Better supply management and check on hoarding should be able to prevent food price spikes
UBS Wealth Management Americas, Bank of America's Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley all employ several retired Olympic athletes.
According to a research note by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, while foreign institutional investors' holding in Sensex has gone up to the highest level in last eight years, while LIC and domestic MFs were net sellers.
According to the report, the December inflation will likely continue to peak off to 7.3 per cent.
In a repeat of the previous year's results, the US bank came ahead of rivals Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi, which all tied for second place, according to industry analytics firm Coalition.
According to the global investment banking major, RBI will increasingly switch to supporting growth from exclusively fighting inflation.
The Finance Minister promised a 0.6 per cent reduction in the fiscal deficit every year to bring the deficit to 3 per cent by 2016-17 without raising tax rates.
It can be recalled that the market saw a massive 15.9 per cent sell-off in May 2004 after the surprise defeat of the NDA and a 15 per cent sensex rally after the emphatic re-election of the United Progressive Alliance in May 2009.
Foreign brokerage Bank of America Merrill Lynch said they expect the headline inflation to rise to 3.3 per cent in May, but added that it is within the 2-6 per cent range which the government has set for the RBI.
BofA-ML global fund manager study says investors 11% underweight on Indian stocks in November, down from about 5% in the previous month.
According to a research report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, there has been a sea change in interest in India post the reforms announced last week that included allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and the civil aviation sector.
BofAML said the market impact of the budget has been reducing since most reforms, such as the recent rail fare and freight increase, don't wait for the budget.
Analysts at foreign brokerage Bank of America Merrill Lynch said the RBI will cut rates by 0.25 per cent in December, and follow it up with a 0.15 per cent in February.
The American investment bank also upgraded the stocks of both these companies to 'buy' from 'underperform', saying improving industry trends such as signs of ticket price hikes and reduced capacity will improve profitability.
Investors more overweight on India compared to other emerging markets says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Analysts believe that new companies getting into banking space will look at acquiring old private banks. Following this view, there has been a significant rally in banking stocks.
The report further said that confidence is improving, while risk aversion is falling and has upgraded industrial production to neutral from negative.
The meeting with foreign investors assumes significance as the government is undertaking host of reform initiatives to attract investment.
The price range and size are yet to be determined, according to the term sheet, which also did not specify the timeframe.
These investments will be targeted at petrochemicals, exploration and production and telecom businesses.
While RBI is likely to cut repo rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, the government is also expected to push reform initiatives like increasing FDI limit in insurance sector in the Budget session, it added.
The ugly underbelly of the policies of economic liberalisation followed over the last two decades has been crony capitalism at its worst.
BofA Merrill also upgrades its price objectives for private banks, retaining ICICI Bank Ltd as its top pick, and HDFC Bank Ltd and Axis Bank Ltd as its 'preferred' names.
Ashishkumar Chauhan says that the exchange is seeking a valuation of about $1 billion.
Despite all the negative news, markets may not see a major correction or appreciation from the current levels.
A rate cut by the Reserve Bank is likely to help the rupee, which today hit a record low of 57.54 versus dollar, says a Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) report.
The Reserve Bank of India has already reduced the policy rate by a total of 75 basis points, or 0.75 per cent, since January.
Fiscal cliff top concern and emerging markets a preferred region for investing, findings suggest.
The rupee on Tuesday fell to a two-month low of 54.78 against the US dollar.
Banks' loans are set to grow at the slowest pace in a decade this financial year, as companies continue to shy away from borrowing in the current uncertain macro-economic environment.
According to a research report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, despite better rains the growth forecast for this fiscal is likely to be around 5.6 per cent.
Rising risk levels in emerging markets and the recovery of the global market is prompting investors to shift their investments to developed markets.
Goldman cut India's growth estimates to 6.6 per cent from 7.2 per cent for the fiscal year ending March 2013, while BofA revised its forecast to 6.5 per cent from 6.8 per cent.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs International, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and UBS have confirmed their commitment to the FSA Rule and the supporting Code on remuneration practices. These were published in August and would come into force on January 1, 2010 (and cover payments for performance year 2009).
According to BofA-ML, the rupee volatility raises near term risk to inflation and to a rate cut this month.
According to the financial services major, FY13 Sensex EPS has been downgraded from Rs 1,510 to Rs 1,175, and FY14 Sensex EPS is likely to be downgraded to below Rs 1,300.
According to the global investment banking major, the RBI will continue to gradually shift its focus to reviving growth from exclusively fighting inflation since 2010 and is likely to cut rates in June by 25bp, and by 50bp in March 2014 quarter.
Global financial majors, who until recently viewed India as a safe investment decision, are having second thoughts.
Expectes RBI Governor to announce 0.25 per cent rate cut.
The brokerage expects single-digit returns from the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex with year-end target of 18,000. The Sensex has fallen almost 8 per cent in the last seven trading sessions because of global liquidity tightening.
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