Financial analyst Deepak Shenoy advises investors to abandon market predictions for 2026, citing 2025's unpredictable events like 50% US tariffs, a 10% rupee depreciation, and a 0.7% inflation rate, which surprisingly did not cause a market crash. Instead, Indian markets rose 10%, driven by large caps, despite negative median stock returns. Shenoy emphasizes responding to market changes rather than predicting them, noting a global shift towards protectionism and localization. He suggests India's strength lies in its large domestic consumption, enabling local production for local demand.