Unfazed by manipulation concerns, SME IPOs continue to flourish with sound listings

Despite an air of uncertainty around SME companies post the Sebi chief’s warning of price manipulation in some pockets, the IPOs in the segment seem not to be affected. Last week, Sebi Chair Madhabi Puri Buch raised concerns over signs of price manipulation in SME IPOs and said the regulator is now looking to mandate … Read more

equity valuations: As sectors rotate, tap funds that catch business cycles early

Mumbai: Ahead of the curve. That’s supposedly the hallmark of an astute investor, and if you consider yourself one, you could choose to buy into something appropriately named – the business cycle fund. It sounds innocuous but the name itself reveals the art – or, science – of investing in stocks that are beginning their … Read more

Goldman Sachs added these 8 stocks to its India portfolio in Q3. Check details – Tracking Smart Money

Hindustan Unilever. Share Price 2421.55 03:59 PM | 28 Feb 2024 16.25(0.68%) Infosys. Share Price 1671.25 03:59 PM | 28 Feb 2024 7.66(0.46%) Tata Consultancy Services. Share Price 4118.95 03:59 PM | 28 Feb 2024 14.56(0.36%) Bharti Airtel. Share Price 1128.75 03:59 PM | 28 Feb 2024 1.25(0.12%) SBI Life Insurance Company. Share Price 1540.20 … Read more

Bitcoin: Bitcoin tops $57,000 mark for first time since late 2021

Bitcoin retook the $57,000 level for the first time since late 2021, supported by investor demand through exchange-traded funds as well as further purchases by MicroStrategy Inc. The digital asset added as much as 4.4% to reach $57,039 before paring some of the jump to trade at $56,473 as of 10:22 a.m. Tuesday in Singapore. … Read more

LIC ditched these 19 smallcap stocks in Q3. End of the party or just a jittery exit?

India’s largest domestic institutional investor LIC’s holding in India Inc declined to all-time low of 3.64% in the December quarter as the giant likely used the bull market to book profits. Shareholding pattern data reveals that LIC reduced stake in at least 19 smallcaps with market capitalisation of less than Rs 10,000 crore. Following a … Read more

Saudi Fund: Saudi Fund outpaces GIC with $31.6-billion splurge

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund emerged as the world’s most active sovereign investor last year, boosting its deal activity even as most global peers including GIC Pte and Temasek Holdings Pte slashed spending. PIF, as the Saudi fund is known, deployed $31.6 billion in 2023, according to research consultancy Global SWF. That was higher than … Read more

Vijay Kedia portfolio: 10 stocks give multibagger returns in 2023

Mumbai-based top investor Vijay Kedia, known for picking multibaggers at an early stage using SMILE philosophy, has seen 10 out of 15 portfolio stocks more than doubling wealth in the calendar year 2023. On a year-to-date basis, the top gainer in his Rs 1,500-crore portfolio is smallcap civil construction stock Om Infra which has rallied … Read more