'If you are invested in mid-cap and small-cap stocks, even if you are making losses right now, it is better to sell them now and sit on cash.'
'12250 should be considered a reasonable level to re-enter into the market.'
Capital goods, realty and power stocks led from the front while losses in oil & gas heavyweights offset the gains.
'This is a good time to restructure your portfolio because the sectors and stocks that performed in the last bull market may not perform as much now.'
The common Indian is already under pressure from rising inflation, investments giving poor returns and lower salary hikes too!
Sensex opened at 25,817 levels, 47 points down.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India's decision to subject all Nifty and Sensex companies to a peer review of their accounting statements, may not be a bad idea, if some pitfalls are avoided.
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the benchmark Sensex crossing 8000 level was not a cause for "worry or concern" but advised investors to take informed decision.
'When fund managers talk of being bullish for the long term, they assume strong economic growth.' 'That is what they have assumed every year, naively believing the pronouncements and promises of ministers.' 'Unfortunately, they have been wrong year after year,' observes Debashis Basu, editor, www.moneylife.in.
The bull market peak came in March 2015, at a Nifty intra-day value of 9,119.
Experts find it difficult to predict a bottom for the bourses.
A large proportion of passive funds has beaten actively managed large-cap funds with average one-year category returns for large-cap at 10.2 per cent
Investors should look at actively managed funds, says Devangshu Datta.
Investors were focussed on the RBI's monetary policy review on Tuesday which will give an insight into its inflation and rates outlook.
A normal monsoon, softer interest rates and inflation, pent-up demand, along with mild budgetary support may help growth pick up in coming quarters.
One risk of investing in a very low-cost ETF is if a fund house runs it at below cost, it could close it if it fails to attract institutional money
The bigger worry is that the miss for FY19 is likely to be significant even after assuming macro factors such as crude oil prices, rupee, input costs, and interest rates, do not worsen from the current levels, reports Vishal Chhabria.
References to the stock market occur in popular discourse only when the market is overheated and normal middle class people are entering stocks with an unhealthy short-term perspective, says Devangshu Datta.
The Nifty and Sensex traded close to their respective all-time highs.
HDFC and HUL are the latest entrants in the club
If rate cuts are fully transmitted, and RBI continues to cut rates in 2016, and earnings growth picks up as well, current valuations may be justified. Otherwise, equity will remain over-valued, says Devangshu Datta.
Aam Aadmi Party will impact companies directly connected to Delhi.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
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