Though Indian stock market indices have a record of falling in response to armed conflicts, the latest strike by India on targets in Pakistan did not bother investors on Wednesday. The Sensex edged lower at first, but quickly recovered to end 0.13% higher. It offered a sharp contrast with Pakistan’s market, whose primary index dropped…
Most stories were about companies supplying either goods or services to a government or a quasi-government entity, maybe for highways, railways, power, defence or something of that kind. This was not surprising, as for the last few years, India’s economy has been running on a single engine of government expenditure. So naturally a lot of…
You can make money by investing in the share market, but you need to be careful and keep in mind a list of financial points. Warren Buffett once said, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” You need to keep the following points in mind as you invest your hard-earned money in…
India’s stock markets have taken a beating, the BSE Sensex having come down by more than 10,000 points from its peak last September. The broader market has fared worse, as the sharpest slide was in small-cap stocks, less severe in mid-caps and relatively modest among big companies. While weakening market indices disappoint millions of investors,…
The interest charged on loans is the most important price in an economy. And its rate is nudged up and down by the lender of last resort—the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in our case—for good reason. It helps keep the economy’s growth path stable. Inflation held on a tight rein, RBI’s explicit mandate since…
Also Read: Is India’s slowdown structural or cyclical? It depends on your expectations. The economic commentary at that time was about slowing consumption dragging down overall economic activity and growth. However, the consumption problem, as we know, is fundamentally one of incomes. To understand this, we must go back to the post-demonetization period (after November…
Globally, the traditional 60:40 equity-to-bond portfolio has long been the foundation of asset allocation. However, the experiences of recent years have prompted investors to rethink how to build more resilient portfolios that can withstand various risk scenarios. This evolution in thinking emphasises the importance of active management, careful security selection in both equities and fixed…
In comparison, at the end of March 2020, that count was 31 million. This jumped to 40 million as of March 2021, 59.4 million as of March 2022, 72.7 million as of March 2023 and 91.6 million as of March 2024 before reaching 100 million. While not all unique registered investors are individuals, such a…
The Indian stock markets will be closed for a total of 10 days including weekends in August 2024. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be closed for the entirety of the 10 days in the month of August. Here is a list of holidays for August, investors and traders…
While investors have been increasing their equity holdings over the past few months, driving the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 to record highs, it is silver that has delivered the best return in the first half of 2024 (H1-CY24), with gains exceeding 30 percent during this period. Data shows that over 20-year and 10-year…
