When the Vibe Shifts, It Hits Hard Tuesday wasn’t a technical correction. It was a vibe shift that hit like a freight train. In the theater of global markets, the transition from “risk-on” euphoria to “get-me-out” panic usually takes days. On February 3, 2026, it took hours. I watched the Dow hit an intraday high … Read more
I stared at the charts in December and thought the data feed was broken. Fifty-three new all-time highs in a single year? It felt like a glitch. But it wasn’t. While the rest of the financial press was busy popping champagne over the $555 billion demand figure, they missed the actual story. The price tag … Read more
I stopped watching the daily financial news about three months ago. Honestly? It was making me nauseous. One minute, the GDP is skyrocketing; the next, a talking head is screaming about a recession because AI is going to eat the job market by Tuesday. It’s a racket. It’s noise. And if you try to make … Read more
Forget the caricature. You know the one. The ruthless, vest-wearing hedge fund manager obsessed with quarterly earnings and nothing else. It’s a tired trope. And honestly? It’s boring. Mala Gaonkar isn’t just ignoring that stereotype; she’s taking a sledgehammer to it. I’ve spent years tracking the movers and shakers of high finance, and usually, the … Read more
You can smell the panic on LinkedIn. It’s thick. Every morning, the feed is a graveyard of “Open to Work” banners and shell-shocked farewell posts from people who thought they were lifers. We used to blame the economy. We used to blame interest rates. But let’s cut the fluff: this isn’t a recession. This is … Read more
Most people think of astronauts as polished, untouchable figures waving from a gantry. But if you’ve spent any time covering the actual operations of human spaceflight—as I have, watching launches turn into delays and then into ordeals—you know the reality is sweatier, messier, and far more bureaucratic. Sunita Williams just retired. Twenty-seven years. Three missions. … Read more
I remember sitting in a tech strategy meeting back in 2013. Someone brought up Windows Phone. The room went silent. You could hear a pin drop. It was awkward, like mentioning a relative who had just been arrested. Back then, Microsoft felt like a dinosaur waiting for the meteor—bloated, confused, and fading into the background … Read more
The queue outside the local Common Service Center (CSC) in Bhubaneswar wasn’t moving. I stood there this morning—January 22, 2026—watching a woman in her sixties clutch a crumpled photocopy of her Aadhaar card like it was a winning lottery ticket. She was waiting for the Odisha government to deposit ₹5,000 into her account. And she … Read more
Most billionaires cling to the CEO title like a life raft. They build a kingdom, fortify the walls, and spend the rest of their lives sitting on the throne, terrified of what might happen if they stand up. Deepinder Goyal just stood up. The man who built Zomato into a household verb—and recently topped the … Read more
I used to treat tax season like a root canal: necessary, painful, and something I’d put off until the last possible second. But this year? I’m logging into the IRS portal like I’m refreshing Ticketmaster for a reunion tour. Why the sudden enthusiasm? Because the system is currently broken in a way that actually benefits … Read more