Archegos: The $20 Billion Phantom Leverage Meltdown
A secretive family office quietly drove massive stock rallies through synthetic bank swaps, until a single margin call triggered a historic collapse.
GameStop: The Short Squeeze That Broke Wall Street
How retail traders triggered a massive mechanical short squeeze on GameStop, and why every squeeze eventually collides with fundamental reality.
DHFL: When a Housing Lender's Equity Went to Zero
The story of how India's first financial insolvency wiped out retail investors who mistook a collapsing stock price for a bargain.
The Paytm IPO: Priced for a Different Era
How India's largest public listing at the time lost 75% of its value in a year, offering a vital lesson on valuation and global interest rates.
SVB and Credit Suisse: Bank Runs at Smartphone Speed
Balance-sheet risks are visible long before a run, and when panic strikes, the fine print of your investments matters more than yield ever did.
The Adani Short-Seller Shock: Lessons in Float and Valuation
How a single short-seller report erased over $100 billion in market value, proving that fragility is always baked in during the run-up.
The Liquidity Illusion: India's 2024 Small-Cap Stress Test
What happens when the exit door is too small? The story of the 2023-24 Indian small-cap rally and the regulatory wake-up call that redefined risk.
Zee-Sony: When a Done Deal Died (2021–2024)
Why buying a stock for an approved merger is a bet on paperwork, and how the eventual collapse exposed the deep operational erosion underneath.
The 1992 Harshad Mehta Scam: When Borrowed Billions Fuelled a Bubble
When prices are driven by borrowed money rather than business value, the unwind is only a matter of time — always ask WHO is buying and with WHOSE money.