Higher growth, reform bets have boosted returns but leave limited room for error.
The India growth story is still intact, and fall in the Indian stock markets is an imported one and if the government succeeds in legislating the GST and Land Bill, India could yet emerge as a winner believe stock market experts
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
Though India has been one of the best-performing markets in the last two months, it has lagged some of its emerging market peers such as the Philippines, Thailand and South Africa.
The BJP is the clear front-runner, the Congress is set for major introspection and the regional satraps' national aspirations may takes a beating.
The bull market peak came in March 2015, at a Nifty intra-day value of 9,119.
When the bull run begins its march again, it will really be different!
Number of stocks trading above 50 times and 100 times earnings are at record highs. When this happened in 2015 and 2016, the Sensex fell 22.6 per cent in a little over a year's time after peaking in January 2015, while it fell by 11.3 per cent in two months from its peak in September 2016.
Experts attribute the high valuation of Indian auto makers to the faster growth in India compared to the rest of the world.
It could be a tough week In the run-up to such an event, the market is always nervous.
'We are in the middle of an unprecedented SIP revolution.' 'Monthly inflow through SIPs will be Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore soon.' 'Traditional avenues of Indian savings like bank fixed deposits, gold or real estate are no longer attractive to invest.'
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HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Overall market benchmark Sensex is headed for its worst performance in four years with a decline of 1,650 points
With the Sensex again nearing 28,000 points, investors can make good returns with a one-two year horizon.
The Indian stock markets may turn bearish after the US Fed decides to raise interest rates.
The exchange moved through many ups and downs through the years.
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The partially convertible rupee closed at 66.24/25 per dollar after hitting a record low of 66.30, and down 2.9 per cent from its close of 64.30/31 on Monday.
As global markets near all-time highs driven by liquidity, Marc Faber suggests most asset prices worldwide are inflated.
The lowest FMCG index valuation has been around PE 27, while the highest have been above 42PE.
Given the current global cues, if the next six months do not turn out to be the way we would want it to, we are definitely looking at a very gloomy start to 2016.
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
Indian companies typically have higher return on equity.
Experts believe the market will fall between 1 and 3%.
Modi sarkar will have to undertake reforms to prove its mettle.
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While the systems in place at leading Indian bourses are considered to be very robust and can withstand any possible technical glitches, it is advisable to conduct a precautionary check after an unprecedented three-hour trading halt at a large exchange like Nasdaq, a senior Sebi official said.
Increased demand from oil importers for the American currency and a weak opening in the domestic stock market also put pressure on the rupee.
'It's hard to call whether the Indian markets will go through a time or price correction.' 'There could be a swift 5 to 10 per cent fall in the market in the next two months or there could be a gradual fall and six months sideway movement.' 'Eventually, I think there will be a bit of both.'
Saurabh Mukherjea, CEO, Ambit Capital, says he is advising clients to either take a genuinely long-term view on stocks or diversify the portfolio with stocks, bonds and gold for those with a short-term view.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
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.
As his personal wealth started booming, Mallya went on a buying spree.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
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The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
Companies from the capital goods space will under-perform.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
Ashish Chauhan is generous in his praise for his former bosses and doesn't flinch in pointing out the reasons why the BSE lost out in the initial years of the NSE.
Market experts poohpooh fears of capital flight from India.
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