Investors willing to pay premium for only software, banking stocks.
Central location, ample educational institutions and cheaper trained workforce attract IT firms.
In recent times, 'inflation' has emerged as a buzz word of sorts. Simply put, inflation is a situation wherein too much money chases a limited number of goods. This leads to a fall in the value of money. Inflation is often expressed as a rise in the price level. For example, a product that costs Rs 100 now, would cost Rs 105 a year hence, assuming that prices rise at 5 per cent annually.
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Honed and utilised in-house for over three years, the engineering major's new arm - L&T-Nxt - will focus on AI, IoT, vitual reality and cyber security among other fields of digitisation.
Sensex and Nifty have been volatile in the past one year on domestic and global worries.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
Financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar gives tips on how to build a good mutual fund portfolio for the long-term.
This NFO does not offer anything new and investors would be well advised to monitor its performance for 3 years before investing.
Short covering also took place in RNRL (futures up 22 per cent, OI down by 51.48 lakh shares), Reliance Energy (futures up 18.6 per cent, OI down by 57,750 shares) and NTPC (futures up 13.3 per cent, OI down by 25.11 lakh shares).
In the ongoing bull run in the equity markets, the top 200 Indian companies have attracted much of the FIIs money, whereas the medium and small companies still remain undervalued.
Investors fail to realise the potential of tax-saving investments in contributing towards wealth creation. As a result, it is vital that tax-planning be considered as a part of the investor's overall financial planning and not in isolation.
Debt-oriented funds or monthly income plans with a small portion of the portfolio invested in equities can be good options.
The total market valuation of all listed firms at the BSE had first hit Rs 100 trillion level on November 28, 2014.
It is a three year close-ended equity scheme that propagates long-term investing
DSPMCF is a little different as compared to the other small cap funds launched so far
Wage hikes and rupee depreciation may affect the business.
Investors' fascination for an 'out-of-the-ordinary' or 'fancy' investment avenue is baffling. There is an inexplicable urge in investors to add an unusual investment avenue to their portfolios. For example, a conventional diversified equity fund with an impressive long-term track record routinely gets the thumbs down. The reason being -- it's seen as a boring investment (whatever that means).
In Friday's market rally post the corporate tax cut, the country's top business promoters recouped more than two-thirds of the losses that they suffered in the post-Budget sell-off in equity markets.
Tracking gains in bluechip stocks, investors were also seen building up position in broader markets, lifting the small-cap and mid-cap indices by 0.83 and 0.15 per cent
Of the 450 stocks, 243 stocks -- mostly small- and mid-caps -- touched their 52-week highs on Tuesday. Both the Sensex and Nifty ended the day with declines of 0.34 and 0.24 per cent respectively.
Fund managers's compensation is largely tied to the assets they manage and scheme performance.
Investors can sell their entire equity and move to debt when stocks get expensive
Even investors with sums as low as Rs 1,000 per month can start their investment journey.
The NSE 50-share after moving between 10,309.85 and 10,261.50 on alternate bouts of selling and buying, finished at 10,298.75, with paltry gains of 15.15 points, or 0.15 per cent.
In the first eight months of 2019, 70 per cent stocks in the BSE 500 universe were down. These stocks account for 94 per cent of India's total market capitalisation.
The 50-component Nifty closed at 10,214.75, a solid gain of 96.70 points, or 0.96 per cent
The Sensex finally ended with a significant gain of 181 points at 15,273. The NSE Nifty ended up 59 points at 4,505.
The broader 50-issue NSE Nifty dropped 38.35 points, or 0.38 per cent, to close at 10,186.60
PIDP follows a bottom-up stock-picking strategy and prefers to invest in companies that have the potential to compound their cash flows over the years
Investors must be prepared to believe that things will get better eventually, no matter how bad the current situation may look. If you don't possess this optimism, you will not possess the courage to invest and if you don't invest, you don't give yourself any chance to get wealthy, says Devangshu Datta.
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 13,949 - down 17 points
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Check out what happened in the world of business this past week.
After delivering a huge price appreciation in the last one year, small and mid-cap companies have started paying hard cash to their shareholders in the form of interim dividends.
There was broad-based rally with participation across sectors creating enormous wealth for investors but starting 2018, the rally got concentrated into select large-cap companies with under performance in broader markets.
These firms owe Rs 13 trillion to lenders and account for 55% of all non-financial corporate debt.
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 260 points to 12,812.
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