Sensex valuation has fallen below historical averages, now lags underlying earnings & dividend growth.
Many firms' debt far exceeds their market capital.
Most have seen decline in cash reserves and deterioration in financial ratios in recent years.
Interview with chief investment strategist, Reliance Capital.
Interview with Richard Rekhy, chief executive officer of KPMG India.
Results for the quarter ended December showed how the actual results for many large companies turned out to be worse than analysts' estimates.
It will improve the purchasing power of many buyers, but high interest payout will be a deterrent.
As demand slows down, companies would rather consolidate operations than go for aggressive capital expenditure.
Telcos' m-cap rises Rs 11,286 crore; Bharti, RCom lead.
Their accumulated debt stood at Rs 1,85,720 crore in March.
Loans and advances account for nearly a quarter of the assets of India's top realty firms.
Investing in AA paper broadens choice but exposes policyholders to risk
In the past month, when the Essel Group started picking up shares of the company, IVRCL's stock has risen 31 per cent, a rare feat in a market where infrastructure stocks have been suffering due to slow movement in projects and high interest burden.
There could possibly be some reduction in home/auto loan outgo.
Higher returns, more liquidity draw individual investors to savings accounts.
Till October 14 this year, FIIs were net sellers in equities at Rs 1,132 crore (Rs 11.32 billion) while their debt exposure stood at Rs 20,029 crore (Rs 200.29 billion). This is the first time since 2008 that FIIs are net sellers in equities.
For home buyers in Noida Extension things have just gone worse. While banks have decided not to disburse loans to residential properties in the area, including those that had no litigation against them, builders are threatening to charge a penalty if payments are not made according to the existing contracts.
Sebi had acted against 10 brokerages after over 10,000 investors failed to get shares in last year's Coal India IPO in spite of legitimate applications.
This makes stock-picking by retail investors difficult, but market experts say they need to understand that institutional players do not have a cookie-cutter approach to investing.
Bank to argue with the Reserve Bank that new norms don't apply to floating rate schemes.
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