Except for liquidity, which could act in favour or against the market in the short term, most market participants are bullish.
India's public debt decreased marginally to Rs 46,25,037 crore (Rs 46.25 trillion) at end-March 2014 from Rs 46,29,689 crore (Rs 46.29 trillion) at end December 2013.
Bull run in the markets is likely to continue for next 5 years, says Motilal Oswal MD.
'As the interest rates rise, people are going to say why should I be taking big risks when I can get 4 to 5 per cent in a bank account.' 'So, I think you have to change your thinking.' 'You need to look at the balance sheet, look at dividends.' 'These issues that have been ignored.'
To be fair, one year is too short a period to judge the schemes' performance.
Investors in exchange-traded funds can trade on bourses.
Debt funds have exposure of nearly Rs 8,000 crore to Zee group papers. Aditya Birla MF, HDFC MF, Franklin Templeton MF, and ICICI Prudential MF have the highest exposure, reports Samie Modak.
While the April-February deficit is pegged at 5.3 per cent of GDP, the final print may be a tad lower due to revenue push and expenditure cuts seen in March, the last month of 2013-14 fiscal year, it said.
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Gold funds have returned -5.2 per cent, while the Sensex is down 7 per cent in the past year.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 217 points to end at 25,736.
Going ahead, the likely implementation of the goods and services tax bill in July and how the monsoons play out will have a bearing on India's demand for gold and gold jewellery
While the number of international MF schemes is increasing, so is the confusion for investors.
Banks bore the brunt of the sell-off.
Over 150 people have been killed and lakhs have been stranded in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been hit by the worst floods in five decades.
Gearing up to ensure greater compliance by companies to listing agreement, NSE is planning to increase its headcount to bring in more efficacy in its oversight role as a front-line regulator of the securities market.
Going by the experience of the previous years -- when the actual proceeds from stake sale were much lower than the targets -- the government's disinvestment target for 2014-15 appears too ambitious.
FIIs pump in $1.4 billion in March, after pulling out $2.9 billion in Jan-Feb.
From restoring railway tracks to rescuing a drowning mother and her baby, and even a dog, the Indian Army and air force officers have come handy in the flood-hit areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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India's gold import bill, estimated at $3 billion in May, is seen falling further this month
For India to monetise gold, it is not the institutional depositor that policymakers must target but the average retail depositor.
Earnings growth is expected to accelerate as lingering toxic effects of note ban ease off and GST settles down. However, stock valuations are high and that means market is also overdue for correction, says Devangshu Datta.
Gold monetisation scheme will help unlock value of gold.
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Imports in 2016 expected to be lowest in 7 years but experts don't rule out a revival in demand if the yellow metal's price falls
It makes sense to wait for govt schemes such as gold bonds.
Demand to remain high with festive season ahead and ongoing price fall
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Sensex ends belowe 26,800 on domestic concerns.
Bullion may settle with limited upside potential
The Sebi Act deals with securities and the definition of securities, according to the Securities Contracts Act, doesn't include commodities.
EPFO may start investing up to five per cent of its incremental corpus in the equity market.
An index P/E of 23 implies that the market is already discounting EPS growth at 20% or more, says Devangshu Datta.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
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