Trump announces a two-week US-Iran ceasefire, sending oil prices crashing from $111 to below $96. Indian markets, SGX Nifty, and global stocks surge. Here’s what it means for you. India woke up on Wednesday morning, April 8, to a world that looked markedly different from the one it went to sleep in. President Donald Trump, … Read more
PhillipCapital sees GDP at 7.5% and a Nifty at 27,500, but the real story is where earnings are actually going to show up In dealing rooms in Mumbai, everybody has their fingers crossed. The war in the Middle East is keeping oil traders on edge. Geopolitical alignments that held for decades are shifting. AI is … Read more
The US-Israel strike that killed Khamenei has changed the geopolitical reality in the Middle East. Indian markets will pay the price on Monday, the question is for how long. The weekend did not bring rest. It brought fire over Tehran, the death of a supreme leader who had ruled Iran for 37 years, and a … Read more
It seems the markets were waiting for the ‘Budget’ moment. The euphoria on the Street was crazy after the finance minister unveiled massive fiscal sops, to say the least. Big bulls could not hold back their exuberance on television. Indian benchmark indices were in a sea of green as shorts got squeezed, and drove the … Read more
As the start of the third-quarter earnings season is immensely encouraging with the technology and oil and gas numbers coming much ahead of the Street’s estimates, stocks may just find the much-needed support at lower levels. However, as some major policy announcements are expected due to the upcoming budget, Indian stock markets may remain range-bound … Read more
Indian stock markets have been rather resilient in the midst of all the gloom surrounding the CoVid-19 pandemic. Even the rising number of cases in India and across the world is not denting investor appetite for stocks. In fact, the Indian market is one of those that have kept pace with foreign markets, particularly the … Read more
Defying numerous doomsday prognostications of the economy, stock markets are racing higher. The Nifty 50 has for a long time been hovering above 9000 levels, but gained momentum lately. In June, the markets have been up 9.5%, and have scurried as furiously as if on steroids. Has market sentiment turned positive, then, despite the fact … Read more
Indian investors may need to brace themselves for a possible long hot summer of volatility as the covid-19 pandemic continues to roil global markets. Despite a strong opening by the Indian market on Wednesday and almost cross the 9260 levels on the Nifty 50, the markets sold sharply as investors fretted over the increasing cases … Read more
More often in any market, small investors are often the last to get out of the market when a peak is formed, and last to enter when a bottom is made. In the recent correction, some of the savvier investors made some quick purchases at lower levels. But investors wondering whether the recent rally in … Read more
The Sensex and the NIfty have tumbled since September 2018. What will make it recover? In fact, will it recover any time soon? Indeed, stocks are not in the best of spots. The two big worries? US interest rates and crude oil prices. Over the past week or so, crude oil prices have stabilized and, … Read more