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.
The markets are showing no signs of stability as the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak is likely to be significant for many major economies.
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
Attributing to people familiar with the plan, the Financial Times said that SEC and Federal Reserve officials were warned by Merrill Lynch about Lehman's balance sheet calculations as far back as March 2008.
The broader NSE Nifty sank 252.55 points, or 2.14 per cent, to 11,558.60.
Heavy unwinding by foreign portfolio investors and lacklustre equities dampened the sentiment
Experts say foreign investor sentiment was bolstered by the US Federal Reserve's decision to go slow with interest rate hikes and hopes of political stability.
Investor wealth on Thursday soared by Rs 1 lakh crore, triggered by heavy buying in the stock market, with the BSE benchmark Sensex surging about 382 points to close at near six-week high levels.
'Three external members of the first MPC are respected researchers with excellent academic background, but there is no harm in considering academicians with diverse backgrounds such as finance and labour along with economists for this body,' recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
There are already some signs of stress in this market.
Investors globally pulled out more than $3 billion from equity funds focused on Emerging markets including India in a week amid concerns over the US Federal Reserve's plan of curtailing its stimulus drive starting later this year.
Economists warn of the impact that a Fed rate rise could have on emerging economies.
The US Federal Reserve has retained the benchmark interest rate at near-zero level and struck an upbeat note saying that the American economy has continued to strengthen in recent months.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Tata Steel, Kotak Bank, NTPC, HDFC twins, PowerGrid and ONGC, rising up to 4.60 per cent.
Biden, 'plotting an ambitious presidency that would begin amid twin health and economic crises, is leaning on veteran advisers with high-level governmental experience rather than outsiders and ideological rivals to help guide him on subjects including the coronavirus pandemic and the country's diminished standing in the world', a report in The New York Times said.
President Donald Trump has tapped Jerome "Jay" Powell to lead the US central bank, bypassing Janet Yellen for a second term despite praising her excellent management of the world's largest economy over the past four years.
India will have to show more willingness to import, and since Biden will not encourage sale of oil and gas to bridge the gap, it means there has to be more meaningful duty reduction in other areas even if Delhi baulks at a Free Trade Agreement so soon after walking out of RCEP.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 255 points at 26,219.
As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks coupled with supportive domestic policies and the world's largest vaccination drive sparking off a world-beating rally on Dalal Street, despite bouts of uneasiness over fizzy valuations. While the wider economy shuttled between recovery and relapse, dictated by multiple mutations of the virus, equity market benchmarks appeared headed in just one direction -- skywards. The dizzying upward journey has added a whopping Rs 72 lakh crore during 2021 to investors' wealth, measured as the cumulative value of all listed shares in the country, taking it to nearly Rs 260 lakh crore.
With improvement in the housing and manufacturing sectors, the recession-hit US economy has been witnessing signs of stabilisation in recent months, the US Federal Reserve has said.
The hacking took place on the night of February 4.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 461 points to end at 25,603.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
'India is not so distant from years of high and entrenched inflationary expectations that it should start trying to play games with the economy the way the West's central bankers think they are entitled to,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
The 50-share Nifty scaled a high of 10,227.30 intra-day but succumbed to profit-booking to finish at 10,155.25
The 30-share Sensex ended down 249 points or 0.94% at 26,304 levels.
Heavyweights such as Coal India, L&T and SBI ran up losses, taking cues from overseas markets.
The recession-hit American economy is slowly witnessing signs of stabilisation, with significant reduction in the pace of GDP contraction and job losses. Going by the latest Beige Book from the US Federal Reserve, economic activity in most of the districts in the country have either improved or stabilised.
Experts recommend buying gold as the fundamentals supporting a rally have not changed.
Stock markets opening with losses too put pressure on the domestic unit.
Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies reiterate his bullish view on Indian equities on the back of a steady fall in Covid cases coupled with a sharp economic recovery in India, reports Puneet Wadhwa.
NITI is trying to partner with other knowledge institutions.
Improvements in the labour market has triggered this sentiment.
In the Sensex pack, Yes bank emerged as the biggest loser, falling 9.13 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank (6.6 per cent), HeroMotoCorp (6.01 per cent), Sun Pharma (4.79 per cent) and SBI (4.70 per cent).
The US Federal Reserve has earned a whopping $14 billion profit on loan programmes made in the last two years, says a media report.
Bank of America (BofA) Securities expects India to be the third-largest economy in the world by 2031. The economic rise could become a reality by 2028, but the Covid pandemic delayed the pace, BofA Securities economists Indranil Sen Gupta and Aastha Gudwani wrote in a report.
Despite price correction, policies that support the yellow metal will remain in place in the foreseeable future.
The account turned bad before Chaudhari took over as SBI chairman and the asset was sold to AARC following an open bidding process, months after Chaudhari retired, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'Rising Covid cases and localised lockdowns are being closely monitored.'
The local currency had gained 7 paise to close at 66.57 in Monday's trade.
