Singapore was a mess.

● No natural resources
● High unemployment
● GDP per capita = $516
● Crime, dirt, and disease were everywhere
● It had fewer toilets than many Indian villages

But in just one generation, it became:

● 3rd cleanest city in the world
● 1st in Asia for sanitation
● 2nd lowest crime rate globally
● Among the wealthiest nations per capita

How did this miracle happen?
How Lee Kuan Yew turned Singapore into the cleanest city on Earth and what we can learn from it.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Lee Kuan Yew wasn’t just a Prime Minister.

He was the CEO of Singapore Inc.
And his obsession wasn’t just with GDP—it was with dignity.

He believed cleanliness was a precondition for development.
Not the result.

While the world obsessed over policies, Lee obsessed over psychology.

He said:

“If you want to change a nation, change how its people feel about their surroundings.”

That’s exactly what he did.

India’s median age is currently 28.2.

But our fertility rate has dropped below replacement (2.0 vs 2.1).

This means we’ve stopped having enough children to replace the working population.

India is young. But not for long.

Right now, we have the largest working-age population in the world.

But within 20 years, this strength could flip into a massive crisis.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later By 2040s:

Youth bulge becomes old-age burden

Retirees outnumber workers

Pension costs explode

Growth slows sharply

Just like Japan and China today.

Why is this happening?

Because people can’t afford to have children anymore.

Especially women.

15 Red Flags to Watch Before Investing Your Hard-Earned Money in Any Stock

Red Flag 1: Cash flows don’t match profits

If a company shows profits but never has cash in the bank, it’s cooking something.

Example:
Yes Bank showed profits for years, but operating cash flow was erratic. Eventually, the truth exploded.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later Red Flag 2: Promoter holding constantly decreasing

If the founders keep selling stake, they may know something you don’t.

Example:
Zee Entertainment promoters steadily reduced holding, triggering concerns about long-term commitment.

Red Flag 3: Promoter pledged shares rising every quarter

High pledging = desperation. If stock price falls, lenders sell and crash the stock.

Example:
DHFL had over 80% of promoter shares pledged before its collapse.

How the Baniya Community knows the best-kept financial secret.

Go to any wholesale market, textile market or steel godown.

They are dominated by surnames like:
Agarwal, Gupta, Bansal, Khandelwal, Poddar, Jalan, Goel

Here’s what separates them from the rest of India:

While you chase 12% annual returns, Baniyas chase one thing only:
How fast can the same rupee come back and compound again?

Most of India works on a salary.
Baniyas work on rotation.

You get paid once a month.
They get paid 3 times a month.

Their business cycles don’t run on years.
They run on days.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later While the average investor prays for 12% annual returns…

A Baniya business aims for:

25–35% ROCE (Return on Capital Employed)
15–30 day inventory cycles
40–60 day receivable cycles

And zero obsession with the stock market.

Why India’s largest consumer tech IPO, LG Electronics India, might be the next multibagger.

Since 1997, LG has built more than just brand recall — it’s built trust.

• No. 1 in India’s washing machines (34% share)
• No. 1 in microwaves (51%)
• No. 1 in TVs (28%)
• Massive player in air-conditioners and fridges

36,000 stores.
1,000 service centers.
594 cities.

If Reliance Jio owns the digital India, LG owns the hardware India lives with.

Bookmark and retweet this thread to revisit it later The Numbers Are Screaming Efficiency

FY25 EBITDA margin: 13%
Net profit margin: 9%
RoCE: 43% (industry peers: 20–25%)

LG India is producing at 77% capacity utilization — and still adding more plants.
In Andhra Pradesh alone, it’s investing ₹5,000 crore for a mega facility.

Once operational (FY27), it adds 5.5 million units of capacity — pushing total revenues past ₹32,000 crore.

That’s a 16% CAGR over two years — with zero new debt.