'Investors should not commit fresh money to these stocks right now, unless they can hold for the next three to four years.'
Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and his family's net worth in listed companies surges in the recent bull run.
Experts say going ahead data price will fall further due to competition
Using buyback as a divestment tool is not new, the amount raised this year is phenomenally high.
Time opportune, with market buoyancy and entry of new entities
The bourse's valuations may get a boost, as it gets set for its OFS of about Rs 10,000 crore.
On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace
'If an investor wants to clone an ace investor's portfolio, s/he will be better off cloning the entire portfolio rather than cherry picking stocks selectively.'
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
The markets will be eyeing the amendments.
Flipkart will need $2 bn annual profit to make Walmart investment viable, which will mean yearly revenue of $100 bn
Short sellers may capitalise on the weak sentiment owing to the dispute between co-founders Rana Kapoor and Madhu Kapur.
The buyout will cost LIC about Rs 100 billion, based on the Rs 248 billion market capitalisation of IDBI Bank as on Friday, and assuming it acquires a 40 per cent equity stake from the government.
Analysts expect inflation to peak in the first half of 2016-17 and moderate, thereafter, on the back of positive impact of monsoons
Analysts expect structural risks such as risk to voice revenues, steep correction in data realisations, capex spend and rise in churn and subsequent increase in costs to continue in the medium term
Total net debt-equity ratio improves for third consecutive year, while investment in new projects hits a 10-year low, says Krishna Kant.
ICICI Bank was the top loser along with index heavyweights RIL, ITC and HDFC.
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
Indian companies have raised $1 billion so far this year - almost four times what they raised last year.
FMCG has been behaving unlike a defensive category in recent quarters.
From MRF to Shree Cement: 23 companies which delivered 30% CAGR in 15 years.
Government has forecast annual economic growth to rise to 7.4%.
The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
Have conviction in your bets and use stop-loss as a defence mechanism to curtail losses.
Participants will keenly watch fate of GST Bill in Parliament.
Double whammy for consumer firms, where the top line will remain subdued due to demonetisation and margins will squeeze owing to a crude oil spike and rupee depreciation, reports Viveat Susan Pinto/Business Standard from Mumbai.
Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.
12 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.
The outcome is beyond the market's expectation and will be a sentimental boost, say analysts.
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
Did top Indian business groups miss the e-commerce opportunity by focusing on replicating the Walmart model instead of following the Amazon model of online shopping?
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
FY16 saw the highest number of new product launches in a year from Maruti
Analysts expect the indices to dip further if the global macros do not stabilise
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