equity assets

smallcaps: Bears Pause; Mid & smallcaps claw back lost ground

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smallcaps: Bears Pause; Mid & smallcaps claw back lost ground

Mumbai: Indian equities rebounded Thursday from a bout of panic selling in an evident relief rally as investors judged the pace of the recent market decline rather excessive. Mid- and small-cap stocks, which witnessed their biggest single-day losses in two years Wednesday, led what analysts believe is a temporary revival, with uncomfortably short odds on … Read more

market: Sceptics say $6-trillion cash waiting on sidelines is a mirage

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market: Sceptics say -trillion cash waiting on sidelines is a mirage

One often-made argument in favor of stocks says investors should dive in before roughly $6 trillion of money-market cash gets redeployed into equity assets globally. But buying the theory requires a big leap of faith – there’s significantly less out there to actually fund riskier gambles. So say a pack of stock skeptics who, while … Read more