{"podcast":{"title":"Daybreak","slug":"daybreak-5886514","podcast_index_feed_id":5886514,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/daybreak-3e66db67-ddb3-4cd3-9ba9-460bd586dcbb","website_url":"https://the-ken.com/podcasts/daybreak/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Rt-MphGW4guEnb5R-2LjdE-AT6d9TYlATK0FInBEFEo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ODhl/ZWM4NmEwZTcxZjZk/MDRlYjAzNTNkMjJi/ZGQ2YS5wbmc.jpg","author":"The Ken","episode_count":769,"summary":"Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful. Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T12:21:28.397658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514"},"episode":{"title":"LIC has lost its throne to SIPs. It’s still the smartest investor in the room","slug":"lic-has-lost-its-throne-to-sips-it-s-still-the-smartest-investor-in-the-room","published_at":"2026-06-09T01:22:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514/lic-has-lost-its-throne-to-sips-it-s-still-the-smartest-investor-in-the-room","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/0b59c17a","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/0b59c17a/8d80521d.mp3","summary":"Every month, millions of Indians pay their LIC premium without a second thought. What they don't realise is that money is quietly buying up India's most beaten-down stocks — the ones foreign investors are dumping, the ones mutual funds won't touch, the ones everyone else is running from. For decades, LIC was the only institution large enough to hold Indian markets together during a sell-off. That role now has company. SIP money has grown into a second pillar of domestic support, and LIC's grip on the market is loosening. But its investing instincts? Still the sharpest in the room. Tune in. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.","meta_description":"Every month, millions of Indians pay their LIC premium without a second thought. What they don't realise is that money is quietly buying up India's most b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":607,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daybreak-5886514/episodes/lic-has-lost-its-throne-to-sips-it-s-still-the-smartest-investor-in-the-room/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daybreak-5886514/lic-has-lost-its-throne-to-sips-it-s-still-the-smartest-investor-in-the-room.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}