The Sensex has now lost 878.32 points in six sessions -- its longest string of losses in six months.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
'If an investor is ready to stay put for the next five years, one can consider investing in mid- and small-cap funds, but through SIPs.'
The brokerage said it expected corporate earnings to turn around.
Keep your nerve and don't exit at once. For all you know, there could be a turnaround story.
From the BSE 30-share blue chip pack, 27 scrips ended with losses led by SBI and Tata Steel.
Mutual funds offer a variety of equity funds, i.e. multi-, large- and mid-cap, sector, thematic and those which follow an aggressive investment strategy such as opportunity and value funds.
Mid- and small-cap funds dominate the list, opening up opportunity for investors to make contra bets in large-cap funds
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Any improvement in confidence will trigger a virtuous cycle, projects will start moving, the RBI will be cutting rates, companies will recapitalise and, as we lap easy comparisons for both earnings and GDP in the second half of 2012-13, India will look like it is accelerating again.
During the quarter ended March 31, it added seven clients, the highest since the third quarter of 2007-08.
The broader market outperformed the benchmark indices as focus shifted to value buying in mid-cap and small-cap shares after the sharp gains on Friday. The Sensex was down 31 points at 17,399 and the Nifty closed flat at 5,278.
'Valuations were depressed at 8,000 (Nifty 50 index) levels. It was a free ride to 12,000 levels.' 'What went down had to come up. Now fundamentals have to support further gains.'
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Global funds have pumped in over Rs 38,000 crore (about $5.5 billion) into domestic equities since February 20, helping the Sensex rebound 2,671 points, or 7.6 per cent, from its 2019 low.
Session-wise data indicates small investors have taken money off the table in more sessions than they have pumped in additional capital.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
The flows may stem and redemptions pressure increase following the market meltdown of Monday amid mounting cases of coronavirus infection globally.
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Muted quarterly earnings, mixed cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the volatility
The 30-share Sensex ended up 165 points at 29,044 and the 50-share Nifty gained 54 points to close at 8,834.
A delay in US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing tapering, coupled with better-than-expected September quarter earnings, ensured FIIs kept foreign money flowing into Indian equities.
ICICI Bank topped the Sensex gainers' chart, spurting 5.09 per cent, followed by L&T, Bharti Airtel, Vedanta and Tata Motors, rising up to 4.60 per cent.
Focus will shift to midcaps/smallcaps and firms with lower leverage, believe analysts.
Markets ended flat amid a range bound trading session on Monday as investors booked profits in index heavyweights and shifted focus to the broader markets.
Ahmedabad, Delhi and Mumbai, which together make up 65% of national volumes, post decline in turnover in 2nd half of 2015.
Among top losers that dragged down key indices were Infosys, TCS, Reliance, SBI, Tata Steel and ITC, falling up to 2.15 per cent.
The proposal to increase public float, hike income tax surcharge, move to tax share buybacks and lack of stimulus to shore up economic growth has hurt investor sentiment.
Out of 2,852 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,515 declined while 1,219 advanced.
The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
Benefits of the improving business environment will accrue, but investors need to be selective.
And why markets could give up 25 per cent of all these gains made since March 2020
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
The Bangalore-based company has revamped itself as it aims to simplify its business structure and focus on being a specialist in certain areas.
The coming years could be exciting for Bandhan Bank, IDBI Bank, IDFC First Bank, Federal Bank, and CSB Bank.
The Budget came in a period when good news was otherwise scarce.
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