New Delhi: Investors’ wealth surged by a whopping Rs 110.57 lakh crore so far this year, driven by a remarkable rally in the stock market, where the benchmark indices shattered many records. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms soared Rs 110,57,617.4 crore to Rs 4,74,86,463.65 crore (USD 5.67 trillion) so far this year. The market … Read more
Malaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim during a news conference in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eradicating corruption in Malaysia continues to be a difficult hurdle Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim needs to overcome if he wants to attract more foreign direct investments into the country. As Anwar … Read more
After a hectic few weeks, the primary market will take a breather next week with no new mainboard issues scheduled next week. However, in the SME segment, there are three companies launching their IPOs. Apart from these, the Street will see listings of 12 IPOs including that of KRN Heat Exchanges, which received a massive … Read more
Indian equity markets scaled new highs in the month of September on the back of 50 bps rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, boosting the sentiments of investors that the easing cycle is here to stay. The markets clocked gains in three out of four weeks during the month. Benchmark Sensex rose 1.22% in … Read more
Manas Agrawal of Bernstein Societe Generale Group, says the last three days have been very volatile for PB Fintech. So, clarity on offline expansion front will be helpful. Bernstein has written a note where it talks about the key questions for the management. Essentially, what is the business plan? It is good for the consumer … Read more
Investors looking to earn more than bank deposits and unwilling to take risk in equities at elevated valuations are logging on to bond platforms to buy into higher yielding fixed-income instruments. Platforms such as bondbazaar, indiabonds, bondsindia, GoldenPi, and several others offer investors an opportunity to buy a variety of bonds ranging from PSUs, tax-free … Read more
Ease of investing, automatic asset allocation and benefit of long-term capital gains taxation are drawing investors to fund of fund (FoF) schemes again after the budget. Data from AMFI show these schemes saw inflows of ₹1,008 crore in August, as compared to outflows of ₹2,445 crore in 12-month period ending March 31, 2024. An FoF … Read more
Investors in India are shunning stocks that were expected to benefit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election, and instead piling into defensive sectors. An index of the so-called Modi stocks, a term coined by CLSA, has climbed only 2% as the prime minister completed his first 100 days in office after winning a third term … Read more
“Post adjusting for fees and capital gains tax, the investor money has doubled in less than 24 months,” says Siddharth Oberoi, Fund Manager of Prudent Equity Ace Fund. In an interview with ETMarkets, Oberoi said: “The fund’s investment philosophy focuses on buying a stock at a discount to its estimated intrinsic value and identifying special … Read more
ET Intelligence Group: What’s common among PN Gadgil, Arkade Developers, Bazaar Style Retail, Saraswati Saree Depot and Tolins Tyres? All these companies have strong regional businesses and have rolled out their IPOs in recent months. Several peers, with robust regional footprints, have debuted on stock exchange the past couple of years-often to provide exit to … Read more
