In response to last week’s column -‘Time to Ponder a One Foot Out of the Door Plan’- as a possible strategy in the equity market, I received a great deal of feedback from readers sharing their own investment plans and views. One of the aspects they sought more clarity on was the applicability of the … Read more
After the relentless buying in December, foreign portfolio investors took the slow lane on Dalal Street in January, eventhough markets hit record highs. In fact, data showed that foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of equities in the last week after being net buyers in the secondary market in the preceding week. FPIs net sold … Read more
Select portfolio managers on Dalal Street generated robust alpha for their high net-worth clients in November, when the benchmark equity index BSE Sensex gained 4.87 per cent. On the other hand, the BSE MidCap and BSE SmallCap indices surged 9.64 per cent and 9.35 per cent, respectively, during the same period. With a return of … Read more
Following a one-way rally in the first two weeks of December, Nifty is likely to consolidate in the next two weeks, shows historical trends. “Now we are entering the second half of December red hot, and if history repeats, we are likely to see a decline in the rest of December, followed by a consolidation … Read more
The week that went by saw bulls having an early Christmas party on Dalal Street, as benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex clocked their best weekly gains since mid-November. The Sensex rallied more than 1,600 points or 2.4% last week and ended at a record closing high of 71483.75 points on Friday. While the gains were broad-based … Read more
With the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) all set to implement same-day settlement of trades in a few months, the Indian stock market has emerged as one of the fastest in the world to adopt this. In fact, the regulator is eventually looking at moving towards instantaneous settlement of trades. Let’s understand a … Read more
ET CONTRIBUTORS In the choppy and truncated trading week, the markets extended their gains with some spurt in the volatility as well. In three out of four trading sessions, the Nifty index moved higher. In the previous technical note, it was categorically mentioned that the Nifty has achieved a full throwback by retesting the original … Read more
Nifty on Friday ended 43 points lower to form a long bull candle with an upper shadow on the daily chart. The positive chart pattern like higher tops and bottoms is intact as per daily chart and Friday’s swing low of 19,635 could be considered as a new higher bottom of the sequence. The short-term … Read more
Equity benchmark indices tumbled on Monday as investors offloaded finance, banking and energy stocks amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and surging crude oil prices overseas and higher US interest rate concerns. Investors stayed on the sidelines and refrained from taking risks amid uncertainty due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, analysts said The NSE Nifty … Read more
New Delhi: Wires and cables manufacturer R R Kabel, which concluded its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Friday, is set to list on Wednesday – becoming the first company to debut on Dalal Street within two days of issue closing. While Ratnaveer Precision Engineering was the first company to list under the T+3 regime, RR … Read more