BUSINESS
Exclusive: Brokers lure algo traders with prop book for higher leverage, fuel options mania
Market veterans fret that such practices could increase risks to the system arising from buildup of leveraged bets beyond what regulations permit.
BUSINESS
Shoonya settles claims of Rs 3 cr with glitch-hit traders, plays down account closures
The top management of the broker claimed that the glitch has not resulted in much customer losses
BUSINESS
RBI rate moves now less Fed dependent; bullish banks, insurance, cement, consumption: ASK’s Bharat Shah
Bharat Shah, executive director, ASK Investments speaks to Moneycontrol spoke on monetary policy, banking crisis interest rates, preferred sectors, how to deal with information overload, and his filters for investing in companies
MARKETS
Shoonya glitch a wake-up call for bourses, Sebi on perils of rampant options trading
Traders who managed to square off the ghost trades on Shoonya found the reversal trade showing as a new transaction in their accounts at the end of the day
BUSINESS
Short Call: Lemon Tree, Delta Corp, Delhivery, options time bomb, bank crisis, China, copper
Indices rose for the seventh day in a row, the longest winning streak in a while. And yet a sense of cautious optimism prevails.
BUSINESS
Short Call: Interest rate, Bajaj Auto, IEX, Bajaj Finance, crude prices
A pause on interest rates by the RBI may be very much around the corner, but corporates and households will most likely have to deal with the pain of high interest rates for a while.
BUSINESS
Short Call: South Indian Bank, Lupin, is the worst of banking crisis behind
The panic in global markets has subsided, and the popular view that the banking crisis is as good a closed chapter.
BUSINESS
Short Call: Bank stocks, investors ignore bullish signals in hotel sector, electric vehicles, strategic pacts
Shares of leading banks are beginning to stabilise after the sell-off in the last couple of months. The sector has lost some its sheen as rising deposit rates are likely to bite into net interest margins.
BUSINESS
Short Call: Power stocks, funds turn bearish on copper, no short covering rally
Power stocks seemed to be among the safest of bets in this market till now. But shares of these companies too have been under pressure over the last few days.
BUSINESS
Short Call: Debt knell for AMCs? Bharat Electronics, copper prices, crude options
Industry officials are expecting a deluge into debt funds this week as wealthy investors try to beat the March 31 deadline to take advantage of the tax and indexation benefits
BUSINESS
Short Call: No DNE rule by NSE changes definition of options for buyers
With the DNE facility no longer available, retail traders cannot afford to wait till the last minute to square off their open positions in single stock options.
BUSINESS
Short Call: March theory, rising FII shorts, Hindustan Aeronautics, Manappuram Finance, Fed rate hike
FII net short positions in index futures have now climbed to 85 percent, surprising, as one would have expected some short covering in a rising market.
BUSINESS
Short Call | Large US banks on rescue mission and the buzz in ICICI Prudential Life, Zee shares
Equities just about snapped a 5-day losing streak on Thursday, but a cautious undertone prevails. The buy-on-dips approach has now been replaced by a flee-on-rise mindset.
BUSINESS
Short Call | Will the bears loosen the grip on midcaps and is rising uncertainty taking toll on realty shares?
Some rules of the market never change, one of them being that high interest rates is bad news for equities. Even Dalal Street veterans are talking about moving a part of their portfolio into fixed income mutual funds and bank FDs.
MARKETS
Short Call | A take on stocks of banks, realty and rail when market looks set for a swing
Market experts are advising investors not to hurry in buying shares. A stark contrast to the ‘buy the dip’ strategy that was popular till a couple of months back
BUSINESS
MC Exclusive: Sebi proposes mutual funds ‘own their broking’ or foot broking expenses
At present, the brokerage charges incurred by mutual funds while buying and selling of shares falls outside the Total Expense Ratio (TER) that they charge unitholders.
BUSINESS
Budget 2023: Market crash may have to do with factors beyond the budget
From the looks of it, the problem with Adani group shares could linger for a while, and the overall environment does not seem conducive for a massive upswing anytime soon.
BUSINESS
MC Special: Brokers face trickiest bouncer yet from SEBI in proposed ASBA rule for trades
The latest proposal from SEBI to allow investors to directly transfer funds from their bank accounts to clearing corporations for cash market trades poses the most serious challenge till date to the business model of stock broking firms.
MARKETS
Rise of the machines: HFTs tighten grip, make a killing on the Street as F&O volumes explode
High frequency trading firms globally have been at the centre of fierce debates, with critics drawing attention to the systemic risks they pose. However, HFTs argue they improve market efficiency by providing liquidity.
BUSINESS
Dabba trading: Gamified dabba trading apps thrive, eating official exchanges’, tax dept’s lunch
Dabba is a parallel stock market, in which traders can bet on the direction of share prices/stock indices without a trading account, demat account, or having to give their KYC details.
BUSINESS
Wily traders, brokers take ‘prop’ route to dodge SEBI margin rules, evade GST, I-T
BUSINESS
Nykaa, Easemytrip bonus attracts SEBI scrutiny; prompts market regulator to mull deadline for bonus share allotment
Some companies are seen rigging stock prices by exploiting the absence of timeline for issue of bonus shares.
PODCAST
The Week on Dalal Street | Weekly wrap of market trends, stock moves & what to look out for!
In this edition of The Week on Dalal Street, Santosh Nair and Anuj Singhal discuss if the much-vaunted decoupling theory holds anymore after the bruising sell off witnessed in the market on Friday
BUSINESS
'He had a tremendous appetite for risk, but was equally aware of the role of luck in our lives': Friend remembers Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Former money market star Ajay Kayan reminisces about friend Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
