A Paradigm Shift To Investing Online The entire world and human race are currently facing an extraordinary medical crisis due to breakout of the Pandemic COVID-19, however what is heartening to see is the gradual opening up of economies and its citizens starting to bravely cope and adjust to the evolving new normal. Against this …
Right selection of stocks in investing is crucial to make money. One may follow different approaches towards stock selection but it all boils down to consistency in analysis, stock-picking and ultimately allocation – these 3 are the key ingredients of successful equity investing. Conventional wisdom suggests two primary ways to analyse a stock. Fundamental analysis, which aims …
Investments in equities fetch returns in two forms. One is capital appreciation and the other is dividend. In a high growth economy like India, the focus of most investors tends to be on capital appreciation. They do not pay much attention to dividends. This is a mistake. Dividends play a key role in the valuation of …
GET ACCESS & CHOOSE FROM AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF EQUITY STRATEGIES & BASKETS India has already witnessed a digital-first trajectory with one of the highest volumes of digital transactions in the world when the pandemic struck, and further propelled the use of contactless digital technology. Data from the apex Reserve Bank of India (RBI) show that India …
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Inexperienced investors often confuse the share price of a company with its value. Let us understand this with an illustration. If an investor is given an option to buy either a stock priced at ₹ 10 or stock priced at ₹ 10,000, the possibility of such an investor buying the low-priced stock is quite high. As …
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Buying low and selling high is the mantra of success in stocks. How about the idea of ‘Buying high and selling higher’ or ‘Selling low and buying lower’? Do not get confused. Welcome to the world of momentum investing. Momentum investing aims at making money by betting on the possibility that an ongoing trend (or momentum) in …
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Many investors who held small cap stocks in their portfolio were pleasantly surprised when they read the circular issued by Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on asset allocation of multi-cap schemes on September 11, 2020. The Capital Market regulator has advised fund managers to invest minimum 25% in each large, mid and small cap stocks. …
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We live in a closely connected and globalized world which is integrated through trade, currencies, stock markets, cultures, religion, language, science, medicine and technology. History has been replete with incidents which originated at one part of the world and then rapidly spread all over. In 2020, we are now confronted with a different crisis. Internet …
Delisting has suddenly started grabbing attention as some marquee promoters like Vedanta, Adani Power, Hexaware have been considering or chosen to opt for this route, subject to their obtaining necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals. The name of a liquor major has also been doing the rounds. Suddenly there is a lot of buzz and flurry of …
In the pursuit of earning highest possible returns many investors keep chasing the asset class which has done well in the recent past. In the process, many a time they buy the asset at a price when it has reached the bubble zone. They end up losing money. Earning high returns without risk is almost an …
In CY2019, when the Nifty clocked 12.02%, the NASDAQ 100 index gained 39.98%. Being an Indian Investor definitely helped as the rupee weakness further added a couple of percentage points in returns. US markets especially in the areas of tech and healthcare have done well and also have significant upside potential for growth. The US market …
The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, it infected 500 million people – about a third of the world’s population at the time – in four successive waves. The death toll is typically estimated to have been somewhere between 17 million and …
In recent months, the spirit of renewed hope and optimism is reigning high in the Indian economy. It is not a mere change in mental outlook of investors or the public at large. It has acquired more meaning and significance now. A clear trend is unfolding. A mere visit to your nearby grocery shop or …
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Unforeseen events are a part of our life. But the possibility of things which may appear to be remote or even outlandish may occur anytime. And when such events happen, they change the direction of the way we think or live our lives considerably. A case in the point is the recent widespread of the Coronavirus …
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The story of India’s pharmaceuticals industry in the context of COVID-19 Not every extraordinary situation turns out to be unfavourable for an economy. There are sectors which benefit amply from extraordinary situations like the pandemic. One such sector is pharmaceuticals. The pandemic which had destroyed demand in most key sectors has clearly brought India’s pharmaceuticals …
In any economy, banks play an important role. They serve as water to seeds of impressive and profitable ideas which blossom and usher growth and prosperity. In fact, the extent of business in banking sector is indicative of an economy’s health. For a growing economy like India, banking sector assumes greater significance given its pivotal …
