For equity investors, the risk-to-reward ratio is worsening.
India has not been able to compete with countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.
While UltraTech Cement has been the biggest value creator adding nearly Rs 99,000 crore to its market capitalisation, Grasim Industries has added around Rs 27,000 crore to its market cap.
Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 160 points to close at 25,262.
Long-term investors can stay put in the markets, but should brace for volatility
Players like UltraTech Cement more expensive than ITC and HUL; others catching up fast.
The outlook is improving and that mostly reflects the fact that the new government has pledged to prioritise economic reforms.
Does the rally reflect expectations of improving fundamentals or they are likely to correct?
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
The combination of sanctions, and low fuel prices is really hurting the Putin regime.
RBI is committed to bringing down retail inflation to eight per cent by January 2015 and six per cent by January 2016.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of rising food prices in the Lok Sabha.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
'In this country, if any government acquires one of these images -- anti-farmer, or anti-poor or corrupt -- the government doesn't survive.' 'The Modi government is fast acquiring that anti-farmer image, that is why it is nervous.'
The IMD came out with a dismaying prediction.
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
'As he has no executive track record, so far, he is all talk and hence essentially a braggart and a bigot.' 'That he is described as the 'Trump of the tropics' should give a shorthand summary to what he stands for on issues in general,' points out Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former envoy to Brazil.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
'My enduring memory of Lula is personal,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, our former envoy in Brazil. 'He was visiting India after retirement to accept an award.' 'At a private dinner in the Brazilian ambassador's residence, where I too was present, he was missing at the end of the evening.' 'We all went looking for him in the sprawling house to find him eventually in the kitchen talking happily to the cooks and servers.' 'He was thanking them for the excellent meal and service!'
'India easily remains one among the more attractive large economies, with high growth and stable/improving macros, as a top investment destination.' 'We are looking pretty good.'
A cross-section of people from Tamil Nadu speak of their expectations from Narendra Modi.
A Reuters poll showed only one out of 51 economists had expected a 50 basis points rate cut.
Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots.
Expectations of continued stimulus withdrawal by the US Federal Reserve added to the market's gloom.
The total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative value of all listed stocks on BSE, slumped by over Rs 7 lakh crore during the torrid week.
India remains an attractive destination and the recent sell-off has made valuations attractive in the large-cap space.
Investors sought to book profits at attractive valuations after recent run up in last few trading sessions.
Top companies in China are valued at 7.7 times the trailing 12-month earnings against a P/E ratio of 18.6 times for Nifty 50 companies.
Premium valuations era started in 2006 and went hand in hand with decline in the US interest rates
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
Experts say the BSE Sensex could rise to around 32,000 in a year.
'Debt mutual funds are a good option now because interest rates are coming down.' 'Retail investors must put a majority portion of your money in short-term debt funds (1 to 3 years) and only a small portion in actively managed dynamic funds.'
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
The resentment against the government has increased.
The broader markets ended in line with the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher by 1.3% and 0.9% each.
The Dow has never lost more than 800 points in a day.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
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