You asked. We answered.
Hey Folks,
Happy New Year!
If you’ve been here for a while, you know we’ve been taking your best suggestions, ideas, and advice on how we can make the newsletter better as we head into 2026. Simultaneously, in our daily editorial meetings, we were figuring out what story to write to kick off the new year. But the survey threw up a lot of questions (thank you very much!), and we thought we’d address those first. So today, we’re answering the most asked questions and suggestions you shared in our recent Readers’ Survey.
- Why has Finshots focused so heavily on IPOs over the past year?
Answer: 2025 was a record year for IPOs, with 373 listings collectively raising ₹1.95 lakh crore. Some were too big to ignore — reputed businesses like Groww, Pine Labs, Urban Company, and LG Electronics, while others, such as Lenskart and Meesho, were widely covered in the news. Irrespective of the size, buzz, or hype behind these listings, we felt it was important to cut through the clutter and bring you the facts and stories behind them, because there’s a good chance someone you know is thinking of investing their hard-earned money in these companies.
- When a big business or economic story breaks, why does it sometimes take a few days to appear on Finshots?
Answer: When big stories are still developing, we take the time to understand the situation and its nuances before publishing a full-fledged story. Often, breaking news is based on hearsay or opinions, without solid or fresh angles that help you look at the story differently. And since we aren’t a typical financial news website that repeats a story every time a new update surfaces, this extra time allows us to incorporate those updates, add deeper insights, and bring the story full circle. It also helps us present a more balanced view after fully understanding how events have unfolded.
- Can Finshots do more stories explaining major technology trends and advancements?
Answer: We’re primarily a financial newsletter, and we try to cover the major business trends in the market. But when a major technology trend does emerge, like the recent SSD and RAM price hike, we cover it in our daily newsletter. 🙂 We’ve also covered quite a few OpenAI and Nvidia stories over the past year. And with the direction AI is headed in, we’re sure there are many more stories to cover in 2026 and beyond!
- Can we see more practical personal finance stories that directly affect our money and decisions?
Answer: Thank you for your suggestions! To answer this question, there are two parts.
First, we’ve covered personal finance in a post that explains most of the generic things you might want to know if you’re trying to navigate saving money or making better financial decisions. If you haven’t read it yet, you can check it out here.
That said, and this is the second part of the answer, personal finance comes with a lot of nuance. Tailored advice depends on individual circumstances, personal information, and several other factors that need to be taken into account. That’s why the best way forward is to speak to a professional.
Having said that, we’ll continue to share generic advice that you can apply to your own situation. But for personalised guidance, we recommend consulting a registered investment advisor to keep your money safe, secure, and well invested.
Happy reading!
- Can Finshots cover more historical business case studies — stories that explain how companies or markets evolved over time?
Answer: Absolutely! We’ve done this in the past. For example, we ran an Independence Day special two years in a row, covering some of the biggest and oldest Indian companies. We’d love to bring that back. However, our focus is always on covering current developments in business and markets. That said, we’ll certainly try to incorporate more of it so you can get a deeper understanding of these topics on a regular basis.
- I love the insights, but can some stories be shorter and easier to get through on busy days?
Answer: Thank you for your suggestion. We try to keep our stories as minimal as possible. However, sometimes it’s important to provide context for certain terms or explain how things work, especially since we avoid using jargon in our writing. That’s why we occasionally go into more depth, to make sure we don’t miss out on important nuances.
- Can we meet the team?
Answer: Thank you so much for reading our stories and for expressing your interest. We’ll see what we can do about this for our dedicated readers. We’re looking forward to it.
- Can we get more newsletters in a day?
Answer: While we’d love to cover more stories in a day, we’re currently a lean team, and our editorial standards are high because we want to bring you the very best. So for now, we publish just one story a day. We do this because we prioritise quality over quantity, and we also want to make sure your notification bar isn’t bombarded with so much content that it becomes hard to absorb.
On Fridays though, we publish two newsletters. One is our daily story, and the other is Finshots Markets, which goes out later in the evening and which you can check out here.
We’ve seen how much readers love Finshots, and we’ll continue working towards consistently delivering even better-quality content.
Thank you for participating in our survey! We wish you a Happy New Year once again and hope you enjoy the stories we plan to bring you this year.
Until then…
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For the third year in a row, we present Finshots’ Current Affairs Round up 2025!
A FREE and comprehensive compilation of our most impactful financial, economic, tech and business highlights of the year is here. Get our classic 3-min reads in an easy to access PDF eBook.
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Happy Reading :)