Pandemics often change realities. And it is not just about acute realisation of our mortality. It is also about the inescapable fact that impermanence actually is a message that nature conveys to us time and again. And a key variable which makes us experience this is the all-pervasive impact on the economy. The recent pandemic …
Christmas is approaching. Perhaps, this will be the first time the whole world wants the same secret wish to get fulfilled by Santa Claus: the discovery of an effective vaccine for the Coronavirus. Indeed, this wish is not a romantic or childish indulgence. It is practical. It holds the promise of returning to normality. It provides …
Ever since the stock market hit its recent low in March 2020 correcting some 40% in response to the Covid-19 related lockdown and the ongoing sharp rebound thereafter, market experts have been largely caught on the wrong foot, intermittently predicting boom times ahead and a sharp correction. The market is now up about 80% from …
As we move closer to the day COVID-19 vaccines will be allowed for mass usage, the optimism in the air is progressively increasing. Stock Markets across the world are scaling new peaks with many key variables indicating sustained rebound in economic activities. However one needs to view the current market sentiment with measured perspective and …
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2020 is an exceptional year in almost every sense. The year has taught us many things. It has not only changed the way we live and think but also the way we invest. In fact, the year has made us acutely realize “change is constant” is going to be the norm which most of us …
The recent GDP growth number at (-) 24% for the period April to June 2020 has kindled a debate on the apparently complete disconnect between the broad economy and equity market performance during the period. Well-meaning critics of the stock market have been articulating the utter failure of the equity market to reflect the economic …
A key characteristic of the rally in Indian stock markets since April 1, 2020 is its broad-based nature. Contrary to the polarization seen in CY2018 and CY2019 when a few high quality names kept the bellwether Nifty 50 up, the recent rally has witnessed broader participation of mid-and-small cap stocks. This broad nature of the …
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A key annual event that is keenly observed and followed across the socio-economic strata is the Union Budget. Normally, the Budget has a bit of everything which affects not only the rich but also the marginally rich, the middle-class, and the poor. It is an event that has the potential to change the way we deal with our expenses, ambitions, plans, and desires. It …
In the wake of a bold & modern India, the FM announced the six significant areas of growth in the Union Budget for FY 2021-22 namely – Health and wellbeing, infrastructure, inclusive growth, human capital, R&D and minimum government and maximum governance. Some of the key take-aways from Budget 2021: The Government has effectively used the backdrop of the pandemic to push …
Over the course of the last one week, GameStop – a US based omni-channel retail company that offers gaming and entertainment products across 5000 stores over 10 countries became the cynosure of Investor attention and wild frenzy as a previously unthinkable saga started unfolding at break neck speed. Rewind to early 2000, GameStop was a successful software …
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Over the past year, most global markets have continued to delight investors with their uni-directional and upward trend. The stellar budget has not only reassured the markets but has also nudged fence sitters to finally overcome their reluctance and enter the stock markets! The progression of India to a 5 trillion dollar economy would provide massive wealth …
Led by the US, most global markets started to get the early quiver as Bond Yields rose to lead to the strengthening of the Dollar and as the commodity cycle continues to put pressure on the upside. With US Bond yields breaching the crucial 1.6% mark, Equities got into a Risk-off as global allocations became less attractive. …
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One of the recurring arguments that we hear whenever the country launches a new project or buys an expensive piece of essential equipment is that the money could have been better utilised for feeding quite a few less fortunate people. Capital, especially in a developing country like India, is somewhat scarce and there are several …
When important government institutions announce critical decisions, one has to go beyond the obvious implications of those decisions. This is clearly evident in financial markets. When central bankers worldwide almost unanimously cut policy interest rates and infused liquidity in financial markets to revive economic growth, there was a critical outcome which prudent investors and observers had …
Around January 2020, the Indian stock market which had been scaling lifetime highs in the run-up to the Union Budget started to sense something ominous. Across the world, countries started to get early jitters of an unknown virus beginning to strike mankind with the grim prospect of an outbreak of a lethal pandemic. On 6th March, global selling …
The digital currency (more popularly known as “Crypto-Currency”) push appears to be the next big thing as the world transacts more online. While online payments and payment applications are just about transferring money in bank accounts, digital currencies are far more sophisticated products. China is way ahead in launching eCNY—the central bank-backed digital currency. Digital currency is …
