Demand will be weak, and there are too many news pegs pushing share prices lower.
As traders obsessively follow US presidential elections, expect a surge in case of a change of guard in the Oval Office.
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While slowing earnings growth has seen the ratio fall to 64%, more reforms, lower interest rates could improve the equation.
Analysts believe that investors will remain cautious this week ahead of results of HDFC and Infosys.
Some state-run banks made 10,000-13,000 per cent gains on their holdings in the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) after the latter commodity bourse made an impressive listing on Friday.
Real issue at the moment is low demand in recessive economies.
More pain likely, say analysts, with gloomy demand scenario and slowing economy.
India's weight in the emerging market portfolios of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) has risen by about 100 basis points in June to 7.96 per cent as compared to May.
In a market economy, the health of the personal transportation industry is linked to the economic health of the nation. However, the health of a specific auto-player is not that crucial.
Importantly, after the interest rate rises by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the recent past, there is a high probability of corporate India getting hit on profits.
Companies together have lost about Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) in market value since the arrest of former telecom minister, A Raja, leading to historically low valuations.
The outlook on rupee is bearish as well. But a turnaround can lead to stock market recovery.
One way to seek short-term returns is of course, to ride the trend South by shorting judiciously. That is not a game most investors are happy to play.
The classic answers are to cut exposure to medium-and-long-term debt funds as well as financial stocks.
Management quality and issue price are key concerns for investors; over 60 per cent of the issues this financial year are trading below issue price.
Some recent forecasts suggest further weakness in the US economy.
The pattern of a very strong foreign institutional investors buying that over-compensated for selling by the domestic institutions continued. Incidentally, Indian operators and retail traders are also net sellers.
While experts suggest that the outlook remains positive, there is also a need to be cautious due to the sharp rise in prices and the fact that markets have already started to factor in 2011-12 earnings.
A fundamental analyst pegs a PE as "high", "low", or "fair-value", depending on EPS projections. Fair-value is a subjective calculation, based on earnings expectations and interest rates (the benchmark of risk-free returns). The theory is that PE will correct from the high or low end to fair-value.
