Two stock market experts discuss their wishlists for Union Budget 2017 with Rediff.com's Aslam Hunani.
'In the next one-and-a-half, two months you'll get decent amount of opportunities in the mid-cap and small-cap sector at lower levels.'
RCap had proprietary investment book of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) as on end-March and owns stake in a host of companies.
'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.'
Experts feel oil prices will remain volatile with an upward bias.
Minimum investment size under portfolio management services may be raised, so that small players can avoid risk.
Sensex to end this year at 27,500 and reach 29,000 by mid 2016.
Investors should take this opportunity to look at asset allocation and realign their portfolio.
High retail concentration in small companies; many left to fend for themselves in penny stocks
Tendering the shares in an open offer will lead to higher taxation.
Trading in Samvat 2074 on Thursday got off to a rocky start, with the benchmark indices ending more than half a percent lower and the gauge for banking stocks dropping 1.25%.
Liquidity pushed benchmark indices 22% higher to become the best performing equity market globally
'Tata Steel has doubled, Tata Motors has more than doubled, and Tata Chemicals too has more than doubled.' 'So, Cyrus Mistry was getting accepted by the market for bringing in the change that was good for the group companies.'
According to technical analysts, the Nifty could trade in the range between 7,400 and 7,700.
'This fall is nothing. We could see worse if everybody hits the panic button.'
Market experts poohpooh fears of capital flight from India.
'I have been advising investors since the last couple of months to at least take their capital out.' 'Most of the people have made 50-60 per cent in the market, if not more, they must at least take their capital out.'
Even as the Indian benchmarks, the BSE Sensex and Nifty 50, crumbled over three per cent today, experts are optimistic about the Indian economy and believe investors can still make 30 per cent plus returns in 2015
Independent market analyst Ambareesh Baliga points out the red flags that retail investors should not have ignored and lists three scenarios -two of these scenarios offer a glimmer of hope to retail shareholders of Yes Bank - that could play out in the coming days.
Offloading shares in ONGC, CIL, NHPC may fetch govt more than the year's target.
Market experts on why the bulls will be on the rampage first thing on Monday after the scrapping of enhanced surcharge on FPIs and other measures to ease the systemic liquidity squeeze and boost demand. Prasanna D Zore reports.