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After the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, regulators have become swift in responding to a crisis. At the first indication of macro-economic variables turning unfavorable, monetary & fiscal stimulus is unleashed by governments across the globe. Take the case of the recent crisis: The Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic came at a time when globally governments were …
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The second wave of the pandemic has left us dealing with healthcare emergencies of a monumental scale. The number of new cases erupting every day is increasing. Increasing infection severity and lack of support systems such as inadequate oxygen, ventilators and beds in hospitals has caused an unspeakable number of tragedies in almost every possible sense: …
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On expected lines, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started the financial year with a Dovish Monetary Policy stance – an accommodative monetary policy that keeps interest rates low to encourage economic growth. With the ‘Whatever it takes to revive economic growth’ mandate for most central bankers worldwide since the Covid-19 pandemic, low interest rates and …
Monetary Policy is an interesting weapon in the hands of Central Bankers. In fact, it wouldn’t be too outlandish to surmise that Central Bank policy actions have influenced outcomes of Socio-Economic cycles across continents over the last century. A key purpose that monetary policies serve is that they either revive or put an invisible speed breaker …
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In a developing economy like India, inflation is usually a lurking challenge. On rare occasions it benefits and makes our lives happier while on most occasions it hurts us monetarily and psychologically. A key reason for this is that we fail to grasp when certain expenses transform from being luxuries to basic necessities. Today, even basic …
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Sense and sensibility are two important qualities that not only play a critical role in life but also in markets. Usually, very few market participants are able to navigate views, analysis, speculations and agendas and make money consistently in markets. This skill of being able to make money consistently is not a gift but something …
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All of us love a good story, especially the ones with well-characterized heroes who overpower treacherous villains that finally leaves us with a good taste in the mouth. This simple story has been retold millions of times whether in prose, poetry, drama, or on celluloid and as a society, we have never got bored of this, …
Markets are all about patterns of investments. Patterns reveal types of investors. When the share price of a few and well-placed stocks rise, it is a class of well-informed and institutional investors who are investing for the long term. When the share price of large-and-mid-sized companies rises, it is usually led by a section of High …
Transformation of workplaces that began as a retroaction to COVID-19 outbreak has led to a historic shift that would continue much after the pandemic has dissipated. Even after the coronavirus clouds clear out, heading back to work for at least a quarter of the global workforce would not mean commuting long hours to reach an …
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With the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, central banks globally are facing a tightrope walk between inflation and economic growth. Earlier this week USA reported largest gain of 0.9% (for June 2021) in consumer prices in 13 years, pacing 5.4% year-on-year. Reserve Bank of India too reported retail inflation of 6.26% for June 2021, which though has …
Kickstarting the medal tally of India on the Tokyo Olympic 2021 scorecard, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, has returned home this week. While the victory has propelled the hopes of the country, the first win of the largest-ever Indian Olympic contingent offers amazing investment lessons. Here are nine investment lessons we can learn from the life and …
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Burgeoning age of Retail Investors As the skies halted for the global movement of people, pilot Abhishek had to pause flying at high altitudes. Sandeep’s auto ancillary facility didn’t need as many hands due to the drop in production. Anushka’s company announced work from home for an extended period. Mehul just graduated with a distinction …
“Two’s company, three’s a crowd,” goes the popular idiom. But the same would not be a desirable situation in the Indian telecom industry, currently ruled by three private giants – namely Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL). The delicate financial health of VIL raises a question whether the Indian telecom market is …
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The Centre has announced a four-year infrastructure asset monetisation plan aiming to raise Rs 6 lakh crore ($81 billion) under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). Linked closely to the National Infrastructure Project announced earlier, Government-owned brownfield infrastructure assets in 13 sectors would be monetised. Brownfield projects aim to improve the operations of infrastructure projects that …
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What are semiconductor chips? Well, a simple explanation! the chips are there in almost everything we use today. The chips are there in our computers, phones, TVs, cars – it allows us to make purchases on our credit cards and power our play stations, etc. As is evident from the below chart, semiconductor chips applications …
