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Themes, companies and funds, taken apart with numbers you can check. Each article carries the date its figures were last verified.
- Bank Nifty Weightage: Five Banks Are 63% of the IndexBank Nifty holds 14 banks, but HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak, Axis and SBI were 62.98% of it on 30 September 2026. The weights, the new caps, and the overlap with FINNIFTY.
- Gold ETF vs Digital Gold vs Jewellery: What ₹1 Lakh of Gold Costs Each Way₹1 lakh of gold held five years comes back as ₹97,510 through a cheap gold ETF and ₹86,685 as jewellery, at the same gold price. Every route's cost, before Dhanteras 2026.
- Pausing a SIP in a Fall: Nine Falls Since 2008, and What Pausing CostThe Nifty is 12% below its January 2026 peak, and a SIP started in October 2024 shows a loss. What pausing would have cost in each of the nine falls since 2008.
- Tax Harvesting Before 31 March 2027: The Year Shares Fell and Gold RoseA five-year SIP still holds ₹2 lakh of long-term gains even after the 2026 fall. How to book ₹1.25 lakh of it tax-free, why your recent losses are harder to use, and what to do with gold gains.
- You Do Not Need a Demat Account to Buy Mutual FundsMutual fund units are recorded against your PAN by the fund house. A demat account is optional, and skipping it costs nothing. How to buy without one.
- FINNIFTY Weightage: Five Banks Are 63% of the IndexFINNIFTY holds 20 companies, but five banks were 63.06% of it in September 2026. The weights, the capping rules, and what they mean if you own it.
- Data Centre Stocks in India: Who Gets Paid When a Data Centre Is BuiltOne megawatt of data centre costs about ₹60 crore to build in India. Which listed companies get that money, what drives the theme, the risks and what to watch.
- Dhanteras Gold vs the Nifty: The Winner Depended on When You Checked₹50,000 of gold every Dhanteras since 2009 is worth ₹34.6 lakh; in the Nifty, ₹21.5 lakh. The lead changed hands four times. What jewellery costs you on top.
- Drone Stocks in India: The Theme Is Real, The Price Is the QuestionIndia's drone industry is genuinely growing. That tells you nothing about whether the listed drone stocks are worth buying. Here is the arithmetic that does.
- Muhurat Trading Returns: Buying on Diwali Earns What Any Other Day DoesNifty's median return in the year after Diwali since 2007 is 10.3%. After any other day: 10.1%. What 18 Samvat years say about the Muhurat session.