A fair part of the expected returns in 2024 probably came through in the last 2 months of 2024, as investors globally have discounted a steep rate cut cycle, says Shankar Raman, chief investment officer at Centrum Wealth. “As such, further upmoves require growth surprises hereon – in the context of a slowing global economy … Read more
Abhay Agarwal, Founder & Fund Manager, Piper Serica, says “outsourced manufacturing as a concept is here to stay and it will reward large players. While there is nothing wrong with branded players like Voltas or Blue Star, we would like to back very efficient, large and getting larger manufacturers like Dixon and Amber purely for … Read more
Siddhartha Khemka, Head-Retail Research, MOFSL, says “the quarterly results would be the next trigger for the market. In terms of overall valuations, we see that markets are comfortable, especially the large caps. The Nifty is trading at a one-year forward PE of 19-19.5, which is still at a discount to its last 10-year average of … Read more
Vineeta Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, Sugar Cosmetics, says “We have already crossed Rs 500 crore revenue in FY24 and we are expecting to close FY24 at a 500 plus crore net revenue. ” Singh also says: “We are looking at about a two to three years’ timeline in terms of an IPO because it is … Read more
Hemang Jani, Independent Market Expert, says “our overall sense is that though we might see a little bit of sideways movement or a bit of a profit booking, the broad structure of the market remains good. We will have to do a little bit more hard work in terms of what are the pockets of … Read more
Amit N Mahajan, Director, Paras Defence, says “Paras Defence is currently focussing on the domestic market because it is not just that the domestic market is the biggest market, but it also has a preferential procurement policy in favour of companies like us. So, the export market becomes a plan B. Plan A always will … Read more
Anand Ramanathan, Partner, Consumer Industry Leader, Consulting, Deloitte India, says “we are seeing green shoots in rural India and retail today in India is still about two-thirds of it is food and groceries. So, food will be one of those big categories. But beyond that, while the overall retail market is expected to double by … Read more
Shibani Sircar Kurian, Senior EVP, Sr. Fund Manager & Head -Equity Research, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, says “We are not expecting to see any major earnings downgrades. But if you look at the first half of the year, in terms of earnings, the first half of the year has been extremely strong. And from that … Read more
Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says, “the CD norms are changing , where the credit deposit ratios have to be brought below 75. Some of these new-age banks, particularly IDFC Bank, will be very affected by this as NIMs are affected by at least 75 basis points plus there is a merger talk which can … Read more
Dinshaw Irani, CIO, Helios MF, says “people have FOMO, the fear of missing out, but the point is that there are so many stocks in the market, and we have seen that consistently around a third of the market does fairly well, and that is like a huge amount of stocks. So we have enough … Read more