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Equity markets, by their very nature, are volatile. Stock prices, even of the best Companies, go up and come down all the time. The unending quest for the listed company that consistently generates a steady 20% p.a. return for investors on the back of an annual 25% plus growth in free cash flows to near-eternity and …
First thing first, let’s get the definition out of the way. The SPACs are shell companies, in other words, a “Blank Cheque” company, created for a specific purpose of acquiring an operating private limited company and taking them to the public quickly through a reverse merger process by scuttling the entire ordeal of IPO listing processes …
The main protagonist of this story is Evergrande, a systematically important real estate developer of China. Many of us would not have heard of this company in our part of the world. Evergrande, infamously known as the world’s most indebted real estate developer, was in the news for all the wrong reasons. Just to give …
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Terms like ‘Tsunamis’, ‘pandemics’ and ‘contagions’ have become a regular feature in Asia over the past few decades. According to estimates thrown around, the Chinese real estate developer ‘Evergrande’ owes $ 300bn to over 240 local and foreign banks and non-banking financial institutions. Ordinary citizens are protesting outside half-constructed premises of homes that they fear …
The 2008 global financial crisis or GFC was called a Black Swan event. It hit the global financial system like never before. A marquee bank like Lehman Brothers does not exist. Merrill Lynch merged with Bank of America. Citigroup, another iconic institution, had to rely on a government bailout. The event triggered a burst of ‘helicopter’ …
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The dreaded inflation demon continues to raise the head. The consumer price inflation in America is perhaps the most-watched number in the financial markets around the world. It sets the tone for global borrowing rates. According to the latest imprint, it continues to rise despite the US Federal Reserve calling it ‘transitory’. On the other …
There emanates from superlatives a destructive force. Elias Canetti, a Nobel laureate for literature, probably said that in the context of the second world war. In financial markets, a lot of people are quick to describe situations with an exaggerated effect. After months of gains, a sharp correction in share prices could be called a …
Investing needs your support. Your future wealth and well-being depend on the way you shepherd your savings today. You may be busy with your work life. You may not have the necessary bandwidth to understand when to buy and when to sell your investments. Financial markets are complex, and those in other walks of life …
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Not many people invest in India’s stock market. Merely 3% of India’s population directly get involved. In America, that is 55%. Retail mutual fund investors have assets equivalent to 16% of the gross domestic product or GDP. That is 145% in the US. But when it comes to real estate and gold, household participation is …
Narratives are significant vectors of rapid culture change, zeitgeist, and economic behaviour. Nobel laureate and renowned economist Robert J. Shiller wrote that in his book on Narrative Economics in 2019. There will be an endless number of stories of how people lost their lives, livelihoods, fortunes during the Great Pandemic of 2020. There will also be …
The best thing about quantitative easing is that it works in practice but not so in theory. Ben Bernanke, the then US Federal Reserve chairman, said that in 2014, the world was witnessing a fallout from the tapering of the US ‘easy money’ policy. The continued stance by the US today to keep interest rates at …
There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. Charles Bukowski, a German-American author whose literary work revolved around the poor in America, said that in a different context. However, that applies to the boom we see in the initial public offerings or IPO market. There is a deluge out there. Since …
It was an era of excesses. With the US Federal Reserve considering slowing down bond purchases faster than before due to rising and stubborn inflation, it could be a beginning of rebalancing in the financial markets. Financial markets are presently flush with excess money. With a zero per cent interest rate in rich countries, asset …
As we end this calendar year, the battle against the pandemic seems well set to continue into 2022. According to early reports, Omicron, the latest variant of the COVID-19 virus, shows resistance against all existing vaccines, though the manifestations seem to be milder. As numbers surge in countries like the United States, the UK and other …
They say hope floats. The travel industry is perhaps in a phase where they need more than hope. Since the pandemic hit in 2020, the travel and tourism industry has seen businesses wipe out their fortunes. From business travel and leisure, airlines to hotels, all those associated with the hospitality industry are reeling. According to Global …
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The euphoria around crypto assets was thought of as a fringe activity. The excitement around crypto-assets barely affected anything that happened in the financial markets. However, it is not just euphoria and is not just a fringe activity either. The value of crypto assets traded worldwide is nearly $ 3 trillion, or equivalent to India’s GDP. …
As the Union Budget is round the corner, excitement and trepidation are all palpable. Let us break it down – Budget expectations are basically of two types. The first is full of wishful thinking, and the second is more about realistic expectations. It is a complex annual exercise undertaken by the Government and goes much …
