'Our preference remains for the less-expensive industrial stocks, which are showing good earnings momentum.'
The listing day gain-to-loss ratio for FY21 was 71 per cent, the highest since FY17, when it was 85 per cent.
The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on November 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Born in Araria, Bihar, Roy was 30 when he set up Sahara in 1978. He started with a capital of about Rs 2,000, a peon, a clerk and his father's Lambretta scooter in Gorakhpur, eastern Uttar Pradesh, writes Tamal Bandyopadhyay in his 2014 book, Sahara: The Untold Story. Sahara was not his first venture.
Inflation trajectory, domestically as also globally, is what will shape the economy, and therefore the market, over the next couple of quarters.'
Mutual funds aspirants have the option of snapping up smaller AMCs or applying for a new licence.
'The only thing that is safe right now are government securities.'
'The velocity of the market correction in September was so fierce that 9 stocks declined for every one that advanced,' reveals Samie Modak.
'Yet the market didn't do all that badly because it was cushioned by domestic inflows.'
'Extensive thought has been put in, and we have pondered over each and every suggestions and demands received from our members.'
'The potential headwind is that the Indian economy is likely to see a slowdown in growth rates over the next two years.'
'Sebi has to make sure that investor interests are protected and at the same time, there isn't over-regulation so that companies don't get discouraged to list here.'
Experts said banking is a play on the economy and the latest buying into this space is underpinned by hopes of a sharper-than-expected recovery in the economy.
Sebi also plans to examine if any comments made by company officials or the bankers could have misled investors.
The number of issues were the lowest since FY15, compared to 45 in FY18.
Once stability returns to the secondary market, companies that have obtained approval from Sebi will start tapping the market.
'Indian macro conditions have never been better, and many businesses will safely compound earnings over the next five years.'
'The first half of 2019 could be volatile.' 'In the second half, volatility inducing events should be largely behind us.'
'The markets haven't corrected, that doesn't mean that they will only go up and up.'
75 companies can dole out Rs 1.1 trillion from the 'extra cash' to shareholders.
Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO of BSE, says it is prudent for investors to deal with more than one exchange as a risk management strategy.
'I can tell shareholders we're going to be very responsible with our capital, we're going to be absolutely execution focused.'
The most sought-after IPOs of 2017-2018 reap handsome gains for investors, but will IPOs this year do well after listing?
The market last tumbled 10% or more in December 2016 following demonetisation. The decline was followed by a sharp rebound. This time the chances of such a v-shaped recovery are less.
The markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), recently introduced fresh guidelines to determine the place of a mutual fund (MF) on its riskometer tool.
'For the next two years, we expect the bulk of earnings growth contribution from sectors like financials and energy, where the outlook remains positive, while the sectors which are linked to domestic consumption and are currently witnessing strains on margins have low salience for Nifty earnings.'
'We expect the bull run to continue until economic growth continues.'
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'It won't help being complacent about the momentum and valuations of equities that currently exist.'
'In the overall global portfolio, India's weighting has come down in the past seven months.'
Experts say foreign investor sentiment was bolstered by the US Federal Reserve's decision to go slow with interest rate hikes and hopes of political stability.
'Today, there is no easy money to be made after the run-up in equities.'
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed Franklin Templeton MF to pay Rs 5 crore as penalty, return over Rs 450 crore collected as 22-month investment management and advisory fees, and imposed a two-year ban on launching new debt schemes for alleged irregularities in running six of its debt schemes that were shuttered last year.
'Any normalisation exercise will bring its share of volatility.'
2017 saw the highest-ever mobilisation by way of IPOs of close to Rs 700 billion. The momentum is expected to continue this year as well.
'Slower-than-anticipated recovery can be a bigger risk this time than a liquidity-driven event -- at least for India.'
'After multiple days of losses, any relief rally is welcome. However, the trend hasn't changed.'
'India has many attractive features for the long-term investor; it combines: A low per capita income, a young population, and a heavier presence of high margin, asset-light firms in the technology sector.'
'We know that returning money to unitholders at the earliest is the first and most important step towards resurrecting our brand and regaining investor trust.'
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