“The excesses were created on Monday because of the exit poll getting it all wrong and people leveraging in PSUs and so on of defence. I always held the view that defence and railways were overpriced to 2027 level and PSU selective are very-very frothy,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities.Real slam dunk for the … Read more
Mumbai: The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), reported a 17% increase in its deposit insurance fund in FY24. The Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF), which is crucial for settling claims of depositors from liquidated or amalgamated banks, climbed to ₹1,98,310 crore as of March … Read more
Siddhartha Mohanty, Chairperson, LIC, says they have moved from Rs 5,82,000 crore to Rs 7,27,000 crore and there’s a very huge growth in our India embedded value. It comprises all their businesses as well as other factors which contribute to growth, so that growth rate will continue and the market should trust us. Mohanty expects … Read more
Ramesh Mantri, CIO, WhiteOak Capital AMC, says when we look at combined fundamentals and valuation, there are some sectors where fundamentals are very strong, but valuation is very high like industrials, capex related and then smaller industry segments like defence, electronics and manufacturing. The fundamental corporate earnings have been good but the valuation is high. … Read more
Mumbai: Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC), the country’s biggest insurer, reported a 2.5% increase in net profit to ₹13,762 crore for the March quarter, with wage increases accounted for in the period preventing further expansion in the bottom line. The insurer reported profit of ₹13,421 crore in the same period last year. The solvency … Read more
Synopsis Even the best of the rational brain can make wrong decisions when there is too much noise which gets created due to a narrative. Now for the last few days a narrative has been created that due to polls, FPI are selling. These kinds of narratives tend to hit the sector and stocks which … Read more
Sanjiv Bajaj, Joint Chairman & MD, Bajaj Capital, says in India the health inflation is about 14%, so that means every year the cost of health treatments are going up by 14%. There is an 18% GST on health insurance. So, the point is that that it is causing the claims to go up and … Read more
Bengaluru-based insurtech start-up Go Digit General Insurance on Friday announced that its Rs 2,615 crore IPO, which will open on May 15 and close on May 17, will have a price band of Rs 258 to Rs 278 per share. The IPO comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 1,125 crore and an offer … Read more
Bengaluru-based insurtech start-up Go Digit General Insurance on Thursday announced that its IPO will open on May 15 and close on May 17. The issue comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 1,125 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 54,766,392 shares, according to the draft prospectus. In the IPO, promoter Go Digit … Read more
Despite how much we love them, cars make people do dumb things. Whether it’s willingly overpaying for them to being clueless while driving, cars can affect judgment in the worst ways. Vehicle accidents can really bring out the dumb in people. Take the man who tried to sue himself after a collision in this strange … Read more