The world remembers British economist John Maynard Keynes regularly in cycles. In a crisis, no economic discussion is complete without acknowledging him. Keynes argued in the 1930s that governments could stimulate the demand in an economy by boosting consumption, investment, government spending, and exports. The rich world is already stimulating demand by spending on infrastructure. …
The start of 2022 has been a big roller coaster ride for equity markets. Not only in India but also globally. While we started the year on a strong note, shrugging off the corrective phase that had set in post-Mid October of last year, most of the gains have been given up in the run-up …
While the sole objective of investing is to make money, once in a while we also like to feel good about ourselves while going about the act. This wave of investing in a socially responsible way has caught on globally in a big manner in these past few years. We call it ESG or Environmental, …
Yes! India’s Aramco moment is finally here! The juggernaut that is LIC, or the Life Insurance Corporation of India, has finally filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the stock market regulator. Now while a lot of literature has already been penned on this big event, …
As Russia goes ahead with the war on Ukraine, financial markets worldwide are in a tailspin. Benchmark indices have tumbled in America, Europe and Asia in tandem. Bond yields are spiking as international oil prices surge to $100 per barrel and interest rates are all set to go up. As an investor, you may wonder whether …
The stage is almost set for a blockbuster listing of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. A lot is written every day in the press. But wait! The world is not the same place as a few days ago… Global oil prices are surging as the war Russia has inflicted on Ukraine continues. Stock markets …
Adam Smith, the reputed economist of the 18th century, authored the book “The Wealth of Nations” where he articulated that the “invisible hand” through the market mechanism ensures that the pursuit of individual self-interest by millions of participants in an economy results in the larger societal benefit. This, he argued, is because division of labour results …
The volatility in the stock market is not for the faint-hearted! If you thought you could strike bargains when share prices drop, markets could be brutal to your position. While the idea to chase ‘alpha’ is great, it is easier said than done. You get an ‘alpha’ return when your investment outperforms other benchmarks you set. …
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, once said that there was never a good war or a bad peace. It has been more than a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. All one can do is sit and watch the tragedy unfolding. The ensuing economic consequences of such a …
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, once said that there was never a good war or a bad peace. It has been more than a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. All one can do is sit and watch the tragedy unfolding. The ensuing economic consequences of such a …
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive officer at JP Morgan, a global bank, uses ‘inflation’ 15 times in his annual letter to shareholders. He argues that the US would need to raise interest rates and make a ‘massive’ shift to quantitative ‘tightening’ from quantitative ‘easing’. He is not just an analyst. He heads a bank with …
In US, fractional ownership allows you to own a small part of one equity share. For example, if shares of Apple are traded at $170 per share, you can own half a share or a quarter share for a proportionately lower price. That makes shares listed in the United States is affordable for everyone looking …
The Annual Spring Meetings of the world’s two prominent lending institutions World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are underway. Global growth is projected to slow to 3.6% in 2022 from 6.1% in 2021. That is lower than the growth estimated in January 2022. The International Monitory Fund has warned that the forecast assumes …
In a surprise move last Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee hiked key borrowing rates to curb rising consumer price inflation (CPI). The upward limit of the Reserve Bank of India’s CPI tolerance band is 6%. CPI in India has been persistently above that for some time now. There is a lot …
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They say that thinking about buying in the stock market now could be like trying to catch falling knives. It is a decision that needs more of your guts than your brains. Be that as it may, you have to wait for the sanity to return. If share prices are diving, there is a good …
We are increasingly getting hyper-connected with the rest of humanity through the ubiquitous internet and one of the consequences of this interconnectedness is the deluge of messages and data on our electronic devices through emails and various apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and the like. Most of us would have received several messages that inform …
Stock market investing is not a daily activity. You must give your money time to grow. It grows as it rides through economic and stock market cycles over the years. We are in a world where we have quickly swung from a phase of abundant liquidity to a period where monetary tightening is all set …
The most recent print of consumer price inflation data in the United States was bad. For June 2022, US inflation was at the highest level since 1981. Now that will very likely hurt the spending capability of the American consumer. Financial markets worldwide are likely to reel as the demand for goods and services shrinks …
