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Nifty likely to hit 26,000 by 2025-end, current valuations not stretched, says Himanshu Kohli of Client Associates

adminMarch 31, 2025011 mins

Himanshu Kohli, Co-founder, Client Associates believes current Nifty level of 23,500 is reasonable, not stretched, valuations are elevated but not euphoric. Kohli predicts Nifty target for the year-end to be around 26,000. He also suggested that tactical corrections would be healthy and may offer better entry points. Investors should watch for profit-booking in overbought segments,…

Playing long on India: Should retail investors bail FIIs out?

adminMarch 29, 202506 mins

A typical theme that has dominated equity market conversations over the last six months is whether domestic institutional investors (DIIs) should keep funding the relentless exodus of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from Indian markets. Experts, speaking at the Mint India Investment Summit and Awards 2025 in Mumbai on Saturday, however, said investors should look beyond…

IPO slump: Stock market indices flashing red shouldn’t stop public offers

adminMarch 11, 202506 mins

Late in August, when the stock market’s bull run was close to its peak, the initial public offer (IPO) of a two-wheeler dealer with a handful of employees managed to attract bids worth 400 times the amount of capital it sought to raise. That was the level of enthusiasm back then among investors, who were…

Mutual funds: Why are investors stopping their SIPs? Experts say this

adminFebruary 17, 202504 mins

Despite an increase in systematic investment plan (SIPs) contributions, the stoppage ratio of SIPs, which stood at 52.3 per cent last year, has spiked to 109 per cent in January 2025. Against 56.19 lakh new SIPs registered, 61.33 lakh were discontinued last month. This means more SIPs were discontinued in January 2025 than new ones…

Markets are correcting. It’s time to consider contrarian investing.

adminFebruary 9, 202507 mins

Warren Buffett famously said: “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.” If you were bullish in September 2024, there is no reason to be bearish now just because of the correction. A correction was due any which way, as valuations were stretched. Whichever parameter you take for valuation—price-to-earnings ratio (PE),…

FII game plan: Sell stocks for profit, bet on IPOs, discounted QIPs, block deals

adminJanuary 24, 202509 mins

They adopted a two-pronged approach: booking profit in the secondary market while placing bets in the equity capital market (ECM) by way of initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on offerings (FPOs), and qualified institutional placements (QIPs). Though FIIs were net sellers in the secondary market, they contributed to approximately 47% of anchor allocations in IPOs in…

Indian equities see bloodbath; small and midcaps take heavy hit

adminJanuary 13, 202509 mins

Mumbai: Fears over fewer rate cuts in the US and a greenback gathering steam sent shockwaves over the Street on Monday, making investors poorer by more than ₹12 trillion overnight. The carnage did not spare any corner of the market – While the Nifty and Sensex plunged 1.5% and 1.4% to close at seven-month lows…