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ETMarkets Smart Talk| Fed, dollar, crude, rupee: The four-way squeeze Indian markets need to watch, Sachin Shah decodes

24 Sept 2026 · Economic Times Markets

In this episode of ETMarkets Smart Talk, Sachin Shah, Executive Director and Fund Manager at Emkay Investment Managers, decodes the four-way interaction between the Fed, dollar, crude and rupee—and explains what it could mean for Indian equities, capital flows and valuations.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.