What's New

• New article: Creating a Monthly Money Routine: Weekly and Monthly Check-Ins — two short scripts (a 10-minute weekly check-in and a 30–45 minute monthly review) anchored to your salary, SIP, and EMI dates so reviewing your money actually becomes a habit.
• The briefing card now shows how today's opening bias compares to the previous session — e.g. "up from +21 last session" — so returning each morning gives you the move at a glance.
• The dashboard now reads more cleanly on smaller phone screens, with a tighter indicator layout and right-sized gauge.

• New article: 11 Common Budgeting Mistakes Indians Make (and How to Fix Them) — from budgeting on CTC instead of take-home to lifestyle inflation and the March tax scramble, with a concrete fix for each.
• The dashboard now has a memory: a compact bias-trend strip showing how the opening bias — and pure global-cue sentiment — has moved across recent sessions, right on the briefing card.
• The pre-open indicators are now grouped by story — US overnight, Asia live, and India setup — so it's easier to read at a glance where the mood is coming from.
• Added a countdown-to-open chip so you always know how long until the 9:15 IST open.

• New article: How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be in India? — how many months to target based on your situation, how to calculate your real monthly essentials, and where to actually keep the money.

• New article: Why USD/INR, Crude, and Global Markets Matter To Your Indian Portfolio.
• The homepage's opening-bias trend chart is now real, not illustrative — it's built from actual daily data and now shows two independent reads side by side: the full opening-bias call, and a second line for what pure overseas market sentiment alone is saying, so you can see whether India is tracking or diverging from the global mood.
• Started quietly logging how the market actually opens each day against that morning's call — the beginning of a public track record. Not published yet; check back soon.

• Launched the Learn hub with 5 educational articles — covering money basics, budgeting, investing 101, GIFT NIFTY, and a pre-market playbook.
• Added About, Privacy, Terms, and Contact pages.
• Site infrastructure improvements to support the ads that help keep Market Compass free.

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