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New technologies disrupt our lives at regular intervals. First, it was the industrial revolution in the early 20th century. Then the automobile revolution. The advent of computers and the internet changed how we did things at work or home. The world of investing was no exception. It transitioned from physical, local-based trading to your pocket in …
We may not be out of the woods yet. Macro headwinds continue to persist globally as well as back home in India, yet, the benchmark indices like the Nifty, S&P BSE Sensex, and small and mid-cap indices have gained ground sharply in the past month. Indices in Europe and the US have also rallied. That …
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Despite the increased interest in equities since the Covid pandemic in 2020, partly because of the advent of the work-from-home phenomenon, out of the nearly Rs.24 lakh crores that Indian households save in the form of financial assets in a year in recent times, as per RBI data, less than 4% is invested in equities. …
Short Description Exchange-Traded Funds, or ETFs, are popular worldwide, and India is also starting to catch on to the trend. How does it fit into the way you’ve built your portfolio? ETF is a type of investment that trades on the exchange like stocks. They operate similarly to an index fund, but because they are …
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Short Description: By purchasing and keeping long-term securities that replicate stock market indices, passive investing has evolved into a proven long-term low cost technique for accumulating wealth for retail investors. It saves time, effort and resources since you do not have to constantly rebalance your portfolio. You can enjoy the benefits of passive investing through investments in ETFs. Introduction Given …
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The world is a troubled place right now. There is a war in Europe, a resurgent pandemic in China, US and Europe, and soaring inflation due to rising energy costs and supply constraints. Natural calamities like floods and drought affect lives and livelihoods in different places. If you go by the speech made by the …
There is a buzz about the manufacturing sector in the stock market in 2022. Let’s see why this is happening. Let us dial back a few decades. A manufacturing revolution took place in the 70s and 80s when the Asian Economies of Japan followed by Korea grabbed opportunities that came their way to become tiger …
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The world is staring at a recession. If the latest announcement from the World Bank is believed, high inflation worldwide could push interest rates higher and the world into a recession in 2023. Despite India’s expected solid growth of nearly 7%, it would be hard to escape a worldwide recession. India cannot remain isolated and …
Financial markets live in the morrow. Today’s prices are a function of tomorrow’s profits. Your past performance is no guarantee for the future. It is all about the data that highlights the future ahead. The purchase managers’ index or PMI, announced every month, gives a sense of the level of spending ahead by businesses. It …
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Financial markets worldwide are reeling under rising interest rates in the United States, the world’s biggest economy. The US dollar, the reserve and trade currency for the world, is strengthening only to weaken the rest of the world. The British Pound is near parity due to the liberal fiscal policy of the new government. In …
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The classic battle between good and evil is often played within us. Our minds are jostling to figure out the right way to move forward, overcoming fears of failure. Stock market investing is a mind game about risks. Your ability to manage them makes you a successful investor. But your mind plays games too. You …
Global financial stability risks have increased, and the balance of risks is significantly skewed to the downside. Several risks highlighted a few months ago have crystallised, says the latest Global Financial Stability Report from the International Monetary Fund, a multilateral institution. These include higher-than-anticipated inflationary pressures, a worse-than-expected slowdown in China on the back of …
In the wonderland of investments, you always want to buy stock early and hope it turns into a multi-bagger. As we make our way through the festive season, experts flaunt their skills in investing. Every business news channel, newspaper or social media site would have someone suggesting their festive picks. How do they know what …
When a storm hits, it spares no one. The storm will sweep the winners and the losers, the good and the bad. India is touted as the bright spot in an otherwise recessionary world economy. It may be hard to stay immune to a global storm. Yet, there could be pockets in India that could …
If you plot a chart of the S&P BSE Sensex and the Bankex, an index that tracks the banking sector stocks, you will find a linear correlation for most of history. Things have changed a bit since the start of 2022. The Bankex has outperformed the Sensex significantly till now. That is despite financial services …
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The year 2022 brought turmoil to financial markets. Rising interest rates and inflation took the wind out of equity prices. Major indices in the US, Europe and Asia shed 20-30% since January 2022. India stood out, though. Shares held their ground even as foreigners sold off due to the ‘risk off’ strategy. As the chart …
