“Here the two are getting combined, so they are in a sense counterbalancing each other and as I said again, risk adjusted this is one of the factor strategies which has very strong outcomes,” says Vetri Subramaniam, CIO, UTI AMC. Volatility and momentum, I mean, are not they joined at the hip because if there … Read more
Indian funds bought more than $1 billion of shares daily for three straight sessions through Monday, helping absorb large sales by foreign investors amid a rotation into China’s rebounding markets. Domestic institutions, including mutual funds and insurers, bought equities of over $4 billion in the three sessions, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ETMarkets.com Stocks … Read more
On the back of one of the major FII selloffs seen in recent times, the markets succumbed to strong corrective pressure through the week and ended the week on a very weak note. The Nifty 50 remained under selling pressure for the entire week; at no point in time, did it show any intention to … Read more
As the June quarter earnings season began this week, FII inflow into Dalal Street has crossed the Rs 15,000 crore mark in June with analysts predicting that better than expected results of IT majors can attract more inflow. “FII flows will continue to be erratic, influenced by global factors. Better-than-expected results from IT majors who … Read more
With FIIs having already withdrawn around Rs 15,000 crore in the last four days from India amid election related uncertainties, Dalal Street is worried if a lower-than-expected mandate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will accelerate the pace of outflow in the coming days. As a part of funds are moving towards China and out of … Read more
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued their selling spree on Thursday, offloading Indian equities worth Rs 6,867.72 crore even as domestic buyers remained net buyers at Rs 3,718.38 crore. Notwithstanding the sell-off by foreign investors, Indian headline indices on Thursday ended in the green for the second day in a row aided by strong gains in … Read more
Ahead of the much-anticipated outcome of the Lok Sabha election results, the FII long-short ratio stands at a multi-year high of 87% shorts in the index futures, coupled with heavy selling in the cash market. On the other hand, retail investors are holding highly leveraged long positions. “Both these factors are a bit scary. That … Read more
Sunil Koul, Executive Director (Asia Pacific Portfolio Strategy, Global Macro Research), Goldman Sachs, says: “We have a barbell approach within the market. We have bets which we like from a more tactical value side of things, so we are overweight China A-share markets, we are overweight some of the North Asian markets which includes Japan … Read more
After touching a fresh peak, Nifty ended last week marginally higher as earnings, Fed meeting and election-related speculations kept investors busy. While most sectors are contributing positively except for IT, banking performance is likely to heavily influence market sentiment, analysts say. “The rising VIX is indicative of potential volatility. Market can turn highly volatile in … Read more
Nothing succeeds like success. Money begets money. These two sayings sum up the Indian story. It has been a dream run! India has been the best-performing large market in the world for the past 25 years, even in US Dollar terms. The only index with returns close to India is the Nasdaq, a higher-risk index … Read more