Issue of 2nd Feb-8th Feb 2026
LEAD ARTICLE
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Wealth Creators 2015-2025: Part 6 – Top-301-Top-400
Welcome to the sixth part of our Wealth Creators (WC) series, where we continue to track and analyse companies that have compounded shareholder wealth consistently over the long term. In the earlier instalments, we built a structured framework to understand how sustained wealth creation unfolds in equity markets. Part-1 introduced the top...
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| 6th February 2026
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STOCKS
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OneSource Specialty Pharma: Navigating a Transition Year amid Capacity Expansion
OneSource Specialty Pharma (OneSource) is focused on manufacturing biologics, complex injectables and oral soft-gelatin capsules. It aims to become one of India’s top-5 pure-play contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) companies, leveraging growing global demand for...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 6th February 2026
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Craftsman Automation Operating Margin Expands as Powertrain EBIT Jumps 32%, Industrial Segment Turns Profitable
Craftsman Automation Ltd (CAL) is a versatile engineering company that caters to automotive and industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With a strong presence in various segments, the automotive sector contributes 73% of CAL’s total revenue. CAL is the largest player involved in...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 5th February 2026
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Jindal Drilling Posts Q3 Loss after Reversing ₹100 Crore ONGC Receivables
Jindal Drilling & Industries Ltd (JDIL), a part of the DP Jindal group, has been a key player in offshore drilling (80% revenue, as of FY23-24) and related services, since 1989. With over three decades of experience, JDIL has forged strong relationships with India's major upstream...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 4th February 2026
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Vardhaman Steel: On Track for Capacity Expansion, Aichi Partnership and Margin Upside
Vardhman Special Steel Ltd (VSSL), which been in the steel business since 1973, is currently among India’s leading steel bar producers for automotive applications and offers specialised products that include steel bars & rods, bright bars of various categories of special and alloy...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 4th February 2026
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Will the Lemon Tree Hotels Demerger Unlock Value? A Deep Dive
Lemon Tree Hotels (Lemon Tree) has established itself as India's largest hotel chain in the mid-market and economy segments, operating a total of132 (43 owned and 89 third-party ownership) with approximately 11,770 rooms across the country, as of December 2025. Its brand portfolio spans...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 3rd February 2026
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ASK Automotive: Poised for Margin Expansion and Product Diversification
ASK Automotive (ASK) is the largest manufacturer of brake-shoe and advance braking systems (ABS) for two-wheeler (2W) original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in India, holding approximately 50% of the market share in FY22-23, in terms of production volume. Over time, it has expanded into aluminium...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 3rd February 2026
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CROSSHAIRS
Economy & Nation
India’s Tourism Paradox: Grand Ambitions, Gridlocked Reality
Budget 2026 sends out a strong signal that India finally recognises how we are losing the global tourism race, despite extraordinary cultural diversity, wealth of historical monuments and scenic beauty. Not only are we not attracting foreign tourists, Indians themselves are flocking to Southeast...
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BUSINESS
Economy & Nation
Business This Week
In the Union Budget of 2026-27, special assistance to states for capital investment has been boosted by 28.5% to ₹1.85 lakh crore. Nearly 50% of capital expenditure (capex) will be directed towards roads and railways, with initiatives aimed at lowering logistics costs under the Viksit Bharat...
Moneylife Digital Team
| 6th February 2026
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MARKET
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Market This Week
India’s equity markets are witnessing a structural decoupling as domestic liquidity increasingly insulates the bourse from a cooling of foreign appetite. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have significantly retreated from the primary market during the first 10 months of FY25-26, with...
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| 6th February 2026
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MUTUAL FUNDS
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Best & Worst Mutual Fund Schemes
The best three and the worst three mutual fund schemes over the past three years ranked by their quarterly rolling returns. Premium members get access to a more refined list of top schemes by logging into Moneylife Advisory.
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| 6th February 2026
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CONSUMER ISSUES
Consumer Interest
Fraud Alert: Output Is Cheap, Judgment Isn’t — The AI Agents’ Moltbook Case
It began, as many turning points do, with a strangely honest confession. Aditya Agarwal, one of Facebook’s earliest engineers and a former chief technology officer (CTO) of Dropbox, posted on X that he had spent a weekend writing code with Claude, an AI model. His conclusion was blunt:...
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STOCKGRADER
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Moneylife Stockgraders
Guidelines
1. The Grader captures the three factors that determine investments: valuation, returns and price strength. Our grader captures these...
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| 6th February 2026
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MONEY FACTS
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Weekly Moneylife Indices & Sector Trends
INDIAN MARKET TRENDS
From 30th January to 5 February 2026, ML Mid-cap Index and ML Small-cap Index rose 3% each. ML Large-cap Index rose 2%. ML Mega-cap Index rose 1%. The NIFTY and the Sensex rose 1% each. ML Micro-cap Index ended flat.
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| 6th February 2026
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