VIRDIRESEARCH

Signal, not noise.

Educational research on Indian markets. Daily pre-market notes, weekly sector lenses and a monthly macro wrap that explain what moved, and why.

An illustration of noise settling into a signal. Not market data.

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Daily Pre-Market Note
Before the open: the overnight picture and the day's calendar.
Weekly Sector Lens
One sector and one question, every week.
Macro Wrap
The month's economic data, read in context.
Bombay harbour around 1890: steamships and sailing boats offshore, carriages and crowds on the quay below tiled roofs.
Bombay harbour, around 1890. Fifteen years earlier the city's share brokers had formed the association that became the BSE. Photochrom by Photoglob Co., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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We explain what moved and why. We never tell you what to trade, and we publish no price targets or tips.

Report formats

A daily pre-market note, a weekly sector lens and a monthly macro wrap, each built the same way every time.

NISM certifications

The author holds NISM Series XV (Research Analyst) and Series X-A (Investment Adviser Level 1). We are not registered with SEBI.

“Our job is to explain what moved and why. What you do with that is your decision.”

The editorial rule behind every report we publish.
The curved tower of Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, home of the BSE, seen from the street below.
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers on Dalal Street, Mumbai, home of the BSE. Photo by Niyantha Shekhar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, shown in black and white.

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  • Daily Pre-Market NoteBefore the open: the overnight picture and the day's calendar.
  • Weekly Sector LensOne sector and one question, every week.
  • Macro WrapThe month's economic data, read in context.