money: Markets moving away from consumption themes to investment themes: Manish Sonthalia

money: Markets moving away from consumption themes to investment themes: Manish Sonthalia

“Except for oil and gas and metals, I think we stand good as far as the earnings growth is concerned. It will broadly be 13% to 15% sort of earnings growth for this quarter sectorally except for metals and oil and gas,” says Manish Sonthalia, CIO, Emkay Investment Manager.How are you observing the markets right … Read more

PSU Bank stocks: PSU banks’ profit jumps over 4 times in 3 years to Rs 1.4 lakh crore in FY24

PSU Bank stocks: PSU banks’ profit jumps over 4 times in 3 years to Rs 1.4 lakh crore in FY24

Showcasing a sharp earnings turnaround on asset quality improvements, robust margins and strong loan book growth in a multi-year credit upcycle, the combined net profit of all 12 PSU banks has zoomed nearly 4.5 times in just 3 years to record high levels of Rs 141,203 crore in FY24. On a year-on-year basis, the profit … Read more

Nifty: PSU banks will continue re-rating; SBI, ICICI Bank & Axis Bank poised for a breakout: Laurence Balanco

Nifty: PSU banks will continue re-rating; SBI, ICICI Bank & Axis Bank poised for a breakout: Laurence Balanco

“You can see from foreign flows perspective that that rebound in China is detracting from some of the investment in India. I do not think it changes the longer-term trends, but we are in one of those holding patterns similar to the fourth quarter of 2023,” says Laurence Balanco, CLSA.What is the take on India … Read more

Sanjiv Bhasin stocks: 2 auto stocks Sanjiv Bhasin is bullish on for near term

Sanjiv Bhasin stocks: 2 auto stocks Sanjiv Bhasin is bullish on for near term

“So luckily for us, we are also invested equally as in Paytm in Zomato and PB Fintech. And PB Fintech sounded extremely optimistic. They have kept to their guidelines,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities. Given that the big event seems to be out of the way now, what is the spotlight going to be … Read more

stocks to buy now: Looking for hidden gems? Look into these 3 sectors: Anshul Saigal

stocks to buy now: Looking for hidden gems? Look into these 3 sectors: Anshul Saigal

Anshul Saigal, Founder, Saigal Capital, says “one should really focus on bottom-up opportunities, not worry about the market levels, market direction. As long as we have got good companies at reasonable valuations in our portfolios, over the long term, we will be very well-placed. And there is a lot of money to be made in … Read more

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets heads of PSBs, reviews financial performance

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets heads of PSBs, reviews financial performance

New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday held a meeting with heads of public sector banks and reviewed their financial performance. During the meeting, concerns related to cyber security and the risks on the financial sector were discussed, sources said. Issues related to fraud and wilful defaulters and progress on the National Asset Reconstruction … Read more