With Nifty hitting a hat-trick of three consecutive months of positive returns in April, nervousness is increasing on Dalal Street with naysayers reminding investors of the ‘Sell in May and go away’ trading strategy. The month begins with the US Fed meeting outcome on May 1 in which traders will be closely looking for hints … Read more
U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets’ expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data for February was unrevised to show … Read more
“Our year-end Nifty50 target is 24000, which means we are looking at a high single-digit return this year from the index,” says Nishit Master, Portfolio Manager, Axis Securities PMS. In an interview with ETMarkets, Master said: “If investors sense that we might witness policy uncertainty post-elections, this bull rally can derail”. Edited excerpts:Sensex@75K, Nifty@22K – … Read more
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday maintained policy interest rates and its monetary stance for the seventh straight review meeting citing an uncertain food prices trajectory and the elbow room provided by robust economic growth, thus pushing back the start of a much-anticipated rate easing cycle while extending a status quo to at … Read more
New Work: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeated that the US central bank isn’t in any rush to cut interest rates. “We don’t need to be in a hurry to cut,” Powell said Friday at an event at the San Francisco Fed. Fresh inflation data released earlier is “pretty much in line with our expectations,” … Read more
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers indicated they still expect to reduce them by three-quarters of a percentage point by the end of 2024 despite stodgier expected progress towards the U.S. central bank’s 2% inflation target. The Fed’s new policy statement described inflation as remaining “elevated,” and updated quarterly economic … Read more
Indian equities are poised to lure more foreign inflows after the general elections, with the economy’s promising growth prospects and the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts acting as catalysts. That’s the view from Rajiv Batra of JPMorgan Chase & Co., who says global funds’ positioning in India’s $4.3 trillion stock market remains light and investors will … Read more
The US Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting is slated to begin later today, and the central bank is widely expected to stay put on interest rates after the recent data on inflation. Inflation data released last week showed that consumer prices in the US rose again in February. Consumer prices rose 0.4% for the … Read more
Gold prices in the international and domestic markets suffered losses in the first two months of 2024. A strong US dollar, expectations of further delay in US Fed rate cuts, and a rally in global equities affected the sentiment surrounding the metal. The US Dollar has gained almost 3% since the start of January. Firm … Read more
Mumbai: India’s benchmark Nifty Monday recorded a fresh closing high, paced by gains in select banks due for higher weightings on a keenly tracked global gauge. Analysts expect further upside for the indices due to attractive valuations in some pockets that have hitherto logged only modest gains in the current rally. The NSE Nifty rose … Read more
