investor confidence: Directionally, flows will be very healthy for the rest of the year: Rakesh Rawal, Anand Rathi Wealth

investor confidence: Directionally, flows will be very healthy for the rest of the year: Rakesh Rawal, Anand Rathi Wealth

Rakesh Rawal, CEO, Anand Rathi Wealth, says it is easier to get flows when market sentiment is backed by investor confidence. When there is a little bit of turmoil, then more efforts are needed to build confidence and the past has shown that extra efforts do not change the direction of flows. So, yes, if … Read more

TCS | TCS share price: We are happy with Q1 results but not in a position to say TCS is on a growth path again: CEO

TCS | TCS share price: We are happy with Q1 results but not in a position to say TCS is on a growth path again: CEO

K Krithivasan, CEO & MD, Samir Seksaria, CFO, and Milind Lakkad, CHRO, TCS in conversation with ET Now. Krithivasan says: “We are in a happy situation with the results that we have got. We have never called out on the guidance or how things are going to be, but we have said that FY25 will … Read more

fed rate cuts: Sectoral rotation away from Magnificent 7 seen in US, pickup in midcaps, smallcaps: Ajay Bagga

fed rate cuts: Sectoral rotation away from Magnificent 7 seen in US, pickup in midcaps, smallcaps: Ajay Bagga

Ajay Bagga, market expert, says there will be one more data set for the Fed and probably the August data as well, before they meet on 18th September. It is better to wait and watch. They have been quite clear in saying that the whole thing is meeting to meeting data-driven. The big difference yesterday … Read more

budget 2024 expectations: Earnings, Budget to drive market; risk-reward favours largecaps & midcaps vis-a-vis smallcaps: Shibani Sircar Kurian

budget 2024 expectations: Earnings, Budget to drive market; risk-reward favours largecaps & midcaps vis-a-vis smallcaps: Shibani Sircar Kurian

Shibani Sircar Kurian, Senior EVP, Sr. Fund Manager & Head -Equity Research, Kotak Mahindra AMC, says from a market perspective, the earnings trajectory for FY25 and FY26 are still fairly intact, and mid-teens earnings growth in the context of almost 24% earnings growth for Nifty last year which is FY24 is a very good outcome. … Read more

Earnings season | IT sector outlook: For IT, FY25 may turn out to be almost a déjà vu of FY24: Ankur Rudra, JP Morgan

Earnings season | IT sector outlook: For IT, FY25 may turn out to be almost a déjà vu of FY24: Ankur Rudra, JP Morgan

Ankur Rudra, Head of APAC Telecoms & India TMT Research, JPMorgan, says there have always been hope rallies that have played in the IT services sector in the last year. We have seen some of that potentially play out in the last one-and-a-half months. But in the near term, we are not seeing any improvement … Read more

investment themes: Paints stocks are a trading bet; be very stock-specific in pharma: Chakri Lokapriya

investment themes: Paints stocks are a trading bet; be very stock-specific in pharma: Chakri Lokapriya

Chakri Lokapriya, Managing Partner, RSB LLP, says paint stocks at best are a trade because they have corrected very significantly because there is a lot of competition. Two to three years ago, there were only Asian Paints, Berger Paints, and a couple of others. Today, a lot of big companies have come in and they … Read more

auto demand: Despite discounts, SUVs continue being vehicles of choice: Srikumar Krishnamurthy, ICRA

auto demand: Despite discounts, SUVs continue being vehicles of choice: Srikumar Krishnamurthy, ICRA

Srikumar Krishnamurthy, Vice President & Co-Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, says the recovery or the bounce back post-COVID was pretty significant in the PV segment in particular and even compared to the global markets, we were outgrowing. There is some amount of elevated base that has crept in. So, factors like the pent-up demand and … Read more

earnings season: Management commentary to set the tone for IT; iffy on city gas cos: Dipan Mehta

earnings season: Management commentary to set the tone for IT; iffy on city gas cos: Dipan Mehta

Dipan Mehta, Director, Elixir Equities, says the question that everybody on the Street will ask the IT company is how big is this AI opportunity. Is it for real? Is it going to translate into double-digit growth rates for the next four to five years for IT companies? If we get a positive response over … Read more

market rally: Expect the market to rally more toward Budget date: Andrew Holland

market rally: Expect the market to rally more toward Budget date: Andrew Holland

Andrew Holland, CEO, Avendus Capital Public Markets Alternate Strategies LLP, says the market might be held up and we might just have a push higher toward the Budget. Two of the big sectors like IT and banking have seen a strong run in the very short run. Other sectors like FMCG are probably helping to … Read more

mutual funds: Largecap stocks getting good flows, not largecap funds: DP Singh, SBI MF

mutual funds: Largecap stocks getting good flows, not largecap funds: DP Singh, SBI MF

DP Singh, Deputy MD, SBI MF, says we may not see the largecap category itself having SIP flows, but the other funds also, every midcap and smallcap fund has some percentage of largecap stocks. So, do not look at the numbers just in the largecap category, but largecap stocks are also getting quite good flows.The … Read more