MUMBAI: Undoubtedly, the current financial year has been a remarkable one for the little ninjas of Dalal Street – smallcap stocks – as we saw as many as 181 of them turning multibaggers. What’s worth noting is that more than 100 of these smallcap stocks went through a bad phase in the preceding financial year. … Read more
As investors continue to pour money into stocks and equity funds, asset managers are raising more cash in their portfolios. February month data shows that the total cash pile at equity mutual funds rose for the second consecutive month to 4.82% of total assets under management (AUM) at Rs 1.33 lakh crore. SBI Mutual Fund … Read more
Investors in multiple smallcap and penny stocks, in which entities involved in the multi-crore Mahadev Online Book illegal betting application scam held a stake, have lost up to 37% this month. While Dubai-based alleged hawala operator Hari Shankar Tibrewala and related entities owned more than 30 listed stocks, at least 6 of them have been … Read more
MUMBAI – Private banks, which have always been the favourites of institutional investors, lost the spot to public sector banks who are touching the sky riding on retail bulls. So far in 2024, all public sector banks have given double-digit returns to investors. On the contrary, private sector banks have seen single to double-digit fall … Read more
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks tumbled nearly 1.5% on Wednesday, defying Wall Street‘s overnight gains, as investors spooked by the recent freefall in small-cap and mid-cap stocks rushed to offload riskier holdings. Brokers pushed traders to liquidate bets in smaller shares bought on loans following the capital market regulator’s recent warnings of ‘froth’ and ‘bubble’ in … Read more
MUMBAI – While there is a lot of hullabaloo around the insane rally in smallcap stocks on Dalal Street in the last few months, some of the stock market superstars have made big bucks on their bets in a short period of time and Dolly Khanna is one among them. A double-digit rally in seven … Read more
Mumbai: The dynamics of stock leadership on Dalal Street has undergone a change of late with stalwarts of the recent past taking a backseat and giving way to new stars. Gone are the days when bluechip consumer, private financials and information technology (IT) dominated the performance of the Nifty for nearly a decade. Now, the … Read more
It’s worth pondering why stock prices fluctuate daily despite companies announcing their financial results quarterly. Alongside corporate announcements, macroeconomic factors and indicators significantly influence stock markets. Let’s delve into their role. Which major indicators affect the stock market?Monetary Policy Monetary policy, managed by a country’s Central Bank, balances economic growth and inflation by adjusting interest … Read more
India’s abrupt move to suspend equities and currency trading gave global investors a reminder of how the Wall Street-favored market can still act more like a frontier economy. To celebrate the opening of a major Hindu temple, bourses said late Friday that the nation’s $4.3 trillion stock market would be closed Monday and instead trade … Read more
After months of buying, foreign portfolio investors are turning a blind eye to Indian equities in the month of January amid concerns over high valuations and uncertainty around global interest rates trajectory. In the week gone by, FPIs net sold shares worth over Rs 21,000 crore, signalling a sudden shift in the strategy. So far … Read more