The market is moving up because there is a high degree of speculative retail and operator action. This is rarely a situation sustainable for any lengthy period, says Devangshu Datta.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
What was the fraud? Why did Sebi drag its feet on the order? What options does RIL have now? Samie Modak explains these and more.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In their short history, Gold ETFs have been quite successful in capturing investors' fancy. It must be noted that while ETFs as investment avenues may not be very popular among investors, it is the Gold ETFs segment wherein the interest is palpable. The fact remains that Gold ETFs are like any other investment avenues and have their fair share of pros and cons. This in turn highlights the need for investors to properly evaluate the Gold ETF option.
'If I close my housing loan, are there any investment avenues (the investment should provide liquidity) to save tax?'
There is positive correlation between crude oil prices and Indian equities and investors can expect more upside after the recent rally in Brent crude price.
Adani Enterprises plans to invest a total of $25 billion in the next five years.
Indexation is a technique to adjust tax payments by employing a price index which adjusts for inflation
Anti-corruption-activist-turned -politician Arvind Kejriwal has emerged as the 'new theme' for stock market traders.
Markets finished the session on a dismal note with Sensex closing at its lowest level since August 2014.
Knowing these will save you from taking undue risks, losses and also create wealth in the long run, says Dwaipayan Bose.
For this quarter, the yearly and quarterly charts indicate strong support for the Sensex.
Equity benchmarks erased early gains after realty, capital goods, teck, auto, PSU, IT, power and bankex counters came under selling pressure, falling up to 1.28 per cent.
The NSE Nifty after shuttling between 10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points, ended 47 points, or 0.45 per cent lower at 10,301.05.
Officials said Sebi is closely in touch with RBI on the market developments.
The markets have been unable to sustain at higher levels as a rise in bond yields globally, especially in the US have dented sentiment. Surging commodity prices, especially crude oil that have now hit $70 a barrel (Brent) coupled with inflation woes and fear of sporadic lockdown across major economic hubs back home as Covid cases rise have chased the bulls away. In the short-term, analysts expect the markets to remain volatile as they react to news flow - both from overseas and developments back home. Investors, they say, need to keep a tab on how the US treasury yields move, which in turn will have a ripple effect on how big money moves across developed (DMs) and emerging markets (EMs), including India.
Don't panic and sell when the markets fall or get into the market only when it is on a run. By doing that you defeat yourself.
As on March 31, 2019, while the promoter group's stake, including individual promoter shareholders as well as group investment firms, stood at 42.71 per cent, it fell to 38.39 per cent on Tuesday.
VIX is meant to indicate investors' perception of the annual market volatility over the next 30 calendar days. The higher the value, the higher is the expected volatility and vice versa. VIX touched its historical peak of 85.13 on November 17, 2008, in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In the past five years, it has stayed below 30.
Forex experts said the dollar index, a gauge of six major global rivals, was marginally up ahead of US non-farm payroll data later in the evening while New York crude oil was quoting below USD 91 a barrel in Europe today.
To prevent rise in air pollution levels, oil marketing companies and thermal power units were planning to procure stubble from farmers to make bioethanol and promote the central government's 'Agricultural Mechanization' for crop residue management. But both have seen minimal success.
This is the index's biggest single-day fall in almost a month
Sensex lost 184 points to trade at 23,878 and the Nifty has dropped 55 points to quote at 7,254.
Investors who cannot manage an asset-allocated portfolio or rebalance regularly, or do not have an advisor, may opt for these funds, but only after a detailed study of their strategy, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
India's real estate industry staged a rebound from 2020's downturn, with housing sales seen rising by over 50 per cent. The performance, though short of pre-COVID levels, has property developers hoping for stronger gains in the New Year and the beginning of a long upcycle. A strong foundation has been laid this year for revival in the Indian real estate sector, which is projected to reach $1 trillion mark by 2030 from $200 billion in the pre-pandemic year.
'My sense is that we should be braced for a correction.' 'It has already begun in the mid-caps for the past month, and will now spread to larger stocks as well.' 'Use the correction to upgrade the quality of your portfolio,' advises Akash Prakash.
The Nifty slipped below the 1,800 levels, and lost 41 points to close at 1,769.
Q3 results have been poor but better than extremely low expectations.
The Nifty PSU Bank pared losses to end flat after falling as much as 1.05%
Even investors with sums as low as Rs 1,000 per month can start their investment journey.
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
As many as 142 stocks from the S&P BSE500 index are currently trading below their level of May 12, 2014
41 companies take back shares worth Rs 27,783 crore in FY17
The government plans to bring down its stake to 26 per cent in these two banks, which are yet to be identified. This may not come in the way of getting investors for these banks, provided the government is willing to step back rather than run them the way it had been doing for over five decades since these banks were nationalised, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Tax Guru Anil Rego answers your personal income tax queries.
Short term markets should remain volatile, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
It's also important to understand the rationale behind choosing particular stocks and when to sell.
Nifty ends above 8,600; Tata Motors, RIL top leaders
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