'Earnings revival could be two quarters away.'
'Four times in Indian history, in 1992, 2000, 2007 and now, markets are at 25 times price-earnings.'
Every housing finance company, and every bank with a large housing finance exposure, will see loss of volumes in this quarter.
A Ganesh Nadar speaks to onion farmers in Nashik, India's largest wholesale onion market, about the high prices.
Fund managers weren't too worried in 2014, as it was a year of positive surprises.
While enjoying long-awaited economic good times - and hoping they will last as long as possible - some caution and some prudence might be the best protection against bad surprises, says Claude Smadja.
Be a disciplined investor for attractive returns, says fund managers.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Opt for an affordable house on a metro's periphery, invest and wait it out.
Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.
In an online chat with readers on August 10, Vidya Bala, Vidya Bala, head of mutual fund research at FundsIndia, answered their queries. For hose who missed the chat, here is the transcript.
And here's how not to make them...
During the dot-com bubble, it had touched a high of 1.9.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
This Father's Day, surprise your father by gifting him a smartphone.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
Jim Rogers' decision not to invest now is not India-specific, but has to do with the problems relating to how the major global economies are shaping up.
What investing can you do with just Rs 100? Well, you can become a crorepati, says Vatsal Ramaiya
The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70
'We are hoping by March, the government allows us to export and give it to the private market.'
I would advise at least a 7 year investment time frame for Equity Investing
Balanced funds are suitable for investors who have low-risk appetite or are new to equities.Those with more than seven-year investment horizon should look at funds that have higher equity exposure.
While rising food inflation is a matter of grave concern for a significant chunk of the population and for policy makers as well, it marks a turnaround in the fortunes of the farmer, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.
There isn't much Budget could do directly to help sectors.
A strong set of industrial output numbers for January provided the perfect backdrop to reap more dividends, with the IIP having expanded 2.7 per cent year-on-year.
RBI's tricky strategy to ease market's pre-Fed jitters.
'Amul has never replaced premium ingredients with cheap ones.'
You can look at equity-oriented balanced funds.
A young Mumbai artist brings the city alive.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
'As a society, we are very intolerant to failures which is contrary to entrepreneurship because all entrepreneurs will not succeed.'
'Worse disasters -- both natural and man-made -- have come and gone in our country. We are here because our ancestors and we survived.'
The JV, Voltbek Home Appliances, aims to take on LG, Samsung as well as home-grown players such as Godrej among others head on with a slew of products that hopes to combine the best of both worlds -- European technology and design, with Indian pricing and delivery.
Around 275,000 migrant labourers and their family members have returned to the state. According to the state government, this number could exceed 1 million by the end of this month. As the NDA government in Bihar is scheduled to face polls at the end of this year, providing livelihoods to these people is on the top Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's agenda.
Irdai's push will make insurance cheaper for consumers and enable a consolidated view of all policies.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
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Stock market investors on Friday became richer by over Rs 1 lakh crore as the share market rose and the benchmark Sensex galloped to a new closing high enthused by the clear win of Narendra Modi-led BJP in Lok Sabha polls.
He increasingly looks like a manager unable to cope with the modern tactical realities of football. His display of a fear of failure has been appalling to watch. But Mourinho getting the sack at this juncture will hardly solve the problem, says Dhruv Munjal.
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