While Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is up 14.9% during the year to Rs 12,381 cr, Ashish Dhawan is up 68.4% to Rs 810 cr, Ashish Kacholia is down 23.4% to Rs 515 cr, Rajiv and Dolly Khanna are down 74.6% to Rs 116 cr and Vijay Kedia is down 6.2% to Rs 294 cr.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
If 2011 is going to be a bearish year, traders could seek alternative investment and trading options.
'It is almost four years since we've seen strong growth in earnings.' 'The markets have rallied about 20 per cent in the past year, which is ahead of earnings.' 'So, the stress now will be on earnings to catch up.'
The benchmark indices have rallied 28 per cent this year, while the broader market has outperformed
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
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Sensex gains 2.4%, Nifty crosses 7,000; investors feel exit polls have vindicated their stand
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
Experts say the BSE Sensex could rise to around 32,000 in a year.
The Nifty ended with a loss of five points at 6,113.
Over the past week, the Sensex and the Nifty continued the bull-run
The Sensex closed at 20,032, up 91 points, the Nifty closed up 30 points at 6018.
Here are 10 global and domestic factors.
The biggest losers in the Sensex pack were M&M, ONGC, Vedanta, Tata Steel, L&T, HDFC, NTPC and Axis Bank, falling up to 3.04 per cent.
'The outcome of next year's assembly elections, macroeconomic indicators/corporate earnings growth and global events could keep the markets choppy.'
According to technical analysts, the Nifty could trade in the range between 7,400 and 7,700.
A total of 183 stocks rallied 10 per cent, of which 32 stocks saw price appreciation of 20 per cent each.
Decline in the rupee coupled with a slide in the crude oil prices have dented the sentiments.
There has been no reboot of the private investment cycle.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
The market breadth was weak. Out of 2990 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1080 advancing stocks as against 1848 declines.
The government will unveil the Consumer Price Index data and the Wholesale Price Index data for August on Monday.
The progress on US debt ceiling talks, domestic inflation numbers and second quarter earnings of companies are expected to keep investors busy in the truncated trading week ahead.
The year 2014 has been one of the best for investors in the equity markets.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.
Oil and gas sectot may not put up good numbers in Q4.
