BUSINESS
Buoyant Capital's Jigar Mistry has five market investment themes for 2025: All about them
Buoyant Capital's portfolio manager warns of earnings slowdown, highlights the importance of fundamentals over flows, and emphasises the need for portfolio beta alignment
BUSINESS
Comebacks, dark horses, and duds: Here's Nippon MF's Sailesh Raj Bhan's 2025 stock market playbook
The CIO (Equity) of Nippon India MF suggests that cement is a potential dark horse over the next 2-3 years due to consolidation in the sector
BUSINESS
Should you buy this market fall? One reason to be fearful, many not to be greedy
The Sensex and Nifty have dropped over 1.5% today, driven by a mix of factors, with fears surrounding the spread of the HMPV virus taking the lead.
BUSINESS
Capex slowdown worrying, infra and capital goods valuations are very punchy: Nitin Bhasin, Ambit Capital
The slowdown in capex in the first half of the fiscal comes on top of a significantly lower capital allocation to sectors like roads and railways, according to Bhasin
BUSINESS
India’s largest small-cap fund manager sees greatest value in large-caps. Sailesh Raj Bhan on 2025 outlook, strategy, risks
The CIO (Equity) of Nippon India MF says earnings rebound in FY26 will be critical to sustain stock performances
BUSINESS
Why index heavyweights are set to do the heavy lifting
The current market is observing a return to polarisation, with an implication of heavyweights likely to outperforming in the market.
BUSINESS
Samir Arora on Fall: Markets are fine; US fall due to positioning; Fed commentary doesn’t change outlook
Arora expects the Indian market to flatline over the next month. “Largely, markets should be flat, but I would say I have a mildly bullish bias," he said.
BUSINESS
Super Fund Manager 2024: How this multi-cap money manager finds his timing and themes to emerge triumphant
Kotak AMC’s fund manager Devendar Singhal believes 2025 will see challenges on the earnings front, and wealth creation will not be easy. This year, his multi-cap fund had bet on contruction, smaller PSU Banks and select automotive names.
BUSINESS
Super Fund Manager 2024: This fund manager hit pay dirt with Zomato and Trent in 2024. What is he betting on in 2025?
'We’re focusing on high-quality, reasonably priced sectors like IT and pharma. These offer solid cash flows, attractive valuations, and stability amidst geopolitical uncertainty,' says Bandhan AMC's Fund Manager and Head of Equity, Manish Gunwani
BUSINESS
No FPI Selling Triggered by SEBI Disclosure Norms After September Deadline
FPIs were net buyers till September 9, 2024, which was the crucial deadline; after that date, FPIs were largely compliant, said sources
INDIA
No evidence of FII buying yet. Foreign investors net sold Rs 8,000 cr, not bought Rs 10,000 crore worth shares on Nov 25
The Rs 10,000-crore buying spree on November 25 coincided with MSCI’s key index rebalancing, which added stocks like Voltas, Oberoi Realty, BSE, Kalyan Jewellers, and Alkem Labs to its Global Standard Index while including others in its small-cap index.
BUSINESS
Govt capex to rise from Rs 69,000 cr per month to Rs 1.16 lakh cr to meet Rs 11.1 lakh cr target: Kotak's Nilesh Shah
Many foreign investors had been aggressively selling over the past two years and were underweight on India, Shah said. If they believe that the government will push through with reforms, they would not like to remain underweight by a margin, he said.
BUSINESS
Q&A | Short covering and capex recovery set to drive markets higher: Vikas Khemani
Khemani said that pharma, IT, private sector banks, and PSU banks are doing fine and doesn't see any major structural weakness in earnings.
BUSINESS
It’s a counter-rally, not a trend reversal: Rohit Srivastava
The sharp rally today could cause some stocks to hit new highs but the momentum is likely to fade, says veteran technical analyst
BUSINESS
Saurabh Mukherjea’s Dharamsankat when FII clients ask when to put money in India
Mukherjea said that the earnings slowdown could continue for the next few quarters, indicating this is a cyclical downturn. He added that India has seen strong earnings growth for the last three years and hence some bit of slowdown is expected.
BUSINESS
From high to hangover: Why the ‘Trump’ trade is not a win-win for anyone, including Indian investors
Here are the inherent contradictions in the obvious Trump choices
BUSINESS
In FY25, we will need FII flows to support the market: Saurabh Mukherjea
The founder of the portfolio management service weighs in on the good and the ugly that the Indian market has seen and has emerged stronger from. He also has a word of caution about the bad that could be around the corner later this year.
BUSINESS
Current valuations 10-25% above 15 year average but they are justifiable: Prashant Jain of 3P
In a wide-ranging interview, the founder and CIO of the investment advisory firm gives the broad contours of a sound investment strategy and highlights likely risky bets while reposing faith in India's economic story.
BUSINESS
We approach investing like farming, harvesting different crops in different seasons and not all at one go: Enam’s Manish Chokhani
Long-term earnings for small and mid-caps could average 13–15% annually, potentially doubling every five years. While short-term corrections in valuations are expected, a widespread earnings contraction seems unlikely, says Chokhani.
MARKETS
Mukul Agrawal on Ratan Tata: My most admired leader, not because of shareholder returns
Agrawal said the biggest lesson investors and entrepreneurs can take from Rata Tata is service to society.
BUSINESS
Hyundai Exclusive | Valuation left to bankers; we’ve consistently delivered value, will look at dividend policy after 2025; Creta EV could be a game-changer: Management
As one of the biggest IPOs in Indian capital markets history opens, Moneycontrol spoke to the top management of the company in question, including Managing Director Unsoo Kim, COO Tarun Garg, and CFO Wangdo Hur, to understand their growth strategy and other issues concerning investors.
BUSINESS
Samir Arora on market fall: China re-balance only tactical short-term move, can’t predict geo-political risk, be ‘reactive’ to global cues
Founder and CEO of Helios Capital Samir Arora spoke to Moneycontrol on the concerns that are causing markets to fall
BUSINESS
MC Exclusive: Prashant Khemka on Geopolitical Risk, China Stimulus, and His Investment Strategy
Founder of White Oak Asset Management, Prashant Khemka, talks about how to navigate the current market volatility.
BUSINESS
Sebi to announce F&O measures "very soon" through a draft circular
A draft circular regarding stricter regulations on derivatives trading is expected to be issued soon, and as per sources these proposed regulations do not need the approval of the SEBI's board.
