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Thalapathy to Thalaivar: How Vijay's Election Win Shook the Stock Market

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I'll be honest with you. I did not see this coming — at least not this big. I have been following Tamil Nadu politics for years. Like most people, I assumed this would be a straight fight between DMK and AIADMK, with Vijay's new party TVK making a decent debut. Exit polls said the same. Analysts said the same. Political commentators said the same. Every single one of them was wrong. What Happened on May 4 For the first time in Tamil Nadu's history, the election produced a hung assembly. And right in the middle of that hung assembly stood a brand new party — Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam — winning 108 seats in its very first election. Let that sink in. A party that did not exist two years ago just became the single largest party in Tamil Nadu. DMK's alliance crumbled to 73 seats total, with DMK itself winning only 59. AIADMK managed 53. And the outgoing Chief Minister M.K. Stalin — the man who won 159 seats just five years ago — lost his own Kolathur seat. That is not ...
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Nifty 50 Q4 FY26 Results: "What Really Happened This Earnings Season"

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Hey everyone, welcome to my very first post on this blog! I've been investing in the Indian stock market for a while now, and I figured it's time I started writing down what I observe, what I learn, and what I think. No jargon overload, no copy-paste analyst reports — just my honest take on what's happening in the markets. So let's start with the biggest topic of April and May 2026 — the Q4 FY26 earnings season. So, Was It a Good Quarter or Not? Honestly? It was a "yes and no" quarter. Companies across the Nifty 50 showed solid revenue growth — we're talking anywhere between 10% and 13% year-on-year on the top line. That sounds impressive. But here's the catch — net profit growth was a different story entirely, with most estimates ranging from just 2% to 6%. So companies were selling more, but somehow making less per rupee sold. That's what analysts call margin compression, and it was the defining theme of this quarter.  Think of it this way — imag...
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