Markets · Monetary policy
RBI increases repo rate to 5.5%…
The central bank raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%. Banks are expected to pass the increase on to borrowers, and a 25 bp hike would raise the EMI on a ₹50 lakh, 20-year home loan by about ₹790 a month.
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How a rate hike reaches your EMI
8.25% → 8.50%₹42,603 → ₹43,391 +₹788/mo
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In one paragraph
What is Vestmind Lens?
Vestmind Lens is an AI browser extension for Chrome that explains financial content where you read it. Select a line in a news story, an annual report or a broker note, or drag a box around a chart, a table or a paused video, and Lens draws the explanation on top of the page: highlights, arrows, the chain of cause and effect, and the calculation worked with the page's own numbers. One more click shows what the event means for your own portfolio in VestMonitor.
- Explains any selected text on a web page, in place
- Explains charts, tables and screen regions you draw a box around
- Explains paused YouTube videos from the frame and the captions around it
- Calculations worked with the numbers on the page, each labelled by where its inputs came from
- Graphs for interest rates, bond yields, SIP growth, inflation and EMIs
- Follow-up questions, Explain simply and Why does this matter?
- One click to see the impact on your portfolio in VestMonitor
- Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+Shift+V to explain, Alt+Shift+R to box a region
How it works
How to use Vestmind Lens
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Add Lens to Chrome
Install Vestmind Lens from the Chrome Web Store. It works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers on a computer, and needs no account.
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Select it, or draw a box
Highlight any text, or press and hold the left mouse button and drag a box around a chart, a table or a paused video. Lens works on the page you are already reading.
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Watch it explained, step by step
Highlights, circles, arrows, the calculation with the page's numbers substituted and the chain of cause and effect, revealed one step at a time. Ask a follow-up and the canvas changes.
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See what it means for your portfolio
One click opens VestMonitor in Event Impact mode: how the event touches your holdings, whether it changes any of your actions, and where your next rupee should go.
What it explains
What Vestmind Lens can explain
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Interest rates and RBI policy
Repo rate decisions, basis points, bond yields and the yield curve, and how a rate move reaches your EMI, your fixed deposits and your debt funds.
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Company results and valuation
Quarterly results, EBITDA and margins, P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, ROE and ROCE, worked out with the figures in the report you are reading.
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Annual reports and filings
A line in the notes to accounts, a segment table or a claim in the management commentary, explained in plain words with the numbers around it.
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Mutual funds and SIPs
SIP growth, CAGR, expense ratios and real returns after inflation, and what the numbers on a fund factsheet mean for your money.
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Bonds and fixed income
Bond prices against yields, yield to maturity, current yield and duration, and why a bond fund falls when interest rates rise.
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Markets, the economy and tax
Inflation, GDP, currency moves, budget announcements and capital gains tax, with the chain of cause and effect drawn out.
Wherever you read
Built for the way investors actually read
- News and market stories
- Annual reports and filings
- Charts and tables
- Paused YouTube videos
- Creator posts and threads
Shortcuts
Two keys, no reaching for the mouse
- AltShiftV
- Explain the selection, or the paused video
- AltShiftR
- Draw a box around a chart or region
Or click the Lens icon in your toolbar, or right-click and choose Explain with Vestmind Lens.
- Nothing in the backgroundNo passive reading and no browsing history. Lens acts only when you invoke it.
- Only what you choseThe selection and the text around it, plus a cropped screenshot when you box a chart. Screenshots are never stored.
- No login in the extensionLens never touches your Vestmind account. Your portfolio stays on vestmind.in.
Compared
Vestmind Lens compared with the alternatives
| Approach | What you get | What is missing |
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| Searching the term | A general definition of the word | The sentence you are reading, the numbers in it and why it matters now |
| Pasting it into a general AI chatbot | An explanation in another window | The page around it, the chart beside it, a check that the numbers are the page's, and your portfolio |
| Asking a broker or a friend | An opinion, sometimes tied to a product | An answer the moment you read it, and the working behind it |
| Vestmind Lens | The explanation drawn on the page, worked from the page's own numbers | It explains rather than advises: it never tells you what to buy or sell |
FAQ
Common questions about Vestmind Lens
Everything you need to know about Vestmind Lens before you install it.
Contact usWhat is Vestmind Lens?
Vestmind Lens is an AI browser extension from Vestmind. Select anything financial on a web page, or drag a box around a chart, and Lens draws the explanation on top of it: highlights, arrows, the calculation worked with the numbers on the page, and the chain of cause and effect, revealed step by step.
Is there a Chrome extension that explains financial news?
Yes. Vestmind Lens is a Chrome extension built for exactly that. Select a sentence in a financial news story, or drag a box around a chart in it, and Lens explains it on the page in plain words, with any calculation worked from the article's own numbers. It works on any news site, blog or report you can open in Chrome.
How do I install Vestmind Lens?
Open the Vestmind Lens listing in the Chrome Web Store, choose Add to Chrome and confirm. The Lens icon appears in your browser toolbar; pin it for one-click access. On first run Lens offers to show its V button on every site, and you can decline and invoke it yourself instead.
Which browsers does Vestmind Lens work in?
Lens is built for Google Chrome and installs from the Chrome Web Store. Microsoft Edge, Brave and other Chromium-based browsers can install it from the same listing, on a computer. Versions for Firefox, Safari and phones are not available yet.
Can Lens explain charts, tables and YouTube videos?
Yes. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag a box around a chart, a table or any part of the screen, or press Alt+Shift+R, and Lens reads what is inside it. On a paused YouTube video it uses the frame and the captions around that moment to explain what was being said.
Do I need a Vestmind account to use Lens?
No. Lens has no login and explains what you select without an account. An account is needed only for See implications on my portfolio, which opens VestMonitor on vestmind.in to show how the event relates to your own holdings.
What does Lens send to Vestmind?
Nothing until you ask. When you invoke Lens it sends the text you selected, the paragraph and headings around it, the page title and address and, for a chart or a video frame, a cropped screenshot of that region. The screenshot is never stored, and Lens never reads your browsing history.
How is Lens different from asking an AI chatbot?
A chatbot sees only what you paste into it. Lens reads the paragraph, headings and chart around your selection, works every calculation in code from the numbers on the page and labels where each input came from, draws the explanation on the page itself, and can show what the event means for your portfolio.
Is Vestmind Lens investment advice?
No. Lens explains what you are reading; it does not recommend buying or selling anything. Vestmind is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst, and every investment decision stays with you.
Vestmind is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst. Vestmind Lens explains; nothing it shows is personalised investment advice